Tejhaun Palmer

#19 · WR · Sr. · UAB6′2″ · 210 lb · Milwaukee, WI

Tejhaun Palmer: WR · UAB · #19.

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Tejhaun Palmer

WR · UAB · Sr · #19

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for three head coaches at UAB: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent and Trent Dilfer. All-AAC in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 179 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Florida Atlantic — Week 10, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	UAB	47	858	18.3	7	80
2022	UAB	30	479	16.0	2	75
2021	UAB	6	72	12.0	0	18
Career		83	1,409	17.0	9	80

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-6vs North Carolina A&T	4	35	8.8	1	17
Wk 2	L 35-49@ Georgia Southern	6	102	17.0	0	29
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Louisiana	2	11	5.5	0	7
Wk 4	L 21-49@ No. 1 Georgia	4	37	9.3	0	14
Wk 5	L 23-35@ Tulane	4	46	11.5	0	28
Wk 6	W 56-35vs South Florida	2	119	59.5	2	61	2 TD catches
Wk 7	L 20-41@ UTSA	3	36	12.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 21-45vs Memphis	2	44	22.0	1	32
Wk 10	W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic	9	179	19.9	1	70	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 11	L 6-31@ Navy	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 12	W 34-24vs Temple	8	125	15.6	1	30
Wk 13	L 42-45@ North Texas	2	98	49.0	1	80
Total		47	858	18.3	7	80

Signature game

Week 10 · 2023

W 45-42

vs Florida Atlantic

9 rec · 179 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Florida Atlantic at home in a shootout.

With J. Zeno — 484 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.9 · 10 rush yds (11 car) · J. Brown Jr. — 4 rec · 72 yds · 1 TD · 69 rush yds (22 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · North Texas · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +6.82Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 80 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 6 · South Florida · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +6.37Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 61 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +6.25Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 70 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 6 · South Florida · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +6.06Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 58 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.53Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 29 yds to the GASO 48 for a
Week 12 · Temple · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 30 yds to the TEM 22 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Navy · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 26 yds to the NAVY 45 for a
Week 8 · Memphis · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Barker to Palmer: a 32-yard pass.
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 13 yds to the FAU 39 for a
Week 12 · Temple · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Zeno to Palmer: a 22-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 72 (#70 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

72Quality starter #70 of 497 · 2023?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#20 / 639 · 97th pct

19.1

EPA / target#38 / 639 · 94th pct

1.29

Explosive rate#56 / 639 · 91st pct

25.5%

TD rate#137 / 639 · 79th pct

9.8%

Catch rate#324 / 639 · 49th pct

82.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#31 / 566 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#37 / 566 · 93rd pct

18.3

Rec yards#57 / 566 · 90th pct

858

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Receptions#122 / 566 · 78th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

74th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 49th percentile

TD rate

18th → 79th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 97th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	85.5	21.9	1.0
Road6g	3.3	57.5	20.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	55.1	17.7	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	94.4	26.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Trent Dilfer

Pass share

50.3%

427 pass / 422 run

Plays / game

70.8

12 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

453 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

72 · #70 of 497 WRs · 2023

Unranked recruit. Now #70 at the position.

Tejhaun Palmer

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons at UAB, drafted

Moves

2021 3 games

2022 10 games

2023 12 games

2024