Jalen Cropper

Senior wide receiver for Fresno State. 2022: 75 catches, 1,000 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Fresno State · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 180 lb · Parlier, CA

CFB Index 83 · #27 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceFresno State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Fresno State. 2022: 75 catches, 1,000 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Fresno State, 2,615 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202112 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202213 games

All-Mountain West

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Fresno State

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

3 coaches

2019

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

2020

Kalen DeBoer

Fresno State

era →

2021

Lee Marks

Fresno State

era →

2022

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, and Lee Marks. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Fresno State4-8HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

83All-Conference level #27 of 488?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (94th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#19 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec yards#32 / 550 · 94th pct

1000

Long catch#43 / 550 · 91st pct

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Rush yards#78 / 275 · 71st pct

Yards / catch#249 / 550 · 54th pct

13.3

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.2	53.5	10.3	0.3
Road7g	6.3	97.0	14.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	50.3	10.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	6.1	99.7	15.1	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #27 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Fresno State	75	1,000	13.3	5	--
2021	Fresno State	85	899	10.6	11	--
2020	Fresno State	37	520	14.1	5	--
2019	Fresno State	15	196	13.1	0	--
Career		212	2,615	12.3	21	--

Season	Team
2022	Fresno State	6	22	--	--	--
2021	Fresno State	19	76	--	--	--
2020	Fresno State	4	27	184	--	--
2019	Fresno State	20	343	113	--	--
Career		49	468	297	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2022

W 29–6

vs Washington State

4 rec · 42 yds

Dominant 23-point win at home against Washington State.

With J. Mims — 210 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD · J. Haener — 272 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -5 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Logan Fife pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 75 yds for a TD, (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.66Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 59 yds for a TD, (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 12 · Nevada · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.29Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 45 yds to the Nevad 28 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · San Diego State · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.60Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 29 yds to the SDSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Boise State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 20 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 3 · USC · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.93Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Cropper for 8 yds to the USC 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · New Mexico · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Logan Fife pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 18 yds to the FrsSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.48Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Moreno-Cropper for 14 yds to the FrsSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Cal Poly · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Jake Haener pass complete to Jalen Cropper for 28 yds to the CPoly 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · USC · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.39Jalen Cropper run for 27 yds to the USC 48 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	W 35-7vs Cal Poly	7	63	9.0	0	28
Wk 3	L 17-45@ USC	8	62	7.8	0	14
Wk 5	L 14-19@ UConn	5	76	15.2	0	32
Wk 6	L 20-40@ Boise State	2	23	11.5	0	16
Wk 7	W 17-10vs San José State	6	36	6.0	0	17
Wk 8	W 41-9@ New Mexico	9	158	17.6	1	75	158-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 32-28vs San Diego State	6	67	11.2	0	29
Wk 10	W 55-13vs Hawai'i	5	93	18.6	2	59	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 37-30@ UNLV	8	164	20.5	2	65	Season-high 164 yds
Wk 12	W 41-14@ Nevada	7	136	19.4	0	45	136-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 30-0vs Wyoming	3	20	6.7	0	9
Wk 14	W 28-16@ Boise State	5	60	12.0	0	20
Bowl	W 29-6vs Washington State	4	42	10.5	0	13
Total		75	1000	12.8	5	75

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

Jalen Cropper

202112 games

202213 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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