Jamal Turner

Senior tight end for Toledo. 2022: 29 catches, 378 receiving yards, 8 TD.

TE · Toledo · Sr. · #9

6′6″ · 245 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 60 · #31 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceToledo 2022 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Toledo. 2022: 29 catches, 378 receiving yards, 8 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Toledo, 577 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at San Diego State.San Diego State · L 14-172022

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Toledo

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jason Candle — 33-25 over that span.

2018Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2019Toledo6-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-heavy

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #31 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (99th percentile). Strength: epa / target (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#7 / 636 · 99th pct

20.6%

EPA / target#43 / 636 · 93rd pct

1.13

Yards / catch#230 / 636 · 64th pct

13.2

Explosive rate#271 / 636 · 57th pct

14.7%

Catch rate#369 / 636 · 42nd pct

76.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#2 / 158 · 98th pct

Long catch#8 / 158 · 95th pct

Rec yards#38 / 158 · 76th pct

378

Yards / catch#40 / 158 · 75th pct

13.0

Receptions#44 / 158 · 72nd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	40.3	13.4	0.8
Road6g	2.0	22.7	12.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	33.8	12.7	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	29.2	13.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #31 of 132 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Toledo	29	378	13.0	8	--
2021	Toledo	8	87	10.9	1	--
2020	Toledo	6	81	13.5	0	--
2019	Toledo	1	7	7.0	0	--
2018	Toledo	2	24	12.0	0	--
Career		46	577	12.5	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 37–0

vs Long Island University

3 rec · 87 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 37-point win at home against Long Island University.

With D. Finn — 216 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 50.9 · 64 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · J. Batzke — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Long Island University · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.50Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 69 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 4 · San Diego State · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 11 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 21 yds to the WMich 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 15 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 11 · Ball State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 8 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 7 · Kent State · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 7 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 11 · Ball State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 30 yds to the BalSt 30 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 11 yds to the NoIll 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Bowling Green · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 2 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 1 · Liberty · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 38 yds to the Liber 20 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-0vs Long Island University	3	87	29.0	1	69	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 4	L 14-17@ San Diego State	3	11	3.7	1	11
Wk 5	W 38-17vs Central Michigan	2	9	4.5	1	8
Wk 6	W 52-32@ Northern Illinois	2	26	13.0	1	15
Wk 7	W 52-31vs Kent State	2	17	8.5	1	10
Wk 8	L 27-34@ Buffalo	3	36	12.0	1	26
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Eastern Michigan	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 11	W 28-21vs Ball State	4	54	13.5	1	30
Wk 12	L 35-42vs Bowling Green	3	22	7.3	1	14
Wk 13	L 14-20@ Western Michigan	2	29	14.5	0	21
Wk 14	W 17-7@ Ohio	1	11	11.0	0	11
Bowl	W 21-19vs Liberty	3	53	17.7	0	38
Total		29	378	13.1	8	69

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

Jamal Turner

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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