Antwane Wells Jr.

Former wide receiver at Ole Miss. 2024: 28 catches, 553 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Ole Miss · Jr. · #3

6′1″ · 210 lb · Richmond, VA

CFB Index 50 · #197 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Ole Miss. 2024: 28 catches, 553 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Transferred from South Carolina to Ole Miss in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 1,518 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 189 yds at Arkansas.Arkansas · L 30-442022

202212 games

All-SECfirst

2023

The snaps went the other way.

All-SEC

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #197 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (98th percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#12 / 610 · 98th pct

34.3%

Yards / catch#12 / 610 · 98th pct

20.1

TD rate#34 / 610 · 94th pct

14.3%

EPA / target#180 / 610 · 71st pct

1.04

Catch rate#547 / 610 · 10th pct

77.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#22 / 541 · 96th pct

19.8

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Long catch#112 / 541 · 79th pct

Rec yards#179 / 541 · 67th pct

553

Receptions#290 / 541 · 45th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Rush yards#210 / 299 · 28th pct

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	44.6	20.7	0.7
Road4g	2.5	60.2	24.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	67.2	25.7	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	30.0	16.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

50 · #197 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	28	553	19.8	6	--
2023	South Carolina	3	37	12.3	1	--
2022	South Carolina	68	928	13.6	6	--
Career		99	1,518	15.3	13	--

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	5	4	--	--	--
2023	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2022	South Carolina	3	10	--	--	--
Career		8	14	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 28–10

vs Georgia

3 rec · 27 yds · 1 TD

With J. Dart — 199 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 54 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Furman · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.86Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 61 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 9 · Oklahoma · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.15Antwane Wells Jr. run for a loss of 3 yards to the OU 8
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.72Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 18 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 9 · Oklahoma · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 34 yds to the OU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 35 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 13 · Florida · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Antwane Wells Jr. 10 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 1 · Duke · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 32 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 3 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 31 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.15Jaxson Dart pass complete to Antwane Wells Jr. for 24 yds to the MISS 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	2	70	35.0	1	61
Wk 2	W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee	6	78	13.0	1	24
Wk 3	W 40-6@ Wake Forest	3	60	20.0	1	31
Wk 4	W 52-13vs Georgia Southern	3	66	22.0	1	35
Wk 6	W 27-3@ South Carolina	3	97	32.3	0	66	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	3	39	13.0	0	34
Wk 10	W 63-31@ Arkansas	3	59	19.7	0	24
Wk 11	W 28-10vs Georgia	3	27	9.0	1	11
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Florida	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 14	W 26-14vs Mississippi State	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	W 52-20vs Duke	1	32	32.0	1	32
Total		28	553	22.1	6	66

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