#11

Darryl Jones

Senior wide receiver for NC State. 2022: 30 catches, 280 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · NC State · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 195 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

CFB Index 36 · #356 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNC State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 333 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for NC State. 2022: 30 catches, 280 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Maryland in 2018.
Transferred from Maryland to NC State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at NC State, 985 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 66 yds at Illinois.Illinois · W 20-172021

20188 games

Signed with Maryland4-star out of Princess Anne

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#333 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #356 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.4	20.0	7.2	0.4
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #356 of 488 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 19–17

vs Florida State

2 rec · 19 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. McDonough — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · J. Houston — 90 rush yds (24 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Wake Forest · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.17MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 13 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 1 · Maryland · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Ben Finley pass complete to Darryl Jones for 12 yds to the NCSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Florida State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Devin Leary pass complete to Darryl Jones for 10 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Devin Leary pass complete to Darryl Jones for 16 yds to the ECaro 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Wake Forest · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.90MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 1 yd for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 10 · Wake Forest · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.52MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 10 yds to the WFrst 25 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.51Ben Finley pass complete to Darryl Jones for 17 yds to the Lvile 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.24Ben Finley pass complete to Darryl Jones for 27 yds to the Mary 24 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · East Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.20Devin Leary pass complete to Darryl Jones for 14 yds to the ECaro 24 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.07MJ Morris pass complete to Darryl Jones for 9 yds to the VTech 40

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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@ 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 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@ North Carolina	3	7	2.3	0	5
Bowl	L 12-16vs Maryland	3	49	16.3	0	27
Total		30	280	8.7	3	27

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