Jjay Mcafee

Senior tight end for Georgia Southern. 2023: 37 catches, 378 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 240 lb · Charleston, SC

CFB Index 61 · #29 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceGeorgia Southern 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 68 nationally · Joined Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Georgia Southern. 2023: 37 catches, 378 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 684 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Buffalo.Buffalo · L 21-232022

20217 games

Signed with Georgia Southern3-star out of Georgia Military College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#68 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

2022–2023

Clay Helton

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Whitley → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #29 of 137?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (86th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#93 / 639 · 86th pct

94.1%

TD rate#172 / 639 · 73rd pct

8.8%

EPA / target#253 / 639 · 60th pct

0.84

Explosive rate#272 / 639 · 57th pct

14.7%

Yards / catch#503 / 639 · 21st pct

9.9

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#23 / 160 · 86th pct

Rec yards#35 / 160 · 78th pct

378

Rec TDs#29 / 160 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 35 · 76th pct

Long catch#90 / 160 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#102 / 160 · 36th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

63rd → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 57th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 86th percentile

TD rate

97th → 73rd percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 21st 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.8	32.6	9.3	0.2
Road5g	3.6	43.0	14.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.4	39.6	11.8	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	36.0	12.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #29 of 137 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Southern	37	378	10.2	4	--
2022	Georgia Southern	20	193	9.7	4	--
2021	Georgia Southern	11	113	10.3	0	--
Career		68	684	10.1	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 34–0

vs The Citadel

4 rec · 30 yds

Dominant 34-point win at home against The Citadel.

With D. Brin — 244 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.3 · -1 rush yds (3 car) · J. White — 125 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Old Dominion · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.71Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 28 yds to the ODU 18 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 32 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 1 · The Citadel · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.78Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 20 yds to the CIT 44 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 25 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 12 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 18 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 15 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 13 · App State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.23Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 16 yds to the GASO 43 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · James Madison · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.82Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 7 yds to the JMU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · App State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.76Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 21 yds to the APP 42 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · James Madison · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.76Davis Brin pass complete to Jjay Mcafee for 7 yds to the GASO 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs The Citadel	4	30	7.5	0	20	Season-high 62 yds
Wk 2	W 49-35vs UAB	8	50	6.3	0	17
Wk 3	L 14-35@ Wisconsin	1	25	25.0	1	25
Wk 7	L 13-41@ James Madison	4	31	7.8	0	10
Wk 8	W 38-28vs UL Monroe	2	11	5.5	0	8
Wk 9	W 44-27vs Georgia State	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 10	L 24-45@ Texas State	2	36	18.0	1	32
Wk 12	L 17-20vs Old Dominion	3	53	17.7	1	28
Wk 13	L 27-55@ App State	6	61	10.2	0	21
Bowl	L 21-41@ Ohio	5	62	12.4	1	20
Total		37	378	12.0	4	32

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

Jjay Mcafee

20217 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

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