Jahan Dotson

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2021: 91 catches, 1,182 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · Penn State · Jr. · #5

5′11″ · 182 lb · Nazareth, PA

CFB Index 89 · #16 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamWashington — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 16, #16 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 192 nationally · Signed with Penn State

Career night11 rec · 242 yds · 3 TDat Maryland (FBS) · W 31-14

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Dotson is a top 15 pickr/CFB game thread · ▲ 14His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2021: 91 catches, 1,182 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2018.
Drafted round 1 by the Washington in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 2,757 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #16 overall by Washington.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 242 yds at Maryland.Maryland · W 31-142021

20187 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Nazareth

20209 games

All-Big Tenthird

202112 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2022

Drafted by Washingtonround 1, pick 16

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#192 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #16

Washington · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

#16Rd 1 · Pick 16

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 31-17 over that span.

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

89All-Conference level #16 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#261 / 655 · 60th pct

7.3%

EPA / target#286 / 655 · 56th pct

0.71

Catch rate#327 / 655 · 50th pct

75.6%

Explosive rate#343 / 655 · 48th pct

13.0%

Yards / catch#377 / 655 · 43rd pct

11.9

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#7 / 557 · 98th pct

Receptions#12 / 557 · 98th pct

Long catch#13 / 557 · 98th pct

Rec yards#18 / 557 · 97th pct

1182

Rush TDs#10 / 273 · 88th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Rush yards#109 / 273 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#289 / 557 · 47th pct

13.0

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.9	75.1	11.9	0.9
Road5g	8.6	131	15.4	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.2	82.3	12.4	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	8.0	115	14.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #16 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #16 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Penn State	91	1,182	13.0	12	--
2020	Penn State	52	884	17.0	8	--
2019	Penn State	27	488	18.1	5	--
2018	Penn State	13	203	15.6	0	--
Career		183	2,757	15.1	25	--

Season	Team
2021	Penn State	6	18	--	104	--
2020	Penn State	--	--	--	197	1
2019	Penn State	2	--	--	39	--
2018	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		8	18	--	340	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 16–10

at Wisconsin

5 rec · 102 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Stout — 24 LONG · 50 PCT · 4 PTS · S. Clifford — 247 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.5 · 5 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Indiana · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +4.40Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 30 yds for a TD, (Jordan Stout KICK)
Week 4 · Villanova · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.01Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 52 yds for a TD (Jordan Stout KICK)
Week 1 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 49 yds for a TD, (Jordan Stout KICK)
Week 10 · Maryland · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.71Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 45 yds to the Mary 11 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Ohio State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 13 yds to the OHIOST 47 for a 1ST down OHIO ST Penalty, Roughing Passer (Zach Harrison) to the OhSt 32 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ball State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 25 yds for a TD (Jordan Stout KICK)
Week 13 · Michigan State · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.03Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 18 yds to the MchSt 27 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Michigan · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 17 yds to the Mich 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.98Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 36 yds to the Illin 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.98Sean Clifford pass complete to Jahan Dotson for 36 yds to the Illin 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 16-10@ Wisconsin	5	102	20.4	1	49
Wk 2	W 44-13vs Ball State	5	65	13.0	1	25
Wk 3	W 28-20vs Auburn	10	78	7.8	1	22
Wk 4	W 38-17vs Villanova	7	117	16.7	1	52
Wk 5	W 24-0vs Indiana	8	84	10.5	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 6	L 20-23@ Iowa	8	48	6.0	0	12
Wk 8	L 18-20vs Illinois	6	69	11.5	0	36
Wk 9	L 24-33@ Ohio State	11	127	11.5	0	23
Wk 10	W 31-14@ Maryland	11	242	22.0	3	86	Season-high 242 yds
Wk 11	L 17-21vs Michigan	9	61	6.8	0	17
Wk 12	W 28-0vs Rutgers	3	52	17.3	1	30
Wk 13	L 27-30@ Michigan State	8	137	17.1	2	30	2 TD catches
Total		91	1182	13.4	12	86