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Evan Dickens

#23Evan Dickens

Evan Dickens is a Pass-Catching Back for Boston College. Evan's 2026 season produced 4.3 total EPA across 30 plays.

What projects, and what doesn't · RBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.52
    Beats guessing the RB average by 18%. n=4,219 RB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.10
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=3,575 RB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.41
    Beats guessing the RB average by 9%. n=3,575 RB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Evan Dickens's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2026 Production

Rushing
103 Rush yards2 Rush TD24 Carries4.3 Yards/carry
Receiving
6 Receptions51 Rec yards0 Rec TD8.5 Yards/rec

Air yards

Where the ball goes, and how much of the gain is the throw rather than the run after it.

7
Targets
-2.3y
Avg depth
10.8y
After catch
86%
Catch rate

The ball travels -2.3 yards in the air on an average target 11.2 yards shorter than the median. Another 10.8 comes after the catch.

Where he is targeted

targets · completion rate · yards
deep
0
0
0
short
3
100% · 41y
0
4
75% · 10y
leftmiddleright

Depth and direction come from CFBD’s passing detail, which is backfilled after the games: this covers weeks 1–2 only. Spikes, throwaways and intentional grounding are excluded before any average.

Performance Analysis · 2026 · vs RB peers

  • Efficiency3
  • Volume63
  • Explosiveness26
  • Consistency50
  • Receiving90
Player type
Pass-Catching Back

Third-down weapon out of the backfield. Routes, hands, and separation in coverage define this role as much as rushing.

3rd-down backReceiving threatPass protection
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)3th %ile · below avg
Key findings
  • Below-average efficiency vs RB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.

NIL Market Tier· 2026

On3 valuation ↗
Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+0.2200.22Wk 1 vs Cincinnati: +0.22 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Rutgers: +0.08 EPA/play2
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+CarRush YdsAvgRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDEPA/play
1@CincinnatiL15-345.911474.3112700.22
2vsRutgersW28-21-3.613564.3152400.08

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
21.9%
Passing plays
10.9%
Rushing plays
34.8%
Standard downs
27.0%
Passing downs
12.5%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.20
Passing downs
-0.07
Pass / Rush EPA
0.23 / 0.12

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Career · rolling EPA, game by game

Per-game EPA5-game avg
+0.880−0.39
EPA per play · 2025 · 11 games

Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.