#80

Jahcour Pearson

Senior wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2021: 26 catches, 392 receiving yards.

WR · Ole Miss · Sr. · #80

5′9″ · 180 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 40 · #290 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1916 nationally · Signed with Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2021: 26 catches, 392 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2016.
Transferred from Western Kentucky to Ole Miss in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 1,464 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 135 yds at Auburn.Auburn · L 20-312021

2016

Signed with Western Kentucky3-star out of Flanagan

202110 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1916 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2021

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Western Kentucky6-7HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Pass-leaning

2018Western Kentucky3-9HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced

2019Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Rotational starter #290 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#39 / 655 · 94th pct

25.7%

Yards / catch#136 / 655 · 79th pct

15.1

EPA / target#270 / 655 · 59th pct

0.73

Catch rate#356 / 655 · 45th pct

74.3%

TD rate#568 / 655 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#146 / 557 · 73rd pct

15.1

Rush yards#78 / 273 · 71st pct

Rec yards#281 / 557 · 50th pct

392

Receptions#304 / 557 · 44th pct

Long catch#315 / 557 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rec TDs#494 / 557 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	33.4	13.0	0.0
Road3g	3.3	52.7	10.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	14.4	11.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	64.0	13.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #290 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	26	392	15.1	0	--
2020	Western Kentucky	9	96	10.7	0	--
2019	Western Kentucky	76	804	10.6	7	--
2018	Western Kentucky	13	132	10.2	0	--
2017	Western Kentucky	7	40	5.7	0	--
Career		131	1,464	11.2	7	--

Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	4	30	--	--	--
2020	Western Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Western Kentucky	5	-12	--	10	--
2018	Western Kentucky	4	--	--	--	--
2017	Western Kentucky	2	14	44	--	--
Career		15	32	44	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 29–19

vs Texas A&M

5 rec · 69 yds

With J. Ealy — 152 rush yds (24 car) · M. Brown — 2 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Auburn · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 26 yds to the Aub 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 45 yds to the Vandy 30 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arkansas · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 8 yds to the Ark 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Auburn · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 29 yds to the Aub 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 30 yds to the Miss 41 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 14 yds to the Miss 38 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Auburn · 3&17 · Q2 · EPA +2.12Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 15 yds to the Aub 27
Week 9 · Auburn · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.06Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 26 yds to the Aub 25 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Auburn · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.03Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 11 yds to the Aub 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.94Matt Corral pass complete to Jahcour Pearson for 18 yds to the OLEMISS 41 for a 1ST down TEXAS A&M Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the TexAM 26 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-24vs Louisville	1	27	27.0	27
Wk 2	W 54-17vs Austin Peay	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 3	W 61-21vs Tulane	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 6	W 52-51vs Arkansas	2	12	6.0	8
Wk 7	W 31-26@ Tennessee	2	20	10.0	19
Wk 8	W 31-17vs LSU	2	12	6.0	11
Wk 9	L 20-31@ Auburn	7	135	19.3	29	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 11	W 29-19vs Texas A&M	5	69	13.8	30
Wk 12	W 31-17vs Vanderbilt	4	101	25.3	45
Wk 13	W 31-21@ Mississippi State	1	3	3.0	3
Total		26	392	12.3	45

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology