Jared Wayne

Senior wide receiver for Pittsburgh. 2022: 60 catches, 1,056 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 210 lb · Peterborough, ON

CFB Index 81 · #32 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferencePittsburgh 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1444 nationally · Signed with Clearwater Academy International

Career night11 rec · 199 yds · 3 TDat Miami (FBS) · W 42-16

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Pittsburgh. 2022: 60 catches, 1,056 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clearwater Academy International in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 2,301 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 199 yds at Miami.Miami · W 42-162022

20195 games

Recruited3-star out of Clearwater Academy International

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1444 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 34-17 over that span.

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Pittsburgh9-4HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #32 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (95th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#31 / 636 · 95th pct

17.8

Explosive rate#41 / 636 · 93rd pct

25.0%

EPA / target#114 / 636 · 82nd pct

0.97

TD rate#335 / 636 · 47th pct

6.0%

Catch rate#464 / 636 · 27th pct

71.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#22 / 550 · 96th pct

1056

Yards / catch#49 / 550 · 91st pct

17.6

Receptions#59 / 550 · 88th pct

Long catch#118 / 550 · 78th pct

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

86th → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

56th → 27th percentile

TD rate

75th → 47th percentile

Yards / catch

73rd → 95th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	81.8	17.6	0.3
Road6g	5.0	94.2	18.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	73.3	17.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	103	18.7	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

81 · #32 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #32 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Pittsburgh	60	1,056	17.6	5	--
2021	Pittsburgh	47	658	14.0	6	--
2020	Pittsburgh	21	326	15.5	1	--
2019	Pittsburgh	18	261	14.5	1	--
Career		146	2,301	15.8	13	--

Season	Team
2022	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Pittsburgh	1	-3	--	--	--
Career		1	-3	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 37–35

at UCLA

5 rec · 50 yds

Edged out UCLA on the road in a shootout.

With N. Patti — 224 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 73 rush yds (10 car) · C. Junko — 64 AVG · 85 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Miami · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.34Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 66 yds for a TD, (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 1 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.32Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 64 yds to the WVirg 1 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Miami · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -3.60Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 4 yds Jared Wayne fumbled, recovered by MiaFl James Williams
Week 12 · Duke · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.47Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 35 yds to the Duke 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.35Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 30 yds to the GTech 38 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Carolina · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.22Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 29 yds to the NCaro 30 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.21Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 50 yds to the NCaro 22 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Miami · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 26 yds for a TD, (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 12 · Duke · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 15 yds for a TD, (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 11 · Virginia · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Kedon Slovis pass complete to Jared Wayne for 17 yds to the Virg 42 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 38-31vs West Virginia	3	89	29.7	0	64
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Tennessee	7	82	11.7	1	18
Wk 3	W 34-13@ Western Michigan	3	94	31.3	0	39
Wk 5	L 21-26vs Georgia Tech	6	89	14.8	0	30
Wk 6	W 45-29vs Virginia Tech	4	36	9.0	0	12
Wk 8	L 10-24@ Louisville	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 9	L 24-42@ North Carolina	7	161	23.0	0	50	161-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 19-9vs Syracuse	6	102	17.0	0	24
Wk 11	W 37-7@ Virginia	2	40	20.0	0	23
Wk 12	W 28-26vs Duke	4	93	23.3	1	35
Wk 13	W 42-16@ Miami	11	199	18.1	3	66	Season-high 199 yds
Bowl	W 37-35@ UCLA	5	50	10.0	0	18
Total		60	1056	18.2	5	66

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