Zach Heins

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2023 South Dakota State 11 games, 26 catches, 399 yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 9	vs.Montana State	W 20–⁠16	2	25	1	16
Sep 16	vs.Drake	W 70–⁠7	2	21	1	13
Sep 30	vs.North Dakota	W 42–⁠21	3	46	0	25
Oct 7	atIllinois State	W 40–⁠21	3	28	0	11
Oct 14	vs.Northern Iowa	W 41–⁠6	4	69	2	30
Oct 21	atSouthern Illinois	W 17–⁠10	2	23	0	20
Nov 11	atYoungstown State	W 34–⁠0	2	39	0	25
Nov 18	vs.Missouri State	W 35–⁠17	1	31	1	31
Dec 9 ✦	vs.Villanova	W 23–⁠12	1	26	0	26
Dec 15 ✦	vs.UAlbany	W 59–⁠0	4	50	2	25
Jan 7 ✦	vs.Montana	W 23–⁠3	2	41	0	34

No box score in the source for Sep 1 vs. Western Oregon, so that game is not listed.

2022 South Dakota State 11 games, 24 catches, 301 yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 3	atIowa	L 3–⁠7	1	6	0	0
Sep 10	vs.UC Davis	W 24–⁠22	2	16	0	13
Sep 17	vs.Butler	W 45–⁠17	2	42	1	28
Sep 24	atMissouri State	W 28–⁠14	7	127	1	30
Oct 1	vs.Western Illinois	W 34–⁠10	1	6	0	6
Oct 8	vs.South Dakota	W 28–⁠3	1	4	0	4
Oct 15	atNorth Dakota State	W 23–⁠21	2	20	0	10
Oct 22	atNorth Dakota	W 49–⁠35	2	9	1	7
Nov 5	atNorthern Iowa	W 31–⁠28	3	32	0	19
Nov 12	vs.Illinois State	W 31–⁠7	2	10	1	7
Dec 10	vs.Holy Cross	W 41–⁠21	1	29	0	29

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Indiana State, so that game is not listed.

2019 South Dakota State 1 game, 1 catch, 13 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Aug 29	atMinnesota	L 21–⁠28	1	13	1	13

No box score in the source for Sep 7 vs. Long Island University; Sep 14 vs. Drake; Sep 21 vs. Southern Utah; Oct 5 vs. Southern Illinois; Oct 12 at Youngstown State; Oct 19 at Indiana State; Oct 26 vs. North Dakota State; Nov 2 at Missouri State; Nov 9 vs. Illinois State; Nov 16 vs. Northern Iowa; Nov 23 at South Dakota; Dec 7 vs. Northern Iowa, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.