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Jalen Wayne

WR · South Alabama · Sr.

All-Conf HMSouth Alabama 2022 alumnus
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Jalen Wayne

WR · South Alabama · Sr

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#3114 national
CFB
College
South Alabama
2020–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

All-Sun Belt

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches
2020
South Alabama
2021
South Alabama
era →
2022
South Alabama

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning
2021South Alabama5-7HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced
2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

All-Sun Belt

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022South Alabama5881914.19--
2021South Alabama5363011.92--
2020South Alabama3341812.71--
Career1441,86713.012--
SeasonTeam
2022South Alabama----------
2021South Alabama----------
2020South Alabama------37--
Career------37--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 38–31

at Georgia Southern

3 rec · 28 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Georgia Southern on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Jump-Ball Target

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

WR

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Elijah Spencer’s 2022 season.

Charlotte · 2022

#2

Corey Xavier Sutton

App State · 2021

76%
#3

Will Sheppard

Vanderbilt · 2022

76%
#4

Daewood Davis

Western Kentucky · 2022

76%
#5

Jason Brownlee

Southern Miss · 2022

All-Sun Belt
73%

Matches Elijah on

TD rate
Weight
EPA / play (adj)

Differs from Elijah on

Recruiting rating (lower)
Yards / reception (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hunter Long’s path through Boston College.

Hunter Long

97%match

Boston College · 2020

All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
#2

Taylor Grimes

Incarnate Word · 2022

94%
#3

Jalen McDonald

Merrimack · 2025

92%
#4

Anthony Lowe

Gardner-Webb · 2025

92%
#5

Jevin Frett

UL Monroe · 2022

91%

Matches Hunter on

Yards per reception
202020212022

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tejhaun Palmer's junior season at UAB (2023).

UAB · 2023

All-AACNFL Rd 6
#2

Kaedin Robinson

App State · 2023

All-Sun Belt
77%
#3

Will Sheppard

Vanderbilt · 2022

77%
#4

Jason Brownlee

Southern Miss · 2022

All-Sun Belt
76%
#5

De'Corian Clark

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA
76%

Matches Tejhaun on

Yards / reception
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Tejhaun on

EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Reception volume (higher)

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2020–2022
4182020
6302021
8192022

+96%

Up 96% from first season to most-recent.