Ryan Jones

Senior tight end for East Carolina. 2022: 41 catches, 413 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · East Carolina · Sr. · #4

6′3″ · 247 lb · Charlotte, NC

CFB Index 61 · #25 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceEast Carolina 2022 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for East Carolina. 2022: 41 catches, 413 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at East Carolina, 855 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Temple.Temple · W 45-32021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Scottie Montgomery

East Carolina

2019

Mike Houston

East Carolina

era →

2021–2022

Mike Houston

East Carolina

Coaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #25 of 132?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (90th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#16 / 636 · 97th pct

96.9%

EPA / target#269 / 636 · 58th pct

0.74

TD rate#312 / 636 · 50th pct

6.2%

Yards / catch#540 / 636 · 15th pct

9.1

Explosive rate#546 / 636 · 14th pct

6.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#16 / 158 · 90th pct

Rec yards#33 / 158 · 79th pct

413

Rec TDs#29 / 158 · 76th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 35 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#12 / 35 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#108 / 158 · 32nd pct

10.1

Rush yards#22 / 35 · 31st pct

Long catch#129 / 158 · 18th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

81st → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 14th percentile

Catch rate

88th → 97th percentile

TD rate

87th → 50th percentile

Yards / catch

50th → 15th 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	3.4	33.1	9.5	0.4
Road4g	4.2	45.2	10.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	43.4	10.1	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	27.2	9.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #25 of 132 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	41	413	10.1	4	--
2021	East Carolina	37	442	11.9	5	--
2019	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
Career		78	855	11.0	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022

W 34–13

vs UCF

4 rec · 40 yds

Dominant 21-point win at home against UCF.

With H. Ahlers — 311 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · C. Johnson — 11 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Old Dominion · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 23 yds to the ODU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Old Dominion · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Ryan Jones 12 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Owen Daffer PAT failed)
Week 8 · UCF · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 15 yds to the ECaro 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · NC State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.36Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 11 yds to the NCSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UCF · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 11 yds to the ECaro 44 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.73Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 21 yds to the ECaro 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Memphis · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.65Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 18 yds to the ECaro 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Cincinnati · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.51Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 11 yds to the ECaro 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Houston · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.50Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 18 yds to the Houst 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.47Holton Ahlers pass complete to Ryan Jones for 19 yds to the Tulan 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs NC State	4	22	5.5	0	11
Wk 2	W 39-21vs Old Dominion	3	39	13.0	1	23
Wk 3	W 49-10vs Campbell	3	10	3.3	1	13
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Navy	4	48	12.0	1	15
Wk 5	W 48-28@ South Florida	6	84	14.0	1	25	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 6	L 9-24@ Tulane	5	47	9.4	0	21
Wk 7	W 47-45vs Memphis	4	54	13.5	0	18
Wk 8	W 34-13vs UCF	4	40	10.0	0	15
Wk 9	W 27-24@ BYU	2	18	9.0	0	9
Wk 11	L 25-27@ Cincinnati	4	32	8.0	0	14
Wk 12	L 3-42vs Houston	2	19	9.5	0	18
Total		41	413	9.7	4	25

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

Ryan Jones

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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