#15

Charlie Jones

Former wide receiver at Purdue. 2022: 110 catches, 1,361 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · Purdue · Sr. · #15

6′0″ · 188 lb · Deerfield, IL

CFB Index 96 · #2 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCincinnati — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 29, #131 overall

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3155 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

Statement game13 rec · 162 ydsvs Michigan (FBS) · L 22-43

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Purdue. 2022: 110 catches, 1,361 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2017.
Transferred from Iowa to Purdue in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the Cincinnati in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 2,079 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #131 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 188 yds at Syracuse.Syracuse · L 29-322022

2017

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Deerfield

20207 games

All-Big Tensecond

202113 games

Big Ten Rodgers–Dwight Return Specialist of the Yearwinner
All-Big Tenfirst

202213 games

Entered the portal
All-Big Tenfirst

2023

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 4, pick 131

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3155 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #131

Cincinnati · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

2020–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

Played his entire career under Jeff Brohm.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 4th NFL season

#131Rd 4 · Pick 29

CincinnatiEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Buffalo10-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

96All-America level #2 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (100th percentile). Concern: rush yards (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#171 / 636 · 73rd pct

9.4%

EPA / target#210 / 636 · 67th pct

0.82

Catch rate#211 / 636 · 67th pct

82.9%

Explosive rate#298 / 636 · 53rd pct

13.7%

Yards / catch#351 / 636 · 45th pct

11.9

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#1 / 550 · 100th pct

110

Rec yards#2 / 550 · 100th pct

1361

Rec TDs#5 / 550 · 99th pct

Long catch#155 / 550 · 71st pct

Yards / catch#309 / 550 · 43rd pct

12.4

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rush yards#192 / 275 · 28th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 67th percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 53rd percentile

Catch rate

31st → 67th percentile

TD rate

78th → 73rd percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 45th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	9.8	104	10.4	1.5
Road7g	7.3	105	15.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.9	105	10.9	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	8.0	104	15.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 488 FBS receivers by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #2 of 488 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Purdue	110	1,361	12.4	12	--
2021	Iowa	21	323	15.4	3	--
2020	Iowa	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Buffalo	18	395	21.9	3	--
Career		149	2,079	14.0	18	--

Season	Team
2022	Purdue	2	3	78	114	--
2021	Iowa	7	8	635	285	--
2020	Iowa	2	38	22	223	1
2018	Buffalo	--	--	289	--	--
Career		11	49	1,024	622	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 20–10

at Minnesota

6 rec · 55 yds

With J. Ansell — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. O'Connell — 199 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.5 · 10 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.76Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 60 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 3 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.28A.O'Connell pass complete to PUR 45. Catch made by C.Jones at PUR 45. Gain of 55 yards. C.Jones for 55 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 3 · Syracuse · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +4.14A.O'Connell pass complete to PUR 26. Catch made by C.Jones at PUR 26. Gain of 51 yards. Tackled by SYR at SYR 23.
Week 13 · Indiana · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 58 yds to the Ind 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Nebraska · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 18 yds to the Neb 41 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Michigan · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 32 yds to the Mich 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wisconsin · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 11 yds to the Wisc 42 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Nebraska · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 31 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 2 · Indiana State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Charlie Jones 36 Yd pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran Kick)
Week 10 · Iowa · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.93Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 41 yds to the Prdue 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 31-35vs Penn State	12	153	12.8	1	30	153-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Indiana State	9	133	14.8	3	36	3 TD catches
Wk 3	L 29-32@ Syracuse	11	188	17.1	1	55	Season-high 188 yds
Wk 4	W 28-26vs Florida Atlantic	9	59	6.6	2	14	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 20-10@ Minnesota	6	55	9.2	0	28
Wk 6	W 31-29@ Maryland	3	15	5.0	0	11
Wk 7	W 43-37vs Nebraska	12	132	11.0	2	31	2 TD catches
Wk 8	L 24-35@ Wisconsin	10	105	10.5	0	27
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Iowa	11	104	9.5	0	41
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Illinois	4	66	16.5	1	32
Wk 12	W 17-9vs Northwestern	6	46	7.7	1	15
Wk 13	W 30-16@ Indiana	4	143	35.8	1	60	143-yard receiving day
Wk 14	L 22-43@ Michigan	13	162	12.5	0	32	162-yard receiving day
Total		110	1361	13.0	12	60