Braden Pegan

WR · #7 · Utah · SR · 6'3" · 210 · San Juan Capistrano, CA

Transferred from USU · Projected WR-Z starter

926 2025 receiving yards
60 of 99 2025 catches
5 2025 TDs
14 Explosive plays
19 Career games (12 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Utah State121160-99 926 15.4 5
2023 UCLA711-2 7 7.0 0

2025 Percentile vs WRs

Receiving yards per game 77.2 96
Yards per catch 15.4 77
Catch rate 60.6% 52
Receiving TDs 5 82

Around Braden

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Devon Dampier QB · 2,490 pass yds · 12g
RB Wayshawn Parker RB · 981 rush yds · 13g
WR-X Larry Simmons WR · 280 rec yds · 13g
WR-SL Kyri Shoels WR · 768 rec yds · 12g · at SJSU
TE Hunter Andrews TE · 113 rush yds · 4g

The situation

Utah 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 14.7% 93
Red zone TD rate 85.0% 99
Line yards per carry 3.4 99
Sack rate allowed 3.6% 92

2025 Game log

with Utah State
WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1 UTEP 5 5 38
W2 @ TXAM 6 2 23 1 2
W3 AFA 8 7 147 2
W4McNeese Cowboys 5 3 95
W5 @ VAN 12 7 66 1 2
W7 @ HAW 6 3 78 1
W8 SJSU2 8 7 93 1 1
W9 @ UNM 9 5 108 1 1
W11 NEV1 6 3 67 1
W12 @ UNLV 13 8 109 2
W13 @ FRES1 11 8 80 1
W14 BSU 10 2 27

Recruiting

2022 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2022 board
#678 Ayo Tifase DL · Concordia Prep FSU
#678 Powell Gordon LB · Auburn AUB
#678 Braden Pegan WR · San Juan Hills UCLA
#678 Quavian Carter S · Lee County MSU
#678 Ernest Hausmann LB · Columbus NEB
WRs in the class
#93 JoJo Bermudez Cedar Creek CIN
#94 Adarrius Harshaw Cherokee
#95 Braden Pegan San Juan Hills UCLA
#96 Victor Jones Jr. Olympia NEB
#97 Che Nwabuko Manor PITT
2025 · 96th pctile of WRs
Recruit · 73th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.