Jackson Meeks

Former wide receiver at Syracuse. 2024: 78 catches, 1,021 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Syracuse · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 210 lb · Phenix City, AL

CFB Index 83 · #22 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSyracuse 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 660 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Syracuse. 2024: 78 catches, 1,021 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia in 2021.
Transferred from Georgia to Syracuse in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Syracuse, 1,153 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 161 yds vs Holy Cross.Holy Cross · W 42-142024

20213 games

Signed with Georgia3-star out of Central Phenix City

202413 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#660 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

Dino Babers

Syracuse

2023

Nunzio Campanile

Syracuse

era →

2024

Fran Brown

Syracuse

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #22 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile). Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#198 / 610 · 68th pct

13.3

EPA / target#263 / 610 · 57th pct

0.92

Explosive rate#305 / 610 · 49th pct

14.3%

TD rate#324 / 610 · 47th pct

5.5%

Catch rate#460 / 610 · 25th pct

83.5%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#19 / 541 · 96th pct

Rec yards#23 / 541 · 96th pct

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Rec TDs#49 / 541 · 90th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#266 / 541 · 50th pct

13.1

Long catch#362 / 541 · 32nd pct

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	76.0	13.9	0.6
Road6g	6.7	81.5	12.7	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	81.3	14.3	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	75.3	12.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #22 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Syracuse	78	1,021	13.1	7	--
2023	Georgia	1	23	23.0	0	--
2022	Georgia	6	65	10.8	0	--
2021	Georgia	3	44	14.7	0	--
Career		88	1,153	13.1	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 42–38

vs Miami

7 rec · 110 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With K. McCord — 380 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.9 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · T. Pena — 11 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Ohio · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.83Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 35 yds to the OHIO 29 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · NC State · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA -3.58Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 5 yds to the NCSU 7
Week 14 · Miami · 2&18 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 33 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Stanford · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.23Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 16 yds to the STAN 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 41 yds to the WSU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UConn · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 19 yds to the CONN 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Holy Cross · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 38 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 13 · UConn · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 24 yds to the CONN 43 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Miami · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Jackson Meeks 9 Yd pass from Kyle McCord (Jackson Kennedy Kick)
Week 9 · Pittsburgh · 2&20 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Kyle McCord pass complete to Jackson Meeks for 29 yds to the PITT 13 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-22vs Ohio	2	43	21.5	0	35
Wk 2	W 31-28vs Georgia Tech	4	32	8.0	0	10
Wk 4	L 24-26vs Stanford	3	40	13.3	1	16
Wk 5	W 42-14vs Holy Cross	10	161	16.1	1	38	Season-high 161 yds
Wk 6	W 44-41@ UNLV	8	67	8.4	1	18
Wk 7	W 24-17@ NC State	11	116	10.5	1	24
Wk 9	L 13-41@ Pittsburgh	5	53	10.6	0	29
Wk 10	W 38-31vs Virginia Tech	5	36	7.2	0	12
Wk 11	L 31-37@ Boston College	7	105	15.0	0	29
Wk 12	W 33-25@ California	4	38	9.5	1	15
Wk 13	W 31-24vs UConn	7	110	15.7	0	24
Wk 14	W 42-38vs Miami	7	110	15.7	2	33	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 52-35@ Washington State	5	110	22.0	0	41
Total		78	1021	13.3	7	41