Michael Jefferson

Senior wide receiver for Louisiana. 2022: 51 catches, 810 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Louisiana · Sr. · #8

6′4″ · 205 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 71 · #72 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLouisiana 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Louisiana. 2022: 51 catches, 810 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Transferred from Alabama State to Louisiana in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Louisiana, 1,291 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds at Southern Miss.Southern Miss · L 24-392022

20218 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Louisiana

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches

2021

Billy Napier

Louisiana

2022

Michael Desormeaux

Louisiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

71Quality starter #72 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (91st percentile). Strength: epa / target (87th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#55 / 636 · 91st pct

23.8%

EPA / target#82 / 636 · 87th pct

1.05

Yards / catch#94 / 636 · 85th pct

15.9

TD rate#104 / 636 · 83rd pct

11.1%

Catch rate#227 / 636 · 64th pct

82.5%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#46 / 550 · 89th pct

Rec yards#76 / 550 · 86th pct

810

Yards / catch#109 / 550 · 80th pct

15.9

Receptions#117 / 550 · 78th pct

Long catch#137 / 550 · 75th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

95th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

99th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

16th → 64th percentile

TD rate

96th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

100th → 85th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	43.5	15.9	0.5
Road6g	5.2	91.5	18.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	58.5	14.8	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	76.5	19.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #72 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Louisiana	51	810	15.9	7	--
2021	Louisiana	18	481	26.7	4	--
Career		69	1,291	18.7	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 24–7

vs SE Louisiana

2 rec · 21 yds

With R. Byrns — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · C. Fields — 173 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.8 · -5 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Southern Miss · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +6.65Michael Jefferson 63 Yd pass from Ben Wooldridge (Kenneth Almendares PAT blocked)
Week 4 · UL Monroe · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.98Chandler Fields pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 50 yds for a TD, (Preston Stafford KICK)
Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.23Michael Jefferson 27 Yd pass from Chandler Fields (Preston Stafford Kick)
Week 3 · Rice · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 16 yds to the Rice 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Rice · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 16 yds to the Rice 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Florida State · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Chandler Fields pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 5 yds for a TD, (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 8 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 36 yds for a TD, (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 7 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 32 yds for a TD, (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 9 · Southern Miss · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 24 yds to the LaLaf 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Michael Jefferson for 28 yds for a TD, (Kenneth Almendares KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-7vs SE Louisiana	2	21	10.5	0	16
Wk 2	W 49-21vs Eastern Michigan	5	80	16.0	1	28
Wk 3	L 21-33@ Rice	5	53	10.6	0	16
Wk 4	L 17-21@ UL Monroe	5	105	21.0	1	50
Wk 5	L 17-20vs South Alabama	3	21	7.0	0	13
Wk 7	W 23-13@ Marshall	3	71	23.7	1	32
Wk 8	W 38-18vs Arkansas State	1	36	36.0	1	36
Wk 9	L 24-39@ Southern Miss	6	179	29.8	1	63	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 10	L 17-23vs Troy	6	50	8.3	0	17
Wk 11	W 36-17vs Georgia Southern	3	53	17.7	1	28
Wk 12	L 17-49@ Florida State	6	60	10.0	1	23
Wk 13	W 41-13@ Texas State	6	81	13.5	0	16
Total		51	810	17.0	7	63

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

Michael Jefferson

20218 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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