Donovan Peoples-Jones

#9 · WR · Jr. · Michigan6′2″ · 208 lb · Detroit, MI · Cass Technical

Donovan Peoples-Jones: WR · Michigan · #9.

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Donovan Peoples-Jones

WR · Michigan · Jr · #9

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Third year in the same receiving corps at Michigan. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2019. On tape: 73 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Indiana, Week 13, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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

Michigan in the news

Michigan to begin search for new ADOct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Michigan	34	438	12.9	6	41
2018	Michigan	45	581	12.9	8	79
2017	Michigan	22	277	12.6	0	48
Career		101	1,296	12.8	14	79

Season	Team
2019	Michigan	2	−7	173	--
2018	Michigan	3	37	250	1
2017	Michigan	4	57	320	1
Career		9	87	743	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 14-35@ No. 13 Wisconsin	1	5	5.0	1	5
Wk 5	W 52-0vs Rutgers	4	62	15.5	0	21
Wk 6	W 10-3vs No. 14 Iowa	4	26	6.5	0	10
Wk 7	W 42-25@ Illinois	3	36	12.0	1	18
Wk 8	L 21-28@ No. 7 Penn State	5	46	9.2	0	19
Wk 9	W 45-14vs No. 8 Notre Dame	2	28	14.0	1	20
Wk 10	W 38-7@ Maryland	2	11	5.5	0	7
Wk 12	W 44-10vs Michigan State	4	48	12.0	1	18
Wk 13	W 39-14@ Indiana	5	73	14.6	1	41	Season-high 73 yds
Wk 14	L 27-56vs No. 2 Ohio State	3	69	23.0	1	25
Bowl	L 16-35vs No. 9 Alabama	1	34	34.0	0	34
Total		34	438	12.9	6	41

Signature game

Week 13 · 2019

W 39-14

at Indiana

5 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 25-point win on the road against Indiana.

With S. Patterson — 366 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · G. Jackson — 1 rec · 50 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Indiana · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 41 yds to the Ind 25 for a
Week 13 · Indiana · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.06Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 11 yds for a TD (Quinn Nordin KICK)
Week 4 · Wisconsin · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Patterson to Peoples-Jones: a 5-yard pass.
Week 14 · Ohio State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.77Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 24 yds to the OhSt 49 for a
Week 14 · Ohio State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 25 yds for a TD (Quinn Nordin KICK)
Week 9 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Patterson to Peoples-Jones: an 8-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 12 · Michigan State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 18 yds for a TD, (Quinn Nordin KICK)
Week 7 · Illinois · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 5 yds for a TD, (Quinn Nordin KICK)
Week 5 · Rutgers · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.41Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for 21 yds to the Rutgr 3 for a
Week 13 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −2.17Shea Patterson pass complete to Donovan Peoples-Jones for a loss of 5 yards to the Mich 43

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 27-12 over that span.

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#206 / 728 · 71st pct

7.4%

Yards / catch#277 / 728 · 62nd pct

13.3

Explosive rate#330 / 728 · 55th pct

13.0%

EPA / target#410 / 728 · 44th pct

0.50

Catch rate#621 / 728 · 15th pct

59.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#77 / 556 · 83rd pct

Receptions#233 / 556 · 57th pct

Rec yards#257 / 556 · 54th pct

438

Yards / catch#289 / 556 · 47th pct

12.9

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Long catch#361 / 556 · 34th pct

Rush yards#276 / 283 · 3rd pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

46th → 55th percentile

Catch rate

46th → 15th percentile

TD rate

90th → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

40th → 62nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	46.6	14.2	0.6
Road5g	3.2	34.2	9.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	32.6	14.6	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	45.8	13.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Jim Harbaugh

Pass share

45.5%

409 pass / 490 run

Plays / game

69.2

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

448 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Donovan Peoples-Jones

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons at Michigan, drafted

2017 13 games

2018 13 games

2019 11 games

2020