Courtney Jackson

Former wide receiver at Arkansas State. 2024: 42 catches, 494 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Arkansas State · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 189 lb · Monroeville, PA

CFB Index 49 · #203 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceArkansas State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Arkansas State. 2024: 42 catches, 494 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Transferred from Syracuse to Arkansas State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Arkansas State, 1,845 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 107 yds vs Texas State.Texas State · W 77-312023

202313 games

Entered the portal

202413 games

All-Sun Belt

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

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

2019Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Syracuse1-10HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

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

49Rotational starter #203 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#127 / 610 · 79th pct

1.15

Explosive rate#171 / 610 · 72nd pct

19.0%

Yards / catch#316 / 610 · 48th pct

11.8

TD rate#354 / 610 · 41st pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#162 / 541 · 70th pct

Rec yards#202 / 541 · 63rd pct

494

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#316 / 541 · 40th pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#363 / 541 · 32nd pct

11.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

91st → 79th percentile

Explosive rate

100th → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

81st → 91st percentile

TD rate

92nd → 41st percentile

Yards / catch

89th → 48th 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	39.2	11.8	0.3
Road7g	3.1	37.0	13.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	35.0	12.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	41.5	13.2	0.3

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

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #203 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas State	42	494	11.8	2	--
2023	Arkansas State	39	689	17.7	7	--
2022	Syracuse	15	201	13.4	1	--
2021	Syracuse	37	389	10.5	3	--
2020	Syracuse	10	69	6.9	0	--
2019	Syracuse	1	3	3.0	0	--
Career		144	1,845	12.8	13	--

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas State	--	--	--	277	2
2023	Arkansas State	1	5	--	150	1
2022	Syracuse	2	-2	64	13	--
2021	Syracuse	4	23	78	110	1
2020	Syracuse	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Syracuse	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	26	142	550	4

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–31

vs Central Arkansas

5 rec · 69 yds

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 14 · Old Dominion · 4&9 · Q3 · EPA +5.49Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 35 yds for a TD (Clune Van Andel KICK)
Week 4 · Iowa State · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.69Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 20 yds to the ISU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Michigan · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.47Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 16 yds to the MICH 33 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.41Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 44 yds for a TD (Clune Van Andel KICK)
Week 1 · Central Arkansas · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 32 yds to the CARK 6 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Central Arkansas · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.49Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 19 yds to the CARK 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 26 yds to the BGSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Central Arkansas · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 8 yds to the ARST 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Bowling Green · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Jaylen Raynor pass complete to Courtney Jackson for 7 yds to the ARST 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Central Arkansas	5	69	13.8	0	32	Season-high 69 yds
Wk 2	W 28-24vs Tulsa	3	20	6.7	0	7
Wk 3	L 18-28@ Michigan	5	41	8.2	0	16
Wk 4	L 7-52@ Iowa State	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 6	W 18-16vs South Alabama	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 7	L 9-41@ Texas State	2	27	13.5	0	20
Wk 8	W 44-28@ Southern Miss	3	55	18.3	0	41
Wk 9	W 34-31vs Troy	2	23	11.5	0	15
Wk 11	L 19-55@ Louisiana	4	27	6.8	0	10
Wk 12	W 27-20@ Georgia State	3	40	13.3	0	25
Wk 13	W 28-21vs UL Monroe	6	69	11.5	1	44
Wk 14	L 32-40vs Old Dominion	2	35	17.5	1	35
Bowl	W 38-31@ Bowling Green	4	49	12.3	0	26
Total		42	494	12.5	2	44

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