#20

Brayden Cosper

Junior wide receiver for BYU. 2022: 30 catches, 363 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · BYU · Jr. · #20

6′3″ · 205 lb · South Jordan, UT

CFB Index 39 · #320 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceBYU 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1774 nationally · Signed with BYU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for BYU. 2022: 30 catches, 363 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at BYU, 399 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 66 yds vs Utah Tech.Utah Tech · W 52-262022

2018

Signed with BYU3-star out of Bingham

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1774 national

CFB

College

BYU

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all balanced offenses — 19-6 over that span.

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #320 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#230 / 636 · 64th pct

82.4%

Explosive rate#271 / 636 · 57th pct

14.7%

EPA / target#341 / 636 · 46th pct

0.66

Yards / catch#355 / 636 · 44th pct

11.8

TD rate#504 / 636 · 21st pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#281 / 550 · 48th pct

Rec yards#327 / 550 · 41st pct

363

Yards / catch#332 / 550 · 39th pct

12.1

Long catch#377 / 550 · 31st pct

Rec TDs#382 / 550 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	36.0	12.1	0.1
Road5g	2.0	22.2	10.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.5	26.5	9.2	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	37.8	15.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #320 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #320 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	BYU	30	363	12.1	1	--
2020	BYU	4	36	9.0	0	--
Career		34	399	11.7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 52–26

vs Utah Tech

3 rec · 66 yds

Dominant 26-point win at home against Utah Tech.

With J. Hall — 456 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.7 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. Rehkow — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 61 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Wyoming · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 26 yds to the Wyom 37 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Oregon · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 17 yds to the Oregn 35 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Boise State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80J.Hall pass complete to BYU 38. Catch made by B.Cosper at BYU 38. Gain of 21 yards. Tackled by BOISE at BOISE 41.
Week 10 · Boise State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.77J.Hall pass complete to BYU 39. Catch made by B.Cosper at BYU 39. Gain of 13 yards. Tackled by BOISE at BOISE 48.
Week 12 · Utah Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 36 yds to the Utah 32 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · East Carolina · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.31Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 22 yds to the ECaro 34 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Wyoming · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 3 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 1 · South Florida · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 14 yds to the SFla 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Stanford · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.93Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 14 yds to the BYU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 40 yds to the UthSt 17 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 50-21@ South Florida	3	27	9.0	0	14
Wk 2	W 26-20vs Baylor	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 3	L 20-41@ Oregon	3	38	12.7	0	17
Wk 4	W 38-24vs Wyoming	4	58	14.5	1	26
Wk 5	W 38-26vs Utah State	3	56	18.7	0	40
Wk 6	L 20-28@ Notre Dame	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 7	L 35-52vs Arkansas	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 9	L 24-27vs East Carolina	4	37	9.3	0	22
Wk 10	W 31-28@ Boise State	2	34	17.0	0	21
Wk 12	W 52-26vs Utah Tech	3	66	22.0	0	36	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 13	W 35-26@ Stanford	1	14	14.0	0	14
Bowl	W 24-23vs SMU	3	12	4.0	0	4
Total		30	363	11.3	1	40

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology