J.J. Jones

#5 · WR · Sr. · North Carolina6′2″ · 210 lb · Myrtle Beach, SC

J.J. Jones: WR · North Carolina · #5.

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J.J. Jones

WR · North Carolina · Sr · #5

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at North Carolina. On tape: 129 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Virginia, Week 9, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

North Carolina in the news

Gregory Kirwan commits to UNC247Sports Nov 3
Top-ranked wing commits to CarolinaOct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Fran Brown names UNC QB1Syracuse.com Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	36	582	16.2	6	53
2023	North Carolina	46	711	15.5	3	57
2022	North Carolina	24	434	18.1	2	74
2021	North Carolina	4	67	16.8	0	46
Career		110	1,794	16.3	11	74

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	16.2	6	53

Signature game

Week 9 · 2024

W 41-14

at Virginia

5 rec · 129 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 27-point win on the road against Virginia.

With J. Criswell — 293 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.4 · 27 rush yds (4 car) · O. Hampton — 105 rush yds (26 car) · 2 TD · 3 rec · 37 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.80Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 37 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 5 · Duke · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.59Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 38 yds to the DUKE 32 for a
Week 5 · Duke · 4th and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.57Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 53 yds to the GT 25 for a
Week 9 · Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 31 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 9 · Virginia · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 31 yds to the UVA 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · NC State · 3rd and 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 · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 19 yds to the PITT 46 for a
Week 4 · James Madison · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 29 yds to the JMU 30 for a
Week 4 · James Madison · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Jacolby Criswell pass complete to J.J. Jones for 20 yds to the JMU 45 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Mack Brown — 29-24 over that span.

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

2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 56 (#162 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

56Quality starter #162 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	39.6	14.5	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

2024 season

Head Coach

Freddie Kitchens

Pass share

44.2%

391 pass / 493 run

Plays / game

68.0

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

420 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

36 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

56 · #162 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

J.J. Jones

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

North Carolina in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

36 catches in 12 games

Four seasons, two schools

2021 3 games