Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 15 catches, 373 receiving yards, 3 TD.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Richmond, VA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1071 nationally · Signed with Highland Springs
Career night9 rec · 252 yds · 3 TDvs Charlotte (FBS) · W 56-34
Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 15 catches, 373 receiving yards, 3 TD.
Ali Jennings
Beats you over the top. Ali Jennings has played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. His first career honor landed in 2021: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 158 rec yds, 6 receptions against Duke — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Virginia Tech, 2,710 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (100th percentile). Strength: epa / target (99th percentile). Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 71.8 | 24.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 39.0 | 29.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 51.2 | 20.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 15 | 373 | 24.9 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Old Dominion | 54 | 959 | 17.8 | 9 | -- |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 62 | 1,066 | 17.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 19 | 192 | 10.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 162 | 2,710 | 16.7 | 21 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | 17 | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Old Dominion | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | 3 | -- | 17 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-34@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 1 | 62 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-17@ Old Dominion | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-21vs Boston College | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38@ Syracuse | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-24vs Clemson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-31@ Duke | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 1 | 65 | Season-high 158 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 37-17vs Virginia | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 40 | |
| Bowl | L 10-24vs Minnesota | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 15 | 373 | 23.3 | 3 | 65 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Michael Jefferson’s 2021 season.
Matches Michael on
Differs from Michael on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gunner Romney’s path through BYU.
Matches Gunner on
Player DNA