Jacob Cowing

Former wide receiver at Arizona. 2023: 89 catches, 839 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Arizona · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 175 lb · Maricopa, AZ

CFB Index 81 · #36 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceSan Francisco — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 35, #135 overall

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3652 nationally · Signed with UTEP

Statement game10 rec · 88 yds · 4 TDat USC (FBS) · L 41-43

Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Arizona. 2023: 89 catches, 839 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTEP in 2019.
Transferred from UTEP to Arizona in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the San Francisco in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona, 4,460 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #135 overall by San Francisco.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 174 yds at North Texas.North Texas · L 17-202021

201911 games

Signed with UTEP2-star out of Maricopa

20208 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202112 games

All-Conference USAfirst

202212 games

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by San Franciscoround 4, pick 135

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3652 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #135

San Francisco · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Kevin Sumlin

Arizona

2021–2023

Jedd Fisch

Arizona

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jedd Fisch. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 3rd NFL season

#135Rd 4 · Pick 35

San FranciscoEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning

2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #36 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (94th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#42 / 639 · 94th pct

96.3%

TD rate#239 / 639 · 63rd pct

7.4%

EPA / target#455 / 639 · 29th pct

0.55

Explosive rate#462 / 639 · 28th pct

9.3%

Yards / catch#597 / 639 · 7th pct

7.9

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#6 / 566 · 99th pct

Receptions#11 / 566 · 98th pct

Rec yards#61 / 566 · 89th pct

839

Rush yards#74 / 294 · 74th pct

Long catch#177 / 566 · 68th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Yards / catch#509 / 566 · 10th pct

9.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

85th → 29th percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 28th percentile

Catch rate

85th → 94th percentile

TD rate

54th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

51st → 7th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	45.5	7.2	0.7
Road7g	7.4	80.9	10.6	1.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.6	71.0	9.7	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	54.2	8.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #36 of 497 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Arizona	89	839	9.4	13	--
2022	Arizona	84	1,026	12.2	7	--
2021	UTEP	69	1,354	19.6	7	--
2020	UTEP	41	691	16.9	3	--
2019	UTEP	31	550	17.7	3	--
Career		314	4,460	14.2	33	--

Season	Team
2023	Arizona	5	26	11	65	--
2022	Arizona	3	1	--	56	--
2021	UTEP	4	75	--	--	--
2020	UTEP	--	--	--	--	--
2019	UTEP	--	--	--	--	--
Career		12	102	11	121	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023

W 38–24

at Oklahoma

7 rec · 152 yds · 2 TD

With N. Fifita — 354 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.6 · -35 rush yds (7 car) · K. Ostendorp — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Oklahoma · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +6.30Noah Fifita pass complete to Jacob Cowing for 57 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.18Noah Fifita pass complete to Jacob Cowing for 24 yds to the OU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UCLA · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Noah Fifita pass complete to Jacob Cowing for 9 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Jacob Cowing 35 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Tyler Loop Kick)
Week 6 · USC · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Jacob Cowing 3 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Noah Fifita Pass to Tetairoa McMillan for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 6 · USC · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA +2.70Jacob Cowing 25 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Tyler Loop Kick)
Week 6 · USC · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Jacob Cowing 23 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Tyler Loop Kick)
Week 6 · USC · 2&6 · Q6 · EPA +2.54Jacob Cowing 8 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 13 · Arizona State · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Noah Fifita pass complete to Jacob Cowing for 20 yds to the ARIZ 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Washington · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Noah Fifita pass complete to Jacob Cowing for 8 yds for a TD Washington Penalty, Roughing the Passer on POWELL, Mishael of (Mishael Powell) to the WASH 0 (Tyler Loop KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week