Waden Charles holds the WR-Z · Starter spot in UCF Knights’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Waden Charles logged a 6.4% overall usage rate in 2025.

Waden Charles is a 6'2", 195-pound wide receiver for UCF from Boynton Beach, Florida, where he attended Somerset Canyons High School. A three-star recruit in the 2025 class, Charles was ranked 694th overall with a rating of 0.8783. As a sophomore in 2025, he appeared in a receiving role, posting 26 receptions for 290 yards with a long catch of 30 yards and an average of 11.2 yards per reception. He also carried the ball once for 2 yards. Charles returns as a contributing member of the Knights offense.