Ja'Shaun Poke

Former wide receiver at San Diego State. 2024: 50 catches, 459 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · San Diego State · Sr. · #3

5′10″ · 185 lb · Hampton, GA

CFB Index 47 · #214 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSan Diego State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2562 nationally · Signed with Kent State

Statement game13 rec · 87 ydsvs Ball State (FBS) · L 20-27

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at San Diego State. 2024: 50 catches, 459 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kent State in 2019.
Transferred from West Virginia to San Diego State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at San Diego State, 1,503 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20194 games

Signed with Kent State3-star out of Dutchtown

20227 games

All-MACsecond

2023

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

202412 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2562 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2023

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

2024

Sean Lewis

San Diego State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Rocky Long, Brady Hoke, and Sean Lewis. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Kent State7-6HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy

2020Kent State3-1HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Kent State7-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #214 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#455 / 610 · 25th pct

0.64

Catch rate#481 / 610 · 21st pct

82.1%

Yards / catch#485 / 610 · 21st pct

9.3

TD rate#516 / 610 · 15th pct

1.8%

Explosive rate#564 / 610 · 7th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Receptions#114 / 541 · 78th pct

Rec yards#228 / 541 · 58th pct

459

Long catch#296 / 541 · 45th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Yards / catch#499 / 541 · 8th pct

9.2

Rush yards#286 / 299 · 4th pct

-5

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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
Home6g	5.0	41.2	8.5	0.0
Road6g	3.3	35.3	11.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	31.7	9.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	44.8	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #214 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #214 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	San Diego State	50	459	9.2	1	--
2023	West Virginia	2	11	5.5	0	--
2022	Kent State	31	362	11.7	1	--
2021	Kent State	26	315	12.1	1	--
2020	Kent State	21	326	15.5	3	--
2019	Kent State	3	30	10.0	0	--
Career		133	1,503	11.3	6	--

Season	Team
2024	San Diego State	4	-5	342	--	--
2023	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Kent State	2	7	411	19	--
2021	Kent State	7	40	565	--	--
2020	Kent State	3	1	101	--	--
2019	Kent State	1	18	33	--	--
Career		17	61	1,452	19	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 45–14

vs East Texas A&M

-6 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against East Texas A&M.

With M. Cooper — 223 rush yds (27 car) · 2 TD · D. O'Neil — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.8 · 18 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Washington State · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.61DJ Herman pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 21 yds to the WSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UNLV · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 46 yds for a TD (Gabriel Plascencia KICK)
Week 12 · UNLV · 3&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 17 yds to the UNLV 29 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.92Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 13 yds to the CMU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wyoming · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.27Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 19 yds to the WYO 42 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Air Force · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 19 yds to the AFA 15 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wyoming · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 12 yds to the WYO 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Air Force · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.93Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 10 yds to the AFA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Air Force · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.81Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke for 6 yds to the AFA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · East Texas A&M · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.81Danny O'Neil pass complete to Ja'Shaun Poke 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 45-14vs East Texas A&M	6	30	5.0	0	9
Wk 2	L 0-21vs Oregon State	3	25	8.3	0	9
Wk 3	L 10-31@ California	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 5	L 21-22@ Central Michigan	2	23	11.5	0	13
Wk 6	W 27-24vs Hawai'i	4	38	9.5	0	15
Wk 7	W 27-24@ Wyoming	8	60	7.5	0	19
Wk 9	L 26-29vs Washington State	10	80	8.0	0	21	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 10	L 24-56@ Boise State	3	16	5.3	0	8
Wk 11	L 16-21vs New Mexico	2	18	9.0	0	9
Wk 12	L 20-41@ UNLV	3	79	26.3	1	46
Wk 13	L 20-41@ Utah State	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 14	L 20-31vs Air Force	5	56	11.2	0	19
Total		50	459	10.2	1	46

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

Ja'Shaun Poke

20194 games

20227 games

2023

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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