Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 1 | 45 | Season-high 121 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Ohio State | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Total | 11 | 143 | 11.4 | 2 | 45 |
#1
Ryan Wingo
Ryan Wingo is the most explosive receiver on Texas' offense and a returning weapon for Arch Manning. The talent has never been the question. The consistency is -- and 2026 is where he answers it.
6′2″ · 214 lb · St. Louis, MO · St. Louis University
CFB Index 71 · #74 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Texas for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
143
receiving yards · 2026
11 catches · 2 TD · 13 per catch
2 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 9 rec · 62 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game. -- Best game: 7 rec, 121 yds, 1 TD, vs Texas State
Swing playSwung Texas from 13% to 41% to win.Texas at Georgia · 35-10
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Ryan Wingo is the most explosive receiver on Texas' offense and a returning weapon for Arch Manning. The talent has never been the question. The consistency is -- and 2026 is where he answers it.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2024.
Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
33.5own fans
20rival fans
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In Their Words
525 windows · 2026 fan posts
coleman×52.9arch×40.6ryan×27.8wingo×61.0route×69.1manning×36.2mosley×86.9osu×31.6
“A year in strength and conditioning. Learning the playbook. Practicing against Cam Coleman, Ryan Wingo, Emmit Mosley, Jermaine Bishop, and Sterling Burkhalter”
youtube/On Texas Football · fan post, verbatim
The story
A former five-star, Wingo flashed the ceiling in 2025 -- 54 catches, 834 yards, seven touchdowns, a 184-yard eruption, and coaches second-team All-SEC honors -- enough to be called the most explosive piece of the Texas offense. Now he's continuity in a loaded room, returning alongside transfer Cam Coleman to give Arch Manning a deep and dangerous group in what's expected to be Manning's defining year. The forward stakes are about turning flashes into a full season: the explosive plays are there, but the consistency -- finishing the routine catches, stacking good games -- is the difference between a complementary weapon and Manning's true No. 1. For Wingo, the tools were never in doubt; 2026 is about reliability.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The week the volume broke through — put up 184 yds at Mississippi State.Mississippi State · W 45-382025
Wingo is a vertical, big-play receiver whose tape and reputation say explosive -- and our data says the polish hasn't fully caught up. The good: a solid yards-per-catch and a 79th-percentile touchdown rate, the chunk-play juice of a field-stretcher. The honest part is the efficiency underneath it: a low catch rate (11th percentile) and a modest EPA per target (20th), the numbers of a receiver who flashes big plays but leaves production on the field between them -- drops and inconsistency, the most fixable kind of flaw. He's a straight-line, take-the-top-off athlete more than a polished route technician right now. With an elite quarterback and a year of seasoning, the path is clear: keep the explosiveness, clean up the consistency, and the All-SEC flashes become an All-SEC season.
Written by our staff.
202414 games
- Signed with Texas4-star out of St. Louis University
202513 games
- All-SECsecond
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Texas
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Texas
Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian, all balanced offenses — 25-6 over that span.
2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2026Texas2-0HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidenceAscending
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 5.5 REC/g, 71.5 YDS/g, 11.4 YPR, 1.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-SEC
Based on 2025: #16 of 58 SEC WRs
How the All-SEC estimate is computed
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Ohio State
-10 rush yds (1 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With A. Manning — 195 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · D. Smothers — 74 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Texas State · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +4.47(00:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete deep left to #1 R.Wingo caught at TXST22, for 45 yards to the TXST22, out of bounds at TXST22, 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Texas State · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.63(05:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete deep left to #1 R.Wingo caught at TXST19, for 21 yards to the TXST19 (#3 C.Royal Jr.), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Ohio State · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.47(14:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short left to #1 R.Wingo caught at OSU00, for 3 yards to the OSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:19, 1ST DOWN #44 G.Spetic kick attempt good (H: #43 M.Chiumento, LS: #47 T.Dubuc)
- Week 1 · Texas State · 1&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.32A. Manning pass to R. Wingo for 8 yds, for a TD (G. Spetic KICK)
- Week 2 · Ohio State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -1.95(00:54) Shotgun #1 R.Wingo rush left for 10 yards loss to the TEX49 (#7 J.Mathews Jr.), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
- Week 1 · Texas State · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.77(13:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short middle to #1 R.Wingo caught at TEXAS38, for 16 yards to the TEXAS39 (#12 J.Mackey), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.57(02:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short left to #1 R.Wingo caught at TEXAS28, for 19 yards to the TEXAS40 (#16 T.Cooks II; #3 C.Royal Jr.) PENALTY TEXAS Holding (#3 E.Mosley V) 10 yards from TEXAS40 to TEXAS30
- Week 2 · Ohio State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.36(12:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short right to #1 R.Wingo caught at TEX21, for 16 yards to the TEX39 (#6 D.Sanchez), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Ohio State · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA -1.29(10:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short left to #1 R.Wingo caught at TEX30, for 3 yards loss to the TEX30 (#6 D.Sanchez)
- Week 2 · Ohio State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +0.84(01:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short middle to #1 R.Wingo caught at TEX34, for 6 yards to the TEX36 (#1 E.Little Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Wingo is a vertical, big-play receiver whose tape and reputation say explosive -- and our data says the polish hasn't fully caught up. The good: a solid yards-per-catch and a 79th-percentile touchdown rate, the chunk-play juice of a field-stretcher. The honest part is the efficiency underneath it: a low catch rate (11th percentile) and a modest EPA per target (20th), the numbers of a receiver who flashes big plays but leaves production on the field between them -- drops and inconsistency, the most fixable kind of flaw. He's a straight-line, take-the-top-off athlete more than a polished route technician right now. With an elite quarterback and a year of seasoning, the path is clear: keep the explosiveness, clean up the consistency, and the All-SEC flashes become an All-SEC season.
Our classifier reads him the same way: moves the chains on third down.
2026 Outlook
Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Texas
Returning around him
- 72% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 6 Texas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (22 in / 28 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas · Last season: 10-3 (AP #14) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #7
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Julian Fleming’s 2022 season.
Matches Julian on
Yards / reception
Differs from Julian on
Class year (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Weight (higher)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cary Angeline’s path through NC State.
99%match
Matches Cary on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Nitro Tuggle's sophomore season at Purdue (2025).
73%match
Matches Nitro on
Yards / reception
Height
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Nitro on
Reception volume (higher)
Weight (higher)
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peak #63
Peaked at #63 this season.
Background
A third-year wide receiver ... has played in 29 career games with 15 starts ... 2026 Phil Steele preseason First-Team SEC selection ... 2026 Phil Steele preseason Third-Team All-America selection ... a Coaches' All-SEC Second Team selection in 2025. SOPHOMORE (2025) Started in all 13 games ... ca...
The receiver room · Texas
- #1Ryan Wingo834 receiving yards · 2025
- #8Cam Coleman725 receiving yards · 2025
- #18Sterling Berkhalter416 receiving yards · 2025
- #3Emmett Mosley V408 receiving yards · 2025
- #17Daylan Mccutcheon74 receiving yards · 2025
8 more on the roster · Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology