Justin Lockhart
Justin Lockhart
Beats you over the top. Justin Lockhart has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 172 rec yds, 10 receptions against Boise State — Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at San José State, 2,031 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Mountain West
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brent Brennan → Ken Niumatalolo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Mountain West
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San José State | 53 | 983 | 18.5 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | San José State | 36 | 578 | 16.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Nevada | 35 | 470 | 13.4 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 124 | 2,031 | 16.4 | 8 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 42–24
vs Sacramento State
4 rec · 42 yds · 1 TD
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ted Hurst’s 2024 season.
Matches Ted on
Differs from Ted on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Blayne Taylor’s path through Abilene Christian.
Blayne Taylor
Joshua Derry
Dillon Stoner
Matches Blayne on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Patrick Bryant's graduate season at Illinois (2024).
Matches Patrick on
Differs from Patrick on
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2024+109%
Up 109% from first season to most-recent.