Jordan Addison

Former wide receiver at USC. 2022: 59 catches, 875 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · USC · Jr. · #3

6′0″ · 175 lb · Frederick, MD

CFB Index 75 · #53 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamMinnesota — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 24, #23 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 259 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

Career night14 rec · 202 yds · 4 TDvs Virginia (FBS) · W 48-38

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

I cannot describe with words how much I love Jordan Addison.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 8His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2022: 59 catches, 875 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2020.
Transferred from Pittsburgh to USC in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Minnesota in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 3,134 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — drafted at #23 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

202010 games

Signed with Pittsburgh4-star out of Tuscarora

202113 games

All-Americafirst · 8 selectors
All-ACCfirst
Biletnikoffwinner

202211 games

Entered the portal
All-Pac-12First Team

2023

Drafted by Minnesotaround 1, pick 23

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#259 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #23

Minnesota · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

12 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2021)

6 first-team selectors

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ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

3 coaches

2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 4th NFL season

#23Rd 1 · Pick 24

MinnesotaEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

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

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

75All-Conference level #53 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: td rate (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#40 / 636 · 94th pct

25.3%

TD rate#126 / 636 · 80th pct

10.7%

Yards / catch#152 / 636 · 76th pct

14.7

EPA / target#219 / 636 · 66th pct

0.81

Catch rate#256 / 636 · 60th pct

81.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#34 / 550 · 93rd pct

Long catch#43 / 550 · 91st pct

Rec yards#56 / 550 · 90th pct

875

Receptions#71 / 550 · 87th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Rush yards#61 / 275 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#168 / 550 · 69th pct

14.8

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

81st → 66th percentile

Explosive rate

94th → 94th percentile

Catch rate

62nd → 60th percentile

TD rate

89th → 80th percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 76th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	53.9	11.1	0.4
Road4g	7.0	124	17.5	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	83.6	14.5	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	5.0	72.5	11.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #53 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #53 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	USC	59	875	14.8	8	--
2021	Pittsburgh	100	1,593	15.9	17	--
2020	Pittsburgh	60	666	11.1	4	--
Career		219	3,134	14.3	29	--

Season	Team
2022	USC	4	33	--	19	--
2021	Pittsburgh	7	56	--	185	--
2020	Pittsburgh	9	58	39	15	--
Career		20	147	39	219	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 48–45

at UCLA

11 rec · 178 yds · 1 TD

Edged out UCLA on the road in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 470 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.3 · 33 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Jones — 120 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Jordan Addison 75 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 14 · Utah · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +4.36Caleb Williams pass complete to Jordan Addison for 48 yds to the Utah 20 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Caleb Williams pass complete to Jordan Addison for 48 yds to the Stanf 27 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Rice · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Caleb Williams pass complete to Jordan Addison for 12 yds to the Rice 40 for a 1ST down RICE Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Christian Francisco) to the Rice 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UCLA · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Caleb Williams pass complete to Jordan Addison for 48 yds to the UCLA 28 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Utah · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Caleb Williams pass complete to Jordan Addison for 30 yds to the USC 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oregon State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Jordan Addison 21 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 2 · Stanford · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Jordan Addison 22 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 12 · UCLA · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Caleb Williams pass complete to Jordan Addison for 35 yds for a TD, (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · Rice · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Jordan Addison 5 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 66-14vs Rice	5	54	10.8	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 41-28@ Stanford	7	172	24.6	2	75	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 45-17vs Fresno State	6	69	11.5	1	20
Wk 4	W 17-14@ Oregon State	3	42	14.0	1	21
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Arizona State	8	105	13.1	0	24
Wk 6	W 30-14vs Washington State	3	37	12.3	0	25
Wk 7	L 42-43@ Utah	7	106	15.1	1	30
Wk 11	W 55-17vs Colorado	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 12	W 48-45@ UCLA	11	178	16.2	1	48	Season-high 178 yds
Wk 13	W 38-27vs Notre Dame	3	45	15.0	0	23
Wk 14	L 24-47vs Utah	5	65	13.0	0	48
Total		59	875	13.4	8	75

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

Jordan Addison

202010 games

202113 games

202211 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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