Senior wide receiver for Georgia Southern. 2022: 35 catches, 483 receiving yards, 6 TD.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Frisco, TX
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
ATH recruit
No. 1512 nationally · Signed with Tulane
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
5 wide receiver for Georgia Southern. 2022: 35 catches, 483 receiving yards, 6 TD.
Amare Jones
Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Willie Fritz and Clay Helton. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 164 rec yds, 7 receptions against James Madison — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 1,370 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. 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: td rate (84th percentile). Strength: long catch (91st percentile). Concern: rush yards (13th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.0 | 90.7 | 16.9 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 42.2 | 9.4 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 61.3 | 12.4 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 54.0 | 10.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #216 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 35 | 483 | 13.8 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | Tulane | 25 | 351 | 14.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Tulane | 14 | 117 | 8.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Tulane | 34 | 367 | 10.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Tulane | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 114 | 1,370 | 12.0 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 1 | -2 | 16 | 110 | -- |
| 2021 | Tulane | 41 | 196 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Tulane | 68 | 394 | 439 | 31 | -- |
| 2019 | Tulane | 61 | 371 | 732 | 141 | -- |
| 2018 | Tulane | 47 | 211 | 558 | 113 | -- |
| Career | 218 | 1,170 | 1,745 | 395 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022
W 45–38
7 rec · 164 yds · 2 TD
Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.
With K. Vantrease — 578 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · A. Beck II — 45 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 59 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Morgan State | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42@ Nebraska | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-35@ UAB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-23vs Ball State | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 1 | 47 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Coastal Carolina | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-41@ Georgia State | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-38vs James Madison | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 2 | 75 | Season-high 164 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 28-23@ Old Dominion | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 1 | 29 | |
| Total | 35 | 483 | 12.2 | 6 | 75 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Cedric Patterson III’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Damon Ward Jr.'s graduate season at North Texas (2023).
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