Player Dossier

2022-2025

Utah State

Braden Pegan

WR • 6'3" • 210 lbs • San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Braden Pegan reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

79

High-end production for a receiver

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Reliability

75

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UCLA • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player 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:...

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Braden Pegan, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Utah State. Braden Pegan reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
932
Receptions
61
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Braden Pegan quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
932
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
Air Force
High school pipeline
Bishop Chatard · 11 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
925 receiving yards · WR 35th (top 4%) · Mountain West 4th (top 3%) · National 35th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonUCLA117039.6
2024 Regular SeasonUCLA0-00-
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State1260925687

Related Context

Braden Pegan played WR for UCLA and Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Braden Pegan recorded 11 rushing yards, 932 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Utah State paired 925 primary output with 85.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 85.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Utah State

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

77.1

Efficiency

85.5

Usage

26.7

Consistency

73.6

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 38. Texas A&M: 23. Air Force: 147. McNeese: 95. Vanderbilt: 66. Hawai'i: 84. San José State: 93. New Mexico: 108. Nevada: 56. UNLV: 109. Fresno State: 79. Boise State: 27

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 5 by 50.7. Texas A&M: 2 by 76.7. Air Force: 7 by 100. McNeese: 3 by 100. Vanderbilt: 7 by 62.9. Hawai'i: 3 by 100. San José State: 7 by 88.6. New Mexico: 5 by 100. Nevada: 3 by 100. UNLV: 8 by 90.8. Fresno State: 8 by 65.8. Boise State: 2 by 90

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins84.7 · Games = 6 · +15.2 vs Losses
Losses69.5 · Games = 6 · -15.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

100 vs Nevada

Result
Fri 11/28vs Boise StateL 24-2522713.513.50020
Sun 11/23@ Fresno StateHigh volumeW 28-178798.89.90022
Sun 11/16@ UNLV100 receiving yards · High volumeL 26-29810913.613.60030
Sun 11/9vs NevadaW 51-1435616.818.70043
Sat 10/25@ New Mexico100 receiving yardsL 14-33510821.621.60154
Sat 10/18vs San José StateW 30-2579310.313.30037
Sun 10/12@ Hawai'iL 26-443842828053
Sat 9/27@ VanderbiltL 35-557669.49.40119
Sun 9/21vs McNeeseW 48-739531.731.70050
Sun 9/14vs Air Force100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 49-3071472121254
Sat 9/6@ Texas A&ML 22-4422311.511.50116
Sat 8/30vs UTEPW 28-165387.67.60014

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

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

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#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