Brayden Cosper

#20 · WR · Jr. · BYU6′3″ · 205 lb · South Jordan, UT · Bingham

Brayden Cosper: WR · BYU · #20.

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Brayden Cosper

WR · BYU · Jr · #20

Moves the chains on third down. Two seasons in the BYU receiving corps to date. One game to point at: 66 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Utah Tech — Week 12, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

BYU in the news

BYU athletic director leaving in Jan ‘27Oct 31
Big 12 addresses UCF fan chants at BYUFox News Oct 29
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKUTV Oct 29
BYU releases depth chart for Arizona State gameSports Ksl Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	BYU	30	363	12.1	1	40
2020	BYU	4	36	9.0	0	15
Career		34	399	11.7	1	40

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 9 Baylor	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 3	L 20-41@ No. 25 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 20-28vs 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	12.1	1	40

Signature game

Week 4 · 2022

W 38-24

vs Wyoming

4 rec · 58 yds · 1 TD

With J. Hall — 337 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.0 · 17 rush yds (8 car) · R. Rehkow — 46.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Wyoming · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 26 yds to the Wyom 37 for a
Week 3 · Oregon · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 17 yds to the Oregn 35 for a
Week 10 · Boise State · 2nd and 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 · 3rd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 36 yds to the Utah 32 for a
Week 9 · East Carolina · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.31Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 22 yds to the ECaro 34 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Wyoming · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 3 yds for a TD, (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 1 · South Florida · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 14 yds to the SFla 32 for a
Week 13 · Stanford · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.93Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 14 yds to the BYU 39 for a
Week 5 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Jaren Hall pass complete to Brayden Cosper for 40 yds to the UthSt 17 for a

Teams and coaches

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

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 39 (#320 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

39Below cohort / limited sample #320 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	40.0	13.5	0.2
Road4g	2.2	28.2	13.2	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

2022 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Pass share

47.8%

391 pass / 427 run

Plays / game

62.9

13 games

Team sack rate

2.7%

414 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

30 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

39 · #320 of 488 WRs · 2022

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

Brayden Cosper

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Style of play

Fans

BYU in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

30 catches in 12 games

Four seasons at BYU

2018