Jabre Barber

Former wide receiver at Texas A&M. 2024: 38 catches, 381 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Texas A&M · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 182 lb · Dothan, AL

CFB Index 43 · #254 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTexas A&M 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3755 nationally · Signed with Hudson Valley

Statement game10 rec · 160 yds · 1 TDat Texas State (FBS) · W 31-13

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas A&M. 2024: 38 catches, 381 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Hudson Valley in 2020.
Transferred from Troy to Texas A&M in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas A&M, 2,050 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds at Texas State.Texas State · W 31-132023

2020

Signed with Hudson Valley2-star out of Dothan

202314 games

All-Sun Beltthird

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3755 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

2023

Elijah Robinson

Texas A&M

era →

2024

Mike Elko

Texas A&M

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Texas A&M8-5HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #254 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#347 / 610 · 43rd pct

0.82

Catch rate#354 / 610 · 42nd pct

88.4%

TD rate#370 / 610 · 39th pct

4.7%

Yards / catch#450 / 610 · 26th pct

10.0

Explosive rate#543 / 610 · 11th pct

4.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rush yards#87 / 299 · 71st pct

Long catch#169 / 541 · 68th pct

Receptions#201 / 541 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#284 / 541 · 48th pct

381

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#474 / 541 · 12th pct

10.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

55th → 43rd percentile

Explosive rate

76th → 11th percentile

Catch rate

67th → 42nd percentile

TD rate

58th → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

67th → 26th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	18.0	8.0	0.0
Road5g	4.8	54.6	12.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	22.8	6.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	44.5	12.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

43 · #254 of 466 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #254 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas A&M	38	381	10.0	2	--
2023	Troy	74	994	13.4	5	--
2022	Troy	25	351	14.0	2	--
2021	Troy	32	324	10.1	3	--
Career		169	2,050	12.1	12	--

Season	Team
2024	Texas A&M	8	26	--	21	--
2023	Troy	3	16	58	88	--
2022	Troy	--	--	81	--	--
2021	Troy	1	-8	14	--	--
Career		12	34	153	109	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2024

W 38–23

vs LSU

6 rush yds (1 car)

With T. White — 48 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · M. Reed — 70 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 62 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Mississippi State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.46Conner Weigman pass complete to Jabre Barber for 58 yds to the MSST 20 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Auburn · 3&14 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Marcel Reed pass complete to Jabre Barber for 36 yds to the AUB 33 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Missouri · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Conner Weigman pass complete to Jabre Barber for 13 yds to the MIZ 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Arkansas · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Marcel Reed pass complete to Jabre Barber for 13 yds to the ARK 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Mississippi State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.36Conner Weigman pass complete to Jabre Barber for 14 yds to the MSST 43 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.25Marcel Reed pass complete to Jabre Barber for 16 yds to the SC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.13Marcel Reed pass complete to Jabre Barber for 9 yds to the FLA 41 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · South Carolina · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Marcel Reed pass complete to Jabre Barber for 2 yds for a TD (Randy Bond KICK)
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.01Marcel Reed pass complete to Jabre Barber for 11 yds to the NMSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Missouri · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA -1.72Conner Weigman pass complete to Jabre Barber for a loss of 3 yards to the TA&M 42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	W 33-20@ Florida	2	9	4.5	0	9
Wk 4	W 26-20vs Bowling Green	3	13	4.3	0	6
Wk 5	W 21-17vs Arkansas	2	23	11.5	0	13
Wk 6	W 41-10vs Missouri	3	21	7.0	0	13
Wk 8	W 34-24@ Mississippi State	6	92	15.3	0	58	Season-high 92 yds
Wk 9	W 38-23vs LSU	2	27	13.5	0	14
Wk 10	L 20-44@ South Carolina	7	80	11.4	1	16
Wk 12	W 38-3vs New Mexico State	2	16	8.0	0	11
Wk 13	L 41-43@ Auburn	2	44	22.0	0	36
Wk 14	L 7-17vs Texas	2	8	4.0	0	4
Bowl	L 31-35@ USC	7	48	6.9	1	16
Total		38	381	9.9	2	58

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

Jabre Barber

2020

202314 games

202411 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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