Prairie View A&M · W 44-3 · FCS
No catches.
Louisiana Tech · W 36-19
No catches.
UCF · W 41-9
2 catches, 74 yards
The other 5 games average 40 yards. This one was 34 above.
Porter has catches in 6 of Baylor’s 8 games: none against Prairie View A&M and Louisiana Tech.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Jadon Porter
Third year in the same receiving corps at Baylor. A game that shows it: 77 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Auburn — Week 1, 2026.
273 receiving yards · 14 catches · 2 receiving TD
Play style
Beats you over the top.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against UCF on Oct. 30: 2 catches for 74 yards. In the 6 games drawn here: 14 catches for 273 yards. Baylor has thrown to him 27 times in 243 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 9): 74 receiving yards, 2 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-17vs Auburn | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 27 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 23-13vs Colorado | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 1 | 33 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-19@ Arizona State | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-17vs TCU | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Kansas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-9@ UCF | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | 53 | |
| Total | 14 | 273 | 19.5 | 2 | 53 |
Week 5 · 2026
W 55-19
3 rec · 62 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 36-point win on the road against Arizona State.
With D. Lagway — 306 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · P. Williams — 62.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 72 long
The plays that mattered most
298th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -4 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
279% of team targetsCatch rate
52%14 of 27 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
52% catch rate on 27 targets · 9% of the team's targets · 38% catch rate on 8 deep targets (20+ air yds).
3 seasons under Dave Aranda — 18-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 21.5 | 19.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 51.0 | 24.9 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 45.5 | 18.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 45.5 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
49.7%
309 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
77.8
8 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #292 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Aranda.
