Jamal Turner

#9 · TE · Sr. · Toledo6′6″ · 245 lb · Montgomery, AL

Jamal Turner: TE · Toledo · #9.

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Jamal Turner

TE · Toledo · Sr · #9

Is the first read once you cross the 20. Fifth year in the Toledo receiving corps. One game to point at: 87 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Long Island University — Week 1, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Toledo in the news

Michigan flips Toledo recruitYahoo Sports Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Toledo	29	378	13.0	8	69
2021	Toledo	8	87	10.9	1	28
2020	Toledo	6	81	13.5	0	23
2019	Toledo	1	7	7.0	0	7
2018	Toledo	2	24	12.0	0	13
Career		46	577	12.5	9	69

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 37-0vs Long Island University	3	87	29.0	1	69
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 17-7vs Ohio	1	11	11.0	0	11
Bowl	W 21-19vs Liberty	3	53	17.7	0	38
Total		29	378	13.0	8	69

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 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Long Island University · 2nd and 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 · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 11 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 21 yds to the WMich 47 for a
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 15 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 11 · Ball State · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 8 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 7 · Kent State · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 7 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)

4 more plays

Week 11 · Ball State · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 30 yds to the BalSt 30 for a
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.11Dequan Finn pass complete to Jamal Turner for 11 yds to the NoIll 48 for a
Week 12 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 2 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 1 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jamal Turner for 38 yds to the Liber 20 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 60 (#31 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

60Quality starter #31 of 132 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	37.8	12.6	1.0
Road5g	2.2	25.0	13.2	0.6

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

Pass share

43.5%

438 pass / 569 run

Plays / game

71.9

14 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

461 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

29 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

60 · #31 of 132 TEs · 2022

Jamal Turner

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Style of play

Fans

Toledo in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

29 catches in 12 games

Five seasons at Toledo