Player Career

Braden Pegan Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Braden Pegan story

Braden Pegan built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from San Juan Capistrano, CA, spending time with UCLA and Utah State. The clearest part of Braden Pegan's career was his receiving role: 61 catches, 932 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 11 rushing yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Utah State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 11 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA and Utah State.

The arc is straightforward: Braden Pegan moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UCLA

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA0
2023 Regular SeasonUCLA746.73.37
2024 Regular SeasonUCLA0-7
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State92585.526.7925

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Utah State to UtahG5/FCS to P487Jan 7, 2026
2025UCLA to Utah StateP4 to G5/FCS76.3Jan 1, 2025

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 80 Air Force

Week 3 · W 49-30 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

147

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

147 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 73 New Mexico

Week 9 · L 14-33 · Conference game

108

Receiving Yards

91.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

108 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 57 UNLV

Week 12 · L 26-29 · Conference game

109

Receiving Yards

88.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 90.8 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 118 San José State

Week 8 · W 30-25 · Conference game

93

Receiving Yards

84 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

93 receiving yards with a 88.6 efficiency score.

#5

@ No. 66 Fresno State

Week 13 · W 28-17 · Conference game

79

Receiving Yards

73.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

79 receiving yards with a 65.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Utah State

925 primary output · 85.5 efficiency · 26.7 usage

87

#2

2023 Regular Season · UCLA

39.6

7 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · UCLA

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games