Senior wide receiver for Texas State. 2023: 3 catches, 27 receiving yards.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Fort Worth, 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.
The story
4 wide receiver for Texas State. 2023: 3 catches, 27 receiving yards.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2336 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJulian Ortega-Jones
Moves the chains on third down. Julian Ortega-Jones has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 17 rec yds, 1 receptions against South Alabama, Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas State, 870 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+4g | 0.8 | 6.8 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas State | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas State | 29 | 270 | 9.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | 11 | 115 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 14 | 160 | 11.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 20 | 298 | 14.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 77 | 870 | 11.3 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 1 | -6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -6 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-31@ Baylor | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-36@ Southern Miss | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-31vs Troy | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-24vs Georgia Southern | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-31@ Coastal Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-44vs South Alabama | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 17 yds |
| Total | 3 | 27 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Casey Washington’s 2022 season.
Matches Casey on
Differs from Casey on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Nicholas Cenacle’s path through Hawai'i.
Matches Nicholas on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Peter LeBlanc's senior season at Louisiana (2022).
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Player DNA