Player Dossier

2022-2025

Troy

DJ Epps

WR • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Seale, AL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

DJ Epps reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

18

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Troy

2223242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Player Story

DJ Epps built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Seale, AL wearing No. 18, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of DJ Epps' career was his receiving role: 47 catches, 503...

Read the story

DJ Epps, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Troy. DJ Epps reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
503
Receptions
47
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

DJ Epps quick answers

Latest team and position
Troy · WR
Career Receiving Yards
503
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Troy
Top game
Texas State
Latest roster
No. 18 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
498 receiving yards · WR 227th (top 21%) · Sun Belt 25th (top 12%) · National 244th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonTroy0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonTroy0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonTroy215025.8
2025 PostseasonTroy13218066.2
2025 Regular SeasonTroy1344480566.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Troy to West VirginiaG5/FCS to P479.1Jan 6, 2026

DJ Epps played WR for Troy. Across 4 tracked seasons, DJ Epps recorded 17 rushing yards, 503 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Troy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Troy paired 498 primary output with 62.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 62.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Troy

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

38.3

Efficiency

62.2

Usage

20.6

Consistency

33.7

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

12345678910111213

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 18. Nicholls: 0. Clemson: 30. Memphis: 0. Buffalo: 18. South Alabama: 59. Texas State: 148. Louisiana: 24. Arkansas State: 0. Old Dominion: 8. Georgia State: 103. Southern Miss: 40. James Madison: 50

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 2 by 60. Clemson: 3 by 66.7. Buffalo: 2 by 60. South Alabama: 5 by 78.7. Texas State: 10 by 98.7. Louisiana: 3 by 53.3. Arkansas State: 2 by 0. Old Dominion: 1 by 53.3. Georgia State: 8 by 85.8. Southern Miss: 6 by 44.4. James Madison: 4 by 83.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins56 · Games = 7 · +38.3 vs Losses
Losses17.7 · Games = 6 · -38.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

98.7 vs Texas State

Result
Wed 12/17@ Jacksonville StateL 13-1721899018
Sat 12/6@ James MadisonL 14-3145012.512.50020
Sat 11/29@ Southern MissW 28-186406.76.7009
Sat 11/22vs Georgia State100 receiving yards · High volumeW 31-19810312.912.90235
Fri 11/14@ Old DominionL 0-33184808
Sun 11/2vs Arkansas StateL 10-23200004
Sat 10/25vs LouisianaW 35-233247.38013
Sun 10/12@ Texas State100 receiving yards · High volumeW 48-411014814.814.80248
Sat 10/4vs South AlabamaW 31-2455911.811.80122
Sat 9/20@ BuffaloW 21-1721899014
Sat 9/13vs MemphisL 7-28
Sat 9/6@ ClemsonL 16-273301010017
Sat 8/30vs NichollsW 38-206

Player Story

DJ Epps story

DJ Epps built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Seale, AL wearing No. 18, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of DJ Epps' career was his receiving role: 47 catches, 503 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 17 rushing yards across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Troy. 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 17 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 554 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Troy.

The arc is straightforward: DJ Epps 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

    Troy

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTroy0
2023 Regular SeasonTroy00
2024 Regular SeasonTroy533.35.65
2025 PostseasonTroy49862.220.6493
2025 Regular SeasonTroy49862.220.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 65 Texas State

Week 7 · W 48-41 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

148

Receiving Yards

99.6 takeover

148 receiving yards with a 98.7 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 133 Georgia State

Week 13 · W 31-19 · Conference game

103

Receiving Yards

84.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

103 receiving yards with a 85.8 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 114 South Alabama

Week 6 · W 31-24 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

72.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 78.7 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 27 James Madison

Week 15 · L 14-31 · Conference game

50

Receiving Yards

66.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

50 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Florida A&M

Week 4 · W 34-12

5

Receiving Yards

50.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

5 receiving yards with a 33.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Troy

498 primary output · 62.2 efficiency · 20.6 usage

66.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Troy

66.2

498 primary · 62.2 efficiency · 20.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Troy

25.8

5 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games