Jacob De Jesus

#21 · WR · Sr. · California5′7″ · 170 lb · Manteca, CA

Jacob De Jesus is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at California.

De Jesus wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. All-ACC in 2025 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 158 receiving yards and 27 passing yards against Louisville — Week 11, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Javon RobinsonGeorgia State · 2025 · 78% season match
Brennan PresleyOklahoma State · 2023 · 77% season match
Smoke HarrisLouisiana Tech · 2023 · 76% season match
Junior VanderossToledo · 2024 · 70% season match
Jamaal PritchettSouth Alabama · 2024 · 67% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	California	107	1,022	9.6	6	41
2024	UNLV	36	512	14.2	3	43
2023	UNLV	60	606	10.1	2	48
Career		203	2,140	10.5	11	48

Season	Team
2025	California	7	−1	363	259
2024	UNLV	18	101	190	252
2023	UNLV	11	46	815	257
Career		36	146	1,368	768

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-15@ Oregon State	4	26	6.5	0	8	138-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 35-3vs Texas Southern	5	61	12.2	0	27
Wk 3	W 27-14vs Minnesota	7	54	7.7	1	19
Wk 4	L 0-34@ San Diego State	3	35	11.7	0	22
Wk 5	W 28-24@ Boston College	8	61	7.6	1	12
Wk 6	L 21-45vs Duke	6	56	9.3	0	30
Wk 8	W 21-18vs North Carolina	13	105	8.1	1	23
Wk 9	L 34-42@ Virginia Tech	8	86	10.8	0	38
Wk 10	L 21-31vs No. 15 Virginia	2	49	24.5	0	30
Wk 11	W 29-26@ No. 14 Louisville	16	158	9.9	1	25	Season-high 158 yds
Wk 13	L 10-31@ Stanford	14	96	6.9	0	16
Wk 14	W 38-35vs No. 25 SMU	12	97	8.1	1	20
Bowl	L 31-35@ Hawai'i	9	138	15.3	1	41
Total		107	1022	9.6	6	41

Signature game

Week 11 · 2025

W 29-26

at Louisville

16 rec · 158 yds · 1 TD · 27 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.7

A close one, won by 3 on the road.

With J. Sagapolutele — 323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.4 · B. Honore Jr. — 33.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 40 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · North Carolina · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.56Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Jacob De Jesus for 23 yds to the UNC 35 for a
Week 3 · Minnesota · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Jacob De Jesus for 19 yds to the MINN 30 for a
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.37J.Sagapolutele pass complete short right to J.De Jesus caught at Cal30, for 30 yards to the Hawaii38 (K.Mendiola-Jensen)
Week 4 · San Diego State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Jacob De Jesus for 7 yds to the SDSU 46 for a San Diego State Penalty, (15 Yards) to the SDSU 39 for a
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Jacob De Jesus 41 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.23J.Sagapolutele pass complete deep right to J.De Jesus caught at VT 25, for 38 yards to the VT 12 (I.Cash)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08J.Sagapolutele pass complete short middle to J.De Jesus caught at Hawaii30, for 19 yards to the Hawaii30, End Of Play
Week 8 · North Carolina · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +3.08Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Jacob De Jesus for 15 yds to the UNC 44 for a
Week 11 · Louisville · 4th and 3 · Q5 · EPA +2.92Jacob De Jesus 3 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele
Week 3 · Minnesota · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA −2.76Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele pass complete to Jacob De Jesus for no gain to the MINN 31

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

107 rec · 1022 yds · 6 TD

98 of 107 receptions matched to play-by-play

70 of 140 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

14031% of team targets

Catch rate

70%98 of 140 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

23% of targets (16)

94%catch rate

Air -3.2 · YAC 7.6 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

49% of targets (34)

74%catch rate

Air 4.9 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

14% of targets (10)

60%catch rate

Air 14.3 · YAC 2.7 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

14% of targets (10)

50%catch rate

Air 24.2 · YAC 2.6 avg

70% catch rate on 140 targets · 31% of the team's targets · 50% catch rate on 10 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

26%39 of his 148 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2023UNLV9-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning

2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy

2025California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 86 (#14 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

86All-Conference level #14 of 485 · 2025?

Breakout13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#371 / 798 · 54th pct

68.9%

EPA / target#496 / 798 · 38th pct

0.34

Explosive rate#496 / 798 · 38th pct

8.1%

TD rate#506 / 798 · 37th pct

0.7%

Yards / catch#592 / 798 · 26th pct

9.5

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#2 / 558 · 100th pct

107

Rec yards#18 / 558 · 97th pct

1022

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Long catch#367 / 558 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#241 / 287 · 15th pct

-1

Yards / catch#479 / 558 · 14th pct

9.6

Fumbles lost#196 / 218 · 6th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

46th → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

81st → 38th percentile

Catch rate

31st → 54th percentile

TD rate

43rd → 37th percentile

Yards / catch

75th → 26th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.5	70.3	11.7	0.5
Road7g	8.9	85.7	9.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	61.6	10.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	10.8	98.5	11.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Justin Wilcox

Pass share

57.0%

502 pass / 379 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

Team sack rate

5.6%

518 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

86 · #14 of 485 WRs · 2025

Two-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #3 of 64 ACC WRs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›