TJ Jones

Former wide receiver at UAB. 2023: 15 catches, 222 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · UAB · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 200 lb · Lake City, FL

CFB Index 31 · #443 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceDetroit — drafted 2014, Rd 6, Pick 13, #189 overall

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 342 nationally · Joined UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UAB. 2023: 15 catches, 222 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UAB in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UAB, 503 receiving yards — drafted at #189 overall by Detroit.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Florida Atlantic.Florida Atlantic · L 17-242022

2020

Signed with UAB2-star out of Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#342 national

CFB

College

UAB

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

3 coaches

2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 13th NFL season

#189Rd 6 · Pick 13

DetroitEntering 13th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

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

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #443 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Strength: td rate (80th percentile). Concern: epa / target (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#57 / 639 · 90th pct

25.0%

TD rate#121 / 639 · 80th pct

10.0%

Yards / catch#140 / 639 · 78th pct

14.9

Catch rate#453 / 639 · 28th pct

75.0%

EPA / target#538 / 639 · 16th pct

0.41

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#80 / 566 · 85th pct

Rush yards#50 / 294 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#173 / 566 · 69th pct

14.8

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rec yards#462 / 566 · 18th pct

222

Receptions#498 / 566 · 11th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 16th percentile

Explosive rate

16th → 90th percentile

Catch rate

99th → 28th percentile

TD rate

7th → 80th percentile

Yards / catch

11th → 78th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.7	31.3	17.2	0.3
Road4g	1.2	8.5	7.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	22.0	12.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.2	22.4	16.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #443 of 497 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #443 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UAB	15	222	14.8	2	--
2022	UAB	29	231	8.0	1	--
2021	UAB	8	50	6.2	0	--
Career		52	503	9.7	3	--

Season	Team
2023	UAB	4	39	--	--	--
2022	UAB	2	31	--	--	--
2021	UAB	3	13	--	--	--
Career		9	83	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 35–6

vs North Carolina A&T

2 rec · 41 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 29-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With J. Zeno — 291 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.5 · 31 rush yds (5 car) · J. Brown Jr. — 47 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +6.37Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 72 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 1 · North Carolina A&T · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 34 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 8 · Memphis · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +1.99T.J. Jones run for 15 yds to the MEM 33 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.84Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 29 yds to the UL 30 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.74Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 21 yds to the UAB 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.70Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for a loss of 5 yards to the UAB 31
Week 12 · Temple · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.63Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 2 yds to the TEM 23 UAB Penalty, Offensive Holding (Terrell McDonald) to the TEM 33
Week 6 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.32Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 14 yds to the UAB 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Navy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.24Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 13 yds to the UAB 47 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.12T.J. Jones run for 13 yds to the UAB 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-6vs North Carolina A&T	2	41	20.5	1	34
Wk 2	L 35-49@ Georgia Southern	2	18	9.0	0	23
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Louisiana	2	34	17.0	0	29
Wk 4	L 21-49@ Georgia	2	3	1.5	0	2
Wk 6	W 56-35vs South Florida	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 8	L 21-45vs Memphis	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 10	W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic	2	93	46.5	1	72	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 11	L 6-31@ Navy	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 34-24vs Temple	2	1	0.5	0	2
Wk 13	L 42-45@ North Texas	—	—	—	—	—
Total		15	222	14.1	2	72

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