Jalen Wayne

Senior wide receiver for South Alabama. 2022: 58 catches, 819 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · South Alabama · Sr.

6′2″ · 207 lb · Spanish Fort, AL

CFB Index 73 · #64 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSouth Alabama 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for South Alabama. 2022: 58 catches, 819 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to South Alabama in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3114 nationally · Signed with South Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Six seasons at South Alabama, 1,982 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 127 yds vs UL Monroe.UL Monroe · W 41-342022

20175 games

Signed with South Alabama2-star out of Spanish Fort

202213 games

The role got bigger.

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3114 national

CFB

College

South Alabama

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

3 coaches

2017

Joey Jones

South Alabama

2018–2020

Steve Campbell

South Alabama

era →

2021–2022

Kane Wommack

South Alabama

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Joey Jones, Steve Campbell, and Kane Wommack. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017South Alabama4-8HC: Joey Jones · Balanced

2018South Alabama3-9HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2019South Alabama2-10HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning

2021South Alabama5-7HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #64 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (82nd percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#115 / 636 · 82nd pct

10.8%

Yards / catch#171 / 636 · 73rd pct

14.2

EPA / target#263 / 636 · 59th pct

0.75

Explosive rate#395 / 636 · 38th pct

10.8%

Catch rate#501 / 636 · 21st pct

68.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#19 / 550 · 95th pct

Rec yards#70 / 550 · 87th pct

819

Receptions#76 / 550 · 86th pct

Long catch#130 / 550 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#206 / 550 · 62nd pct

14.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 59th percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 38th percentile

Catch rate

79th → 21st percentile

TD rate

26th → 82nd percentile

Yards / catch

51st → 73rd 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
Home7g	3.9	63.1	17.9	0.7
Road6g	5.2	62.8	13.4	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	73.9	17.5	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	50.3	13.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

73 · #64 of 488 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #64 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	South Alabama	58	819	14.1	9	--
2021	South Alabama	53	630	11.9	2	--
2020	South Alabama	33	418	12.7	1	--
2019	South Alabama	5	62	12.4	2	--
2018	South Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2017	South Alabama	3	53	17.7	0	--
Career		152	1,982	13.0	14	--

Season	Team
2022	South Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2021	South Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2020	South Alabama	--	--	--	37	--
2019	South Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2018	South Alabama	3	25	--	--	--
2017	South Alabama	1	8	--	--	--
Career		4	33	--	37	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 48–7

vs Nicholls

3 rec · 98 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 41-point win at home against Nicholls.

With J. Brooks — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 58 LONG · C. Bradley — 260 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 10 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.15Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 64 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 9 · Arkansas State · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.08Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 49 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 1 · Nicholls · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 52 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 1 · Nicholls · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 37 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 7 · UL Monroe · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 20 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 13 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 30 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 3 · UCLA · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 13 yds to the SAlab 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Georgia Southern · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 10 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 2 · Central Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Jalen Wayne 10 Yd pass from Carter Bradley (Carter Bradley Pass to Devin Voisin for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 12 · Southern Miss · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Carter Bradley pass complete to Jalen Wayne for 5 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)

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 48-7vs Nicholls	3	98	32.7	2	52	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 38-24@ Central Michigan	10	102	10.2	1	18
Wk 3	L 31-32@ UCLA	7	76	10.9	0	16
Wk 4	W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech	2	37	18.5	0	19
Wk 5	W 20-17@ Louisiana	4	55	13.8	0	22
Wk 7	W 41-34vs UL Monroe	5	127	25.4	2	64	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 8	L 6-10vs Troy	9	68	7.6	0	16
Wk 9	W 31-3@ Arkansas State	3	83	27.7	1	49
Wk 10	W 38-31@ Georgia Southern	3	28	9.3	1	10
Wk 11	W 38-21vs Texas State	3	27	9.0	0	11
Wk 12	W 27-20@ Southern Miss	4	33	8.3	1	15
Wk 13	W 27-20vs Old Dominion	3	63	21.0	1	30
Bowl	L 23-44vs Western Kentucky	2	22	11.0	0	17
Total		58	819	15.8	9	64

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

Jalen Wayne

20175 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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