Darryl Jones

#11 · WR · Sr. · NC State6′3″ · 195 lb · Virginia Beach, VA · Princess Anne

Darryl Jones: WR · NC State · #11.

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Darryl Jones

WR · NC State · Sr · #11

Moves the chains on third down. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Matt Canada, Mike Locksley and Dave Doeren. On tape: 60 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Louisville, Week 12, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

NC State in the news

Conner Rutherford decommits from NC StateOn3 Oct 28
Doeren calls out NIL resourcesBleacher Report Oct 27
Dave Doeren fired as NC State coachOct 24
NC State updates depth chartOct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	NC State	30	280	9.3	3	27
2021	Maryland	23	319	13.9	2	70
2020	Maryland	8	81	10.1	0	27
2019	Maryland	9	158	17.6	0	49
2018	Maryland	9	147	16.3	0	60
Career		79	985	12.5	5	70

Season	Team
2022	NC State	--	--
2021	Maryland	1	−3
2020	Maryland	--	--
2019	Maryland	--	--
2018	Maryland	2	8
Career		3	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 21-20@ East Carolina	2	30	15.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 27-14vs Texas Tech	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 4	W 41-10vs UConn	5	32	6.4	0	9
Wk 5	L 20-30@ No. 5 Clemson	3	31	10.3	0	18
Wk 6	W 19-17vs Florida State	2	19	9.5	1	10
Wk 7	L 9-24@ No. 18 Syracuse	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 9	W 22-21vs Virginia Tech	2	12	6.0	0	9
Wk 10	W 30-21vs No. 20 Wake Forest	3	24	8.0	2	13	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 20-21vs Boston College	1	0	0.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 10-25@ Louisville	4	60	15.0	0	17	Season-high 60 yds
Wk 13	W 30-27@ No. 18 North Carolina	3	7	2.3	0	5
Bowl	L 12-16vs Maryland	3	49	16.3	0	27
Total		30	280	9.3	3	27

Signature game

Week 10 · 2022

W 30-21

vs Wake Forest

3 rec · 24 yds · 2 TD

With M. Morris — 210 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.0 · 43 rush yds (19 car) · C. Noonkester — 45.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.17MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 13 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 1 · Maryland · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Ben Finley pass complete to Darryl Jones for 12 yds to the NCSt 49 for a
Week 6 · Florida State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Devin Leary pass complete to Darryl Jones for 10 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Devin Leary pass complete to Darryl Jones for 16 yds to the ECaro 42 for a
Week 10 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 1 · Q3 · EPA +1.90MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 1 yd for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 10 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.52MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 10 yds to the WFrst 25 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.51Ben Finley pass complete to Darryl Jones for 17 yds to the Lvile 46 for a
Week 1 · Maryland · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.24Ben Finley pass complete to Darryl Jones for 27 yds to the Mary 24 for a
Week 1 · East Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.20Devin Leary pass complete to Darryl Jones for 14 yds to the ECaro 24 for a
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.07MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 9 yds to the VTech 40

Teams and coaches

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 36 (#356 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

36Below cohort / limited sample #356 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#301 / 636 · 53rd pct

6.5%

EPA / target#502 / 636 · 21st pct

0.42

Yards / catch#523 / 636 · 18th pct

9.5

Catch rate#552 / 636 · 13th pct

65.2%

Explosive rate#613 / 636 · 4th pct

2.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Receptions#281 / 550 · 48th pct

Rec yards#402 / 550 · 27th pct

280

Long catch#497 / 550 · 9th pct

Yards / catch#501 / 550 · 8th pct

9.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

67th → 21st percentile

Explosive rate

91st → 4th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 13th percentile

TD rate

56th → 53rd percentile

Yards / catch

67th → 18th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	15.2	5.6	0.5
Road5g	2.6	28.0	10.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	25.3	10.5	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	20.6	6.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Pass share

52.2%

469 pass / 430 run

Plays / game

69.2

13 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

507 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

30 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

36 · #356 of 488 WRs · 2022

Former four-star. Now #356 at the position.

Darryl Jones

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Style of play

Fans

NC State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

30 catches in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2018 8 games

2022 12 games