J.J. Jones

Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2024: 36 catches, 582 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · North Carolina · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 210 lb · Myrtle Beach, SC

CFB Index 56 · #162 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNorth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 393 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2024: 36 catches, 582 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to North Carolina in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Carolina, 1,794 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 117 yds at Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · W 41-242023

20213 games

Signed with North Carolina4-star out of Myrtle Beach

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#393 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

2024

Freddie Kitchens

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Freddie Kitchens. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Freddie Kitchens · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #162 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#31 / 610 · 95th pct

14.6%

EPA / target#37 / 610 · 94th pct

1.44

Explosive rate#54 / 610 · 91st pct

26.8%

Yards / catch#66 / 610 · 89th pct

16.5

Catch rate#369 / 610 · 39th pct

87.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Yards / catch#105 / 541 · 80th pct

16.2

Rec yards#167 / 541 · 69th pct

582

Receptions#215 / 541 · 60th pct

Long catch#215 / 541 · 59th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

35th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 39th percentile

TD rate

29th → 95th percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 89th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.5	36.1	13.5	0.4
Road4g	4.0	73.2	17.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.9	47.0	14.9	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	51.5	14.3	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

56 · #162 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #162 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	36	582	16.2	6	--
2023	North Carolina	46	711	15.5	3	--
2022	North Carolina	24	434	18.1	2	--
2021	North Carolina	4	67	16.8	0	--
Career		110	1,794	16.3	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 19–17

at Minnesota

3 rec · 52 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Maginness — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · O. Hampton — 129 rush yds (30 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.80Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 37 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 5 · Duke · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.59Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 38 yds to the DUKE 32 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Duke · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 24 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.57Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 53 yds to the GT 25 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 31 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 9 · Virginia · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 31 yds to the UVA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · NC State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 17 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette PAT MISSED)
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 19 yds to the PITT 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · James Madison · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 29 yds to the JMU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · James Madison · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 20 yds to the JMU 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 19-17@ Minnesota	3	52	17.3	0	32
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Charlotte	2	31	15.5	0	18
Wk 3	W 45-10vs North Carolina Central	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	L 50-70vs James Madison	5	86	17.2	0	29
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Duke	5	89	17.8	1	38
Wk 6	L 24-34vs Pittsburgh	2	36	18.0	0	19
Wk 7	L 34-41vs Georgia Tech	3	64	21.3	1	53
Wk 9	W 41-14@ Virginia	5	129	25.8	2	37	Season-high 129 yds
Wk 12	W 31-24vs Wake Forest	2	35	17.5	1	20
Wk 13	L 21-41@ Boston College	3	23	7.7	0	12
Wk 14	L 30-35vs NC State	3	19	6.3	1	17
Bowl	L 14-27vs UConn	2	12	6.0	0	7
Total		36	582	14.7	6	53

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

J.J. Jones

20213 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Deep Threat

Players who play like J.J. Jones