Jacob Copeland

Junior wide receiver for Maryland. 2022: 26 catches, 376 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Maryland · Jr. · #2

6′0″ · 202 lb · Pensacola, FL

CFB Index 40 · #305 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceMaryland 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 69 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Maryland. 2022: 26 catches, 376 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2018.
Transferred from Florida to Maryland in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Maryland, 1,742 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 175 yds at South Florida.South Florida · W 42-202021

2018

Signed with Florida4-star out of Escambia
Signed with Baylor3-star out of Navarro College

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#69 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

2019–2022

Mike Locksley

Maryland

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Canada → Mike Locksley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida10-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #305 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (90th percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#63 / 636 · 90th pct

91.7%

EPA / target#187 / 636 · 71st pct

0.85

Yards / catch#324 / 636 · 49th pct

12.1

Explosive rate#333 / 636 · 47th pct

12.5%

TD rate#554 / 636 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#180 / 550 · 67th pct

14.5

Rec yards#311 / 550 · 43rd pct

376

Long catch#317 / 550 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Receptions#326 / 550 · 40th pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Rush yards#228 / 275 · 16th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

57th → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 47th percentile

Catch rate

47th → 90th percentile

TD rate

60th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 49th 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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	24.2	10.9	0.0
Road4g	3.2	57.8	15.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	44.7	14.1	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.0	21.0	9.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #305 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #305 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Maryland	26	376	14.5	2	--
2021	Florida	41	642	15.7	4	--
2020	Florida	23	435	18.9	3	--
2019	Florida	21	273	13.0	2	--
2018	Florida	1	16	16.0	0	--
Career		112	1,742	15.6	11	--

Season	Team
2022	Maryland	1	-1	128	--	--
2021	Florida	3	20	17	--	--
2020	Florida	1	17	--	--	--
2019	Florida	4	28	--	--	--
2018	Florida	--	--	26	--	--
Career		9	64	171	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48T.Tagovailoa pass complete to CHA 45. Catch made by J.Copeland at CHA 45. Gain of 45 yards. J.Copeland for 45 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 4 · Michigan · 4&13 · Q4 · EPA +3.41Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 17 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14T.Tagovailoa pass complete to CHA 39. Catch made by J.Copeland at CHA 39. Gain of 39 yards. J.Copeland for 39 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 5 · Michigan State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 21 yds to the MchSt 28 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Charlotte · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.64T.Tagovailoa pass complete to MAR 40. Catch made by J.Copeland at MAR 40. Gain of 11 yards. Tackled by W.Jones at CHA 49.
Week 6 · Purdue · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 14 yds to the Prdue 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Indiana · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 18 yds to the Ind 38 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.13Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 25 yds to the Prdue 42 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 18 yds to the Ind 42 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.42Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Jacob Copeland for 15 yds to the Mary 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-10vs Buffalo	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 2	W 56-21@ Charlotte	4	110	27.5	2	45	Season-high 110 yds
Wk 3	W 34-27vs SMU	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 4	L 27-34@ Michigan	4	52	13.0	0	17
Wk 5	W 27-13vs Michigan State	2	26	13.0	0	21
Wk 6	L 29-31vs Purdue	4	44	11.0	0	25
Wk 7	W 38-33@ Indiana	4	62	15.5	0	18
Wk 8	W 31-24vs Northwestern	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 11	L 0-30@ Penn State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 12	L 30-43vs Ohio State	4	45	11.3	0	25
Total		26	376	12.8	2	45

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

Jacob Copeland

2018

202112 games

202210 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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