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Sire Gaines

#26Sire Gaines

Sire Gaines is a Explosive Back for Boise State. Sire's 2026 season produced 11.3 total EPA across 30 plays.

2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays

16%
projected
band 9%'25 16%23%

Regressed toward the RB mean. Model correlation r≈0.52 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.

What projects, and what doesn't · RBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.52
    Beats guessing the RB average by 18%. n=4,219 RB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.10
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=3,575 RB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.41
    Beats guessing the RB average by 9%. n=3,575 RB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Sire Gaines's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2026 Production

Rushing
132 Rush yards1 Rush TD28 Carries4.7 Yards/carry
Receiving
3 Receptions48 Rec yards1 Rec TD16.0 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2026 · vs RB peers

  • Efficiency98
  • Volume60
  • Explosiveness34
  • Consistency50
  • Receiving43
Player type
Explosive Back

Elite per-carry efficiency — breaks big runs and creates chunk plays at a top rate while in a limited role.

Big-play threatHigh EPA per carryCapitalises on opportunities
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)98th %ile · elite
Key findings
  • Top-10% efficiency among RBs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Peak game: 0.49 EPA/play in Wk 2 vs Memphis (SP+ 2).

NIL Market Tier· 2026

On3 valuation ↗
Star

Top-10 nationally. Multiple mid-to-large collective deals expected.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+0.4900.49Wk 1 vs Oregon: +0.23 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Memphis: +0.49 EPA/play2
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+CarRush YdsAvgRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDEPA/play
1@OregonL27-3423.911393.5024410.23
2vsMemphisW38-202.117935.511400.49

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
21.0%
Passing plays
5.0%
Rushing plays
33.8%
Standard downs
24.0%
Passing downs
14.0%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.27
Passing downs
0.81
Pass / Rush EPA
1.11 / 0.29

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.