J.Michael Sturdivant

Senior wide receiver for Florida. 2025: 27 catches, 406 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Florida · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 213 lb · Flower Mound, TX

CFB Index 42 · #288 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Florida for 2026

The numbers

406

receiving yards · 2025

27 catches · 3 TD · 15 per catch

Swing playSwung Florida from 41% to 71% to win.Florida at Ole Miss · 34-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Florida. 2025: 27 catches, 406 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to California in 2021.
Transferred from UCLA to Florida in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

J.Michael Sturdivant

WR · Florida · Sr · #9

Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Justin Wilcox, Chip Kelly, Deshaun Foster and Billy Napier. The receipt: 62 rec yds, 2 receptions against Ole Miss — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2022California4-8HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning

2023UCLA8-5HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2024UCLA5-7HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Florida4-8HC: Billy Napier · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #288 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#178 / 798 · 78th pct

0.60

Yards / catch#234 / 798 · 71st pct

13.4

Explosive rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

13.3%

TD rate#428 / 798 · 46th pct

2.2%

Catch rate#659 / 798 · 17th pct

57.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#133 / 558 · 76th pct

15.0

Long catch#177 / 558 · 68th pct

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Rec yards#284 / 558 · 49th pct

406

Receptions#320 / 558 · 41st pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#226 / 287 · 20th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 71st percentile

Catch rate

58th → 17th percentile

TD rate

67th → 46th percentile

Yards / catch

75th → 71st 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

20%9 of his 45 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	30.6	12.9	0.3
Road5g	2.2	38.4	17.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	28.5	13.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	39.2	16.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #288 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #288 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #40 of 58 SEC WRs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Florida	27	406	15.0	3	--
2024	UCLA	22	315	14.3	2	--
2023	UCLA	36	597	16.6	4	--
2022	California	65	755	11.6	7	--
2021	California	--	--	--	--	--
Career		150	2,073	13.8	16	--

Season	Team
2025	Florida	1	1	10	--	--
2024	UCLA	1	5	--	--	--
2023	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--
2022	California	2	-8	--	--	--
2021	California	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	-2	10	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 29–21

vs Texas

2 rec · 42 yds

With D. Lagway — 298 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.9 · V. Brown III — 14 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Ole Miss · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +4.65(07:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Lagway pass complete deep left to #9 J.Sturdivant caught at OM18, for 57 yards to the OM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:54, 1ST DOWN #29 T.Smack kick attempt good (H: #19 T.Doman, LS: #42 R.Underwood)
Week 6 · Texas · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.22DJ Lagway pass complete to J. Michael Sturdivant for 19 yds to the TEX 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Long Island University · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.95DJ Lagway pass complete to J. Michael Sturdivant for 8 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 14 · Florida State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76(02:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Lagway pass complete short left to #9 J.Sturdivant caught at FSU00, for 5 yards to the FSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:49 #29 T.Smack kick attempt good (H: #19 T.Doman, LS: #42 R.Underwood)
Week 4 · Miami · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.51DJ Lagway pass complete to J. Michael Sturdivant for 5 yds to the MIA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kentucky · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.40(11:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Lagway pass complete short right to #9 J.Sturdivant caught at UF42, for 12 yards to the UF49 (#22 G.Godfrey), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32DJ Lagway pass complete to J. Michael Sturdivant for 26 yds to the TA&M 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.29DJ Lagway pass complete to J. Michael Sturdivant for 27 yds to the FLA 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kentucky · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.19(04:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 T.Jones Jr. pass complete short right to #9 J.Sturdivant caught at UK31, for 7 yards to the UK31 (#21 N.Addison), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY UF UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (#53 B.Lovett) 15 yards from UK31 to UK46
Week 10 · Georgia · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.07(09:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Lagway pass complete short right to #9 J.Sturdivant caught at FLA41, for 13 yards to the FLA45 (#20 J.Thomas), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-0vs Long Island University	2	7	3.5	1	8
Wk 2	L 16-18vs South Florida	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 3	L 10-20@ LSU	3	43	14.3	0	18
Wk 4	L 7-26@ Miami	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 6	W 29-21vs Texas	2	42	21.0	0	23
Wk 7	L 17-34@ Texas A&M	2	53	26.5	0	27
Wk 8	W 23-21vs Mississippi State	3	43	14.3	0	20
Wk 10	L 20-24vs Georgia	2	21	10.5	0	13
Wk 11	L 7-38@ Kentucky	3	29	9.7	0	12
Wk 12	L 24-34@ Ole Miss	2	62	31.0	1	57	Season-high 62 yds
Wk 13	L 11-31vs Tennessee	2	22	11.0	0	20
Wk 14	W 40-21vs Florida State	3	58	19.3	1	34
Total		27	406	14.7	3	57

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Florida

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Florida

Returning around him

69% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
7 Florida players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -9 net (27 in / 36 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida · Last season: 4-8 (AP #13) · Talent rank #10 · 2026 recruiting class #17

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryson Green’s 2023 season.

Bryson Green

81%match

Wisconsin · 2023

Ja'Cory Thomas

Old Dominion · 2025

79%

Loic Fouonji

Texas Tech · 2022

78%

Kameron Brown

Coastal Carolina · 2021

78%

J.Michael Sturdivant

UCLA · 2023

77%

Matches Bryson on

Yards / reception

Reception volume

Class year

Differs from Bryson on

Recruiting rating (higher)

TD rate (higher)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen Kelsey’s path through Campbell.

Jalen Kelsey

98%match

Campbell · 2022

Brian Hightower

California · 2023

97%

Lujuan Winningham

Central Arkansas · 2021

96%

Jacob Harris

UCF · 2020

95%

Tyrone Howell

UL Monroe · 2023

All-Sun Belt

95%

Matches Jalen on

Yards per reception

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Joseph Manjack's graduate season at TCU (2025).

Joseph Manjack

75%match

TCU · 2025

Malachi Fields

Notre Dame · 2025

All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 10

72%

Romello Brinson

SMU · 2025

71%

Michael Trigg

Baylor · 2025

All-Big 12

67%

Lawrence Arnold

Kansas · 2024

66%

Matches Joseph on

Yards / reception

Weight

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Joseph on

Reception volume (lower)

TD rate (higher)

Player DNA

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Ja'Cory Thomas

Old Dominion · 2025

83%

Justin Marshall

Buffalo · 2022

81%

Nicholas Cenacle

Hawai'i · 2024

80%

Devin Carter

West Virginia · 2023

80%

J.Michael Sturdivant

Florida · 2025

77%

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

J.Michael Sturdivant

20213 games

202313 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

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