Senior wide receiver for SMU. 2023: 18 catches, 319 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′2″ · 196 lb · Austin, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1080 nationally · Signed with McNeil
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for SMU. 2023: 18 catches, 319 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Jordan Kerley
Beats you over the top. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 83 rec yds, 3 receptions against Prairie View A&M — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at SMU, 1,185 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (94th percentile). Concern: receptions (19th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 34.5 | 10.9 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 45.2 | 26.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 37.2 | 18.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 48.0 | 17.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #370 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | SMU | 18 | 319 | 17.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | SMU | 37 | 588 | 15.9 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | SMU | 12 | 197 | 16.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona State | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 73 | 1,185 | 16.2 | 12 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | SMU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | SMU | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | SMU | -- | -- | 93 | 61 | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona State | -- | -- | 23 | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | 116 | 63 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | L 11-28@ Oklahoma | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | W 69-0vs Prairie View A&M | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 2 | 59 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 17-34@ TCU | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 0 | 51 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-16vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-10@ East Carolina | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-0@ Temple | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 43 | |
| Wk 9 | W 69-10vs Tulsa | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 20 | |
| Total | 18 | 319 | 18.5 | 2 | 59 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Mark Walker’s 2022 season.
Matches Mark on
Differs from Mark on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen Coker’s path through Holy Cross.
Jalen Coker
Matches Jalen on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Mark Walker's senior season at Navy (2022).
Matches Mark on
Player DNA