JJ Arcega-Whiteside

WR · Stanford 2018 · #19

Last confirmed: Stanford, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · 221 lb · Inman, SC

JJ Arcega-Whiteside: WR · Stanford · #19.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jalen WilliamsMassachusetts · 2016 · 94% season match
Thomas DuarteUCLA · 2015 · 85% season match
CJ LewisBoston College · 2020 · 85% season match
Corey DavisWestern Michigan · 2014 · 83% season match
Corey Xavier SuttonApp State · 2018 · 82% season match

JJ Arcega-Whiteside

WR · Stanford · Sr · #19

Beats you over the top. He has spent three seasons in the Stanford receiving corps. A game that shows it: 226 receiving yards and 6 receptions against San Diego State — Week 1, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

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

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Stanford	62	1,040	16.8	14
2017	Stanford	48	781	16.3	9
2016	Stanford	24	379	15.8	5
Career		134	2,200	16.4	28

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-10vs San Diego State	6	226	37.7	3	80	3 TD catches
Wk 2	W 17-3vs No. 17 USC	4	62	15.5	0	29
Wk 3	W 30-10vs UC Davis	3	36	12.0	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 38-31@ No. 20 Oregon	4	84	21.0	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 17-38@ No. 8 Notre Dame	5	30	6.0	1	9
Wk 6	L 21-40vs Utah	8	103	12.9	0	22
Wk 8	W 20-13@ Arizona State	7	91	13.0	1	28
Wk 9	L 38-41vs No. 14 Washington State	9	92	10.2	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 23-27@ Washington	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 49-42@ UCLA	7	106	15.1	3	23	3 TD catches
Wk 14	W 23-13@ California	5	109	21.8	0	31
Bowl	W 14-13@ Pittsburgh	3	90	30.0	0	49
Total		62	1040	16.8	14	80

Signature game

Week 1 · 2018

W 31-10

vs San Diego State

6 rec · 226 yds · 3 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against San Diego State.

With J. Bailey — 48.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · K. Costello — 332 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · San Diego State · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +7.29K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 80 yds for a TD (K.J. Costello pass for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 13 · UCLA · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +4.07K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 23 yds for a TD (Jet Toner KICK)
Week 4 · Oregon · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.61K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 40 yds to the Oregn 12 for a
Week 1 · San Diego State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.35K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 19 yds for a TD (Jet Toner KICK)
Week 8 · Arizona State · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.27K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 28 yds for a TD (Jet Toner KICK)
Week 2 · USC · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.25K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 29 yds to the USC 36 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · California · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 15 yds to the Cal 39 for a
Week 9 · Washington State · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.11K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 18 yds for a TD (Jet Toner KICK)
Week 1 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 38 yds for a TD (Jet Toner KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.96K.J. Costello pass complete to JJ Arcega-Whiteside for 20 yds to the Stanf 47 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under David Shaw — 28-12 over that span.

2016Stanford10-3HC: David Shaw · Run-heavy

2017Stanford9-5HC: David Shaw · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Stanford9-4HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: epa / target (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#17 / 702 · 98th pct

15.2%

EPA / target#32 / 702 · 96th pct

0.99

Explosive rate#70 / 702 · 90th pct

20.7%

Yards / catch#83 / 702 · 88th pct

16.8

Catch rate#384 / 702 · 45th pct

67.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#2 / 550 · 100th pct

Rec yards#28 / 550 · 95th pct

1040

Long catch#31 / 550 · 94th pct

Receptions#57 / 550 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#80 / 550 · 85th pct

16.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 96th percentile

Explosive rate

95th → 90th percentile

Catch rate

30th → 45th percentile

TD rate

63rd → 98th percentile

Yards / catch

89th → 88th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.0	104	17.7	1.4
Road6g	4.8	71.8	14.7	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	90.1	19.3	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	81.8	14.2	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

David Shaw

Pass share

52.5%

420 pass / 380 run

Plays / game

61.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

456 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

62 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

JJ Arcega-Whiteside

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Awards

Starter

Four seasons at Stanford, drafted

2019