Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Boise State | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-39@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 1 | 38 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 84-0vs Portland State | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 39 | |
| Total | 15 | 222 | 17.5 | 2 | 39 |
Evan Stewart didn't play a snap in 2025 -- a torn patellar tendon took the whole year. Now the former five-star is back at full practice, calling it "do or die." A healthy Stewart changes everything about Oregon's offense.
6′0″ · 170 lb · Frisco, TX · Liberty HS
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
receiving yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 10 rec · 92 yds -- top 1% catches game.
The play that turned itSwung Oregon from 43% to 89% to win.Boise State at Oregon · 34-27
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Evan Stewart didn't play a snap in 2025 -- a torn patellar tendon took the whole year. Now the former five-star is back at full practice, calling it "do or die." A healthy Stewart changes everything about Oregon's offense.
Buzz vs Tape
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
Who put butter on Evan Stewart’s gloves? He’s dropped two returns. I love my ducks, but come on. We’ve been making rookie mistakes all game. next practice will be brutal. I already know.
Also worth knowing:
“Dante Moore Rips it down field...Evan Stewart is wide open!....TouchDown OREGON!! 🤔🤞”
The story here is a comeback, not a stat line. Stewart, a former five-star and a productive starter at Texas A&M and Oregon, tore his right patellar tendon before the 2025 season and missed all of it. He returned to full spring practice on day one and has framed 2026 in his own words as "do or die" -- a contract-year bet on himself after a serious injury. The forward stakes are the simplest and hardest kind: does the explosive talent come all the way back? If it does, a healthy Stewart reshapes Oregon's receiver room overnight and re-enters the draft conversation. The talent was never in question; the knee is. 2026 is the answer.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Stewart's game, when healthy, is built on speed and separation -- the five-star traits that made him a productive Power Four starter before the injury. The honest framing for 2026 is that the projection rests on his recovery: he did not play in 2025, so there's no current-season tape to grade, only a serious knee injury and a full return to spring practice. The questions that matter are the burst, the change of direction, and the explosiveness off the line -- everything a torn patellar tendon threatens. If the movement returns, so does a dangerous vertical weapon. Until the fall, this is a talent-and-comeback bet, framed honestly as one.
Written by our staff.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dan Lanning.
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Boise State | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-39@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 1 | 38 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 84-0vs Portland State | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 39 | |
| Total | 15 | 222 | 17.5 | 2 | 39 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 34–27
vs Boise State
-2 rush yds (1 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With D. Moore — 378 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -5 rush yds (2 car) · B. Ettridge — 48 yards per punt · 3 punts · 3 inside the 20
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +72 receiving yards, +3 catches, +1 receiving TD.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: catch rate (83rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
2119% of team targetsCatch rate
76%16 of 21 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
76% catch rate on 21 targets · 19% of the team's targets.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.5 | 72.0 | 16.5 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 78.0 | 19.5 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.0 | 74.0 | 17.5 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
50.9%
110 pass / 106 run
Plays / game
72.0
3 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
122 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Stewart's game, when healthy, is built on speed and separation -- the five-star traits that made him a productive Power Four starter before the injury. The honest framing for 2026 is that the projection rests on his recovery: he did not play in 2025, so there's no current-season tape to grade, only a serious knee injury and a full return to spring practice. The questions that matter are the burst, the change of direction, and the explosiveness off the line -- everything a torn patellar tendon threatens. If the movement returns, so does a dangerous vertical weapon. Until the fall, this is a talent-and-comeback bet, framed honestly as one.
Our classifier reads him the same way: moves the chains on third down.
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Rodney Mills’s 2015 season.
Matches Rodney on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyndon Fuselier’s path through Lamar.
Kyndon Fuselier
Jordan Chambers-Smith
Justin Perry
Brandon Binkowski
Matches Kyndon on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Matthew Coleman's senior season at Sacramento State (2026).
Matches Matthew on
Differs from Matthew on
Player DNA
As A Senior (2025) Did not appear in a game in 2025 due to injury … Utilized a medical redshirt. As A Junior (2024) » All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches) » Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list Played in 13 of Oregon’s 14 games, making 12 starts … Finished second among Ducks with 48…
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