#30

Jake Herslow

Senior wide receiver for Old Dominion. 2021: 36 catches, 480 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Old Dominion · Sr. · #30

6′0″ · 176 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

CFB Index 51 · #189 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceOld Dominion 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Old Dominion. 2021: 36 catches, 480 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Houston, 589 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 111 yds at UConn.UConn · W 45-172021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Old Dominion

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Bobby Wilder

Old Dominion

2021

Ricky Rahne

Old Dominion

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bobby Wilder → Ricky Rahne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Old Dominion5-7HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

2018Old Dominion4-8HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2019Old Dominion1-11HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2021Houston6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #189 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: td rate (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#20 / 655 · 97th pct

1.27

TD rate#90 / 655 · 86th pct

12.2%

Catch rate#122 / 655 · 81st pct

85.4%

Yards / catch#249 / 655 · 62nd pct

13.4

Explosive rate#275 / 655 · 58th pct

14.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#105 / 557 · 78th pct

Receptions#204 / 557 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#222 / 557 · 60th pct

480

Yards / catch#274 / 557 · 51st pct

13.3

Long catch#269 / 557 · 51st pct

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	27.5	11.8	0.0
Road7g	2.7	35.7	11.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	18.0	9.3	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.0	43.9	13.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #189 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Old Dominion	36	480	13.3	5	--
2019	Old Dominion	9	95	10.6	0	--
2018	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Old Dominion	2	14	7.0	0	--
Career		47	589	12.5	5	--

Season	Team
2021	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Old Dominion	--	--	--	-2	--
2018	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	-2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · UConn · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +5.54Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 49 yds for a TD (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 3 · Grambling · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.75Ike Ogbogu pass complete to Jake Herslow for 27 yds to the Gramb 39 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · SMU · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 37 yds to the SMU 27 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · South Florida · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 18 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 1 · Auburn · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 26 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 14 · Cincinnati · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 14 yds to the Cincy 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Cincinnati · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 7 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 4 · Navy · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 14 yds to the Navy 47 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Rice · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 11 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 13 · UConn · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.49Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 34 yds to the UConn 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-38vs Texas Tech	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Wk 2	W 44-7@ Rice	1	11	11.0	1	11
Wk 3	W 45-0vs Grambling	4	57	14.3	0	27
Wk 4	W 28-20vs Navy	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 5	W 45-10@ Tulsa	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 6	W 40-22@ Tulane	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 8	W 31-24vs East Carolina	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 9	W 44-37vs SMU	3	63	21.0	0	37
Wk 10	W 54-42@ South Florida	3	34	11.3	1	18
Wk 11	W 37-8@ Temple	2	9	4.5	0	8
Wk 12	W 31-13vs Memphis	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 13	W 45-17@ UConn	5	111	22.2	1	49	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 14	L 20-35@ Cincinnati	5	57	11.4	1	15
Total		31	415	11.5	4	49

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

Jake Herslow

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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