Jaden Williams

Former wide receiver at Texas State. 2024: 57 catches, 807 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Texas State · Sr.

5′9″ · 185 lb · Pflugerville, TX

CFB Index 72 · #65 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTexas State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1767 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas State. 2024: 57 catches, 807 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas State, 1,399 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20219 games

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Pflugerville Hendrickson

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1767 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Jake Spavital

Texas State

2023–2024

G.J. Kinne

Texas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #65 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#148 / 610 · 75th pct

9.4%

Yards / catch#161 / 610 · 74th pct

14.2

EPA / target#177 / 610 · 71st pct

1.05

Explosive rate#182 / 610 · 70th pct

18.8%

Catch rate#500 / 610 · 18th pct

81.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#49 / 541 · 90th pct

Receptions#73 / 541 · 86th pct

Rec yards#75 / 541 · 86th pct

807

Long catch#81 / 541 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#206 / 541 · 62nd pct

14.2

Rush yards#171 / 299 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.5	69.8	16.1	0.8
Road4g	5.2	62.2	10.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	79.3	15.5	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	50.4	12.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #65 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #65 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	57	807	14.2	7	--
2023	Boston College	12	210	17.5	1	--
2022	Boston College	11	170	15.5	2	--
2021	Boston College	19	212	11.2	3	--
Career		99	1,399	14.1	13	--

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	1	9	--	--	--
2023	Boston College	--	--	31	45	--
2022	Boston College	2	8	67	--	--
2021	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	17	98	45	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–27

vs Lamar

7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. McCloud — 238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · North Texas · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +5.90Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 70 yds to the UNT 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Southern Miss · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.67Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 39 yds to the USM 33 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.41J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by J.Williams for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 13 · Georgia State · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 24 yds to the GAST 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Louisiana · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.17RJ Martinez pass complete to Jaden Williams for 28 yds to the UL 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 24 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 1 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Jaden Williams 34 Yd pass from Jordan McCloud (Mason Shipley Kick)
Week 3 · Arizona State · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.89J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by J.Williams for 13 yards. Tackled by C.McCullough at ASU 30.
Week 3 · Arizona State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.72J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by J.Williams for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 7 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 25 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27vs Lamar	7	69	9.9	1	34	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 2	W 49-10vs UTSA	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 3	L 28-31vs Arizona State	4	75	18.8	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 39-40@ Sam Houston	10	133	13.3	0	29	133-yard receiving day
Wk 6	W 38-17@ Troy	5	73	14.6	1	20
Wk 7	W 41-9vs Arkansas State	2	35	17.5	1	25
Wk 8	L 14-24@ Old Dominion	5	35	7.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 17-23vs Louisiana	4	47	11.8	0	28
Wk 12	W 58-3vs Southern Miss	3	71	23.7	1	39
Wk 13	L 44-52vs Georgia State	7	91	13.0	0	24
Wk 14	W 45-38@ South Alabama	1	8	8.0	0	8
Bowl	W 30-28vs North Texas	8	155	19.4	1	70
Total		57	807	14.3	7	70

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