#11

Adam Jones

Former wide receiver at Arkansas State. 2024: 21 catches, 255 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Arkansas State · Sr. · #11

6′2″ · 187 lb · Knoxville, TN

CFB Index 33 · #370 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceArkansas State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Arkansas State. 2024: 21 catches, 255 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arkansas State, 819 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

2021–2024

Butch Jones

Arkansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Central Michigan8-6HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

2021Arkansas State2-10HC: Butch Jones · Pass-heavy

2022Arkansas State3-9HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

2023Arkansas State6-7HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas State8-5HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #370 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#34 / 610 · 94th pct

14.3%

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#147 / 610 · 76th pct

1.11

Yards / catch#278 / 610 · 55th pct

12.1

Explosive rate#453 / 610 · 25th pct

9.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Long catch#296 / 541 · 45th pct

Yards / catch#334 / 541 · 38th pct

12.1

Receptions#383 / 541 · 29th pct

Rec yards#409 / 541 · 24th pct

255

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	30.2	14.6	0.2
Road5g	2.0	20.8	10.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	19.0	11.3	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	32.0	13.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #370 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas State	21	255	12.1	3	--
2023	Arkansas State	11	195	17.7	1	--
2022	Arkansas State	16	167	10.4	0	--
2021	Arkansas State	14	194	13.9	1	--
2019	Central Michigan	1	8	8.0	0	--
Career		63	819	13.0	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–31

vs Central Arkansas

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

Edged out Central Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With J. Raynor — 317 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 26.2 · 49 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · R. Heicher — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Troy · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 46 yds to the TROY 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Louisiana · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 16 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 8 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 14 yds for a TD (Clune Van Andel KICK)
Week 2 · Tulsa · 1&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 35 yds for a TD (Clune Van Andel KICK)
Week 4 · Iowa State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 5 yds to the ISU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Old Dominion · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.23Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 14 yds to the ARST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Michigan · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.95Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 18 yds to the MICH 30 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Louisiana · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.22Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 5 yds to the ARST 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.10Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 10 yds to the TXST 30 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Southern Miss · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.95Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Adam Jones for 9 yds to the USM 31

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Central Arkansas	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 2	W 28-24vs Tulsa	3	43	14.3	1	35
Wk 3	L 18-28@ Michigan	2	29	14.5	0	18
Wk 4	L 7-52@ Iowa State	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 7	L 9-41@ Texas State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 8	W 44-28@ Southern Miss	3	31	10.3	1	14
Wk 9	W 34-31vs Troy	2	53	26.5	0	46	Season-high 53 yds
Wk 11	L 19-55@ Louisiana	2	21	10.5	1	16
Wk 13	W 28-21vs UL Monroe	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 14	L 32-40vs Old Dominion	4	40	10.0	0	14
Total		21	255	12.2	3	46

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

Adam Jones

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

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Signature game

Signature plays

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