Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-51@ LSU | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 22-7vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-20vs North Carolina | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 41 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Total | 13 | 141 | 11.9 | 0 | 41 |
#12
Bryant Wesco Jr.
Bryant Wesco Jr. was becoming the ACC's most dangerous deep threat before a back injury in the SMU game erased the second half of his sophomore season. He enters 2026 fully cleared, taller in the depth chart than ever, and carrying the kind of play-by-play explosiveness numbers that make defenses pick their poison. The Biletnikoff watch list isn't speculation — it's a fair description of where this is headed.
6′2″ · 195 lb · Midlothian, TX · Midlothian HS
CFB Index 60 · #139 of 466 WRsHigh confidence
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
141
receiving yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 5 rec, 77 yds, vs North Carolina
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Bryant Wesco Jr. was becoming the ACC's most dangerous deep threat before a back injury in the SMU game erased the second half of his sophomore season. He enters 2026 fully cleared, taller in the depth chart than ever, and carrying the kind of play-by-play explosiveness numbers that make defenses pick their poison. The Biletnikoff watch list isn't speculation — it's a fair description of where this is headed.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2024.
Buzz vs Tape
There's real chatter about him this season — just not enough of his own fan discourse yet to measure it against anything.
The story
When Wesco was on the field in 2025, the underlying numbers were striking. His 91st-percentile explosive target rate and 99th-percentile touchdown rate per target aren't just good-team-good-numbers artifacts — they reflect a receiver who turns opportunity into chunk yardage and into the end zone at an elite clip. The 96th-percentile EPA per target means Clemson genuinely gained field position every time the ball went his way.
His 17.3 yards per reception mirrors a simple truth: Wesco is a vertical threat first, and the 73-yard long in a season shortened by injury signals the ceiling. At 6'2", 170 pounds, he still has room to fill out, and the Midlothian, Texas background of a former consensus top-50 recruit is the floor. He has never needed to rely on volume to produce — six touchdowns on 31 catches is a finishing rate that most FBS receivers never sniff.
The 2026 stake is straightforward. Clemson returns him as WR1 with no clear rival for targets on the outside. A clean bill of health and a full schedule puts him among the ACC's two or three best receivers by any metric, makes the Biletnikoff semifinalist conversation legitimate, and puts a Day 2 NFL draft grade on the table a year ahead of schedule.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The week the volume broke through — put up 143 yds at SMU.SMU · W 34-312024
Wesco is a vertical separator who wins at the catch point. The defining numbers are layered: a 99th-percentile touchdown rate per target (he finishes) paired with a 96th-percentile explosive target rate (he creates chunk plays at will) and an 96th-percentile EPA per target (every throw his way moves the chains meaningfully). His 94th-percentile yards per reception confirms the profile — this is not a slot accumulator, this is a deep threat who gets open downfield and does something with it. The 69th-percentile catch rate rounds out the picture: reliable hands without sacrificing the contested-ball opportunities that come with running vertical routes. He plays bigger than 170 pounds when the ball is in the air.
Written by our staff.
202412 games
- Signed with Clemson4-star out of Midlothian
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Clemson
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Clemson
Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.
Career stats
Game log
Game by game
Bryant Wesco Jr.'s 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 28–20
5 rec · 77 yds
With T. Reynolds — 215 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 58.7 · 26 rush yds (11 car) · J. Smith — 39.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 46 long
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.24(06:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at CLEM25, for 41 yards to the UNC38 (#18 J.Patterson), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.76(02:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short right to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at GS48, for 17 yards to the GS48 (#22 C.Calicut), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · LSU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.92(07:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 B.Wesco Jr. rush right for 7 yards loss to the CLEM30 (#42 D.Keys)
- Week 1 · LSU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.82(10:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 C.Vizzina pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at CLEM38, for 22 yards to the CLEM42 (#11 P.Woodland), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.79(05:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at CLEM47, for 3 yards loss to the CLEM47 (#34 J.Whitehead)
- Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.61(02:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at CLEM37, for 11 yards to the CLEM37 (#31 C.Gamble), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.40(02:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at CLEM35, for 2 yards loss to the CLEM35 (#31 C.Gamble)
- Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.07(09:14) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at GS48, for 12 yards to the GS48 (#31 C.Gamble), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · North Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.85(00:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Reynolds pass complete short right to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at UNC16, for 19 yards to the UNC09 (#15 D.McDonald), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA -0.68(14:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 C.Vizzina pass complete short left to #12 B.Wesco Jr. caught at CLEM27, for 0 yards to the CLEM30 (#4 A.Bynum)
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +77 receiving yards, +5 catches.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 19-11 over that span.
2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced
2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced
2026Clemson2-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
High confidence
Concern: epa / target (15th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Box-score rates (7)
Season trend
Last seasonThis season
EPA / target
96th → 15th percentile
Explosive rate
96th → 39th percentile
Catch rate
69th → 30th percentile
TD rate
99th → 50th percentile
Yards / catch
94th → 37th percentile
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).
Receiving profile
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
13 of 13 receptions matched to play-by-play
21 of 21 targets charted for true throw depth
Targets
2127% of team targetsCatch rate
62%13 of 21 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
29% of targets (6)
83%catch rate
Air -3.3 · YAC 4.8 avg
Short · 0–9 air yds
29% of targets (6)
50%catch rate
Air 5.2 · YAC 13.3 avg
Middle · 10–19 air yds
29% of targets (6)
83%catch rate
Air 14.2 · YAC 2.2 avg
Deep · 20+ air yds
14% of targets (3)
0%catch rate
Air 30.7 avg
62% catch rate on 21 targets · 27% of the team's targets.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.5 | 56.0 | 10.6 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 29.0 | 14.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 47.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
46.4%
85 pass / 98 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
101 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Wesco is a vertical separator who wins at the catch point. The defining numbers are layered: a 99th-percentile touchdown rate per target (he finishes) paired with a 96th-percentile explosive target rate (he creates chunk plays at will) and an 96th-percentile EPA per target (every throw his way moves the chains meaningfully). His 94th-percentile yards per reception confirms the profile — this is not a slot accumulator, this is a deep threat who gets open downfield and does something with it. The 69th-percentile catch rate rounds out the picture: reliable hands without sacrificing the contested-ball opportunities that come with running vertical routes. He plays bigger than 170 pounds when the ball is in the air.
Our classifier reads him the same way: moves the chains on third down.
Starter
Returning starter at receiver for a 7-6 Clemson team that went -4 in the portal.
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Steven Claude’s 2019 season.
Matches Steven on
Yards / reception
TD rate
Weight
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Will Vereen’s path through South Carolina State.
Matches Will on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Ratzlaff's junior season at Western Kentucky (2021).
Matches Ben on
TD rate
Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)
Player DNA
Players who play like Bryant Wesco Jr.
The receiver room · Clemson
- #1T.J. Moore837 receiving yards · 2025
- #12Bryant Wesco Jr.537 receiving yards · 2025
- #3Tristan Smith239 receiving yards · 2025
- #6Tyler Brown191 receiving yards · 2025
- #22Cole Turner144 receiving yards · 2025
15 more on the roster · Clemson team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology