Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 52-7vs UT Martin | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
#11
TaRon Francis
Redshirt freshman wide receiver on West Virginia's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 216 lb · Avondale, LA · Edna Karr
Transferred LSU → West Virginia for 2026
Recruiting
4★
WR recruit
No. 160 nationally · Signed with LSU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 wide receiver on West Virginia's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2025.
- Transferred from LSU to West Virginia in 2026.
TaRon Francis
He got to West Virginia by way of LSU.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
His career
2025
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Edna Karr
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
West Virginia
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to West Virginia
2025LSU
2026West Virginia
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026West Virginia2-0HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Box-score rates
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 52–7
vs UT Martin
3 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 45-point win at home against UT Martin.
With M. Hawkins Jr. — 155 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 96 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · D. Epps — 18 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
Background
2025 (Fr.) - LSU Played wide receiver for coach Brian Kelly Saw action against Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and in the Texas Bowl vs. Houston High School Played for coach Brice Brown at Edna Karr High Two-time 5A All-State First-Team honors as a junior and senior Finished w...
The receiver room · West Virginia
- #2DJ Epps498 receiving yards · 2025
- #80John Neider422 receiving yards · 2025
- #5Jaden Bray95 receiving yards · 2025
- #17Prince Strachan25 receiving yards · 2025
- #11TaRon Francis1 game · 2026
11 more on the roster · West Virginia team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology