Jake Herslow

#30 · WR · Sr. · Old Dominion6′0″ · 176 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

Jake Herslow: WR · Old Dominion · #30.

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Jake Herslow

WR · Old Dominion · Sr · #30

Moves the chains on third down. The four seasons at Old Dominion span two head coaches: Bobby Wilder and Ricky Rahne. One game to point at: 111 receiving yards and 5 receptions against UConn — Week 13, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Old Dominion in the news

ODU first trip to RustonWAVY.com Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Old Dominion	36	480	13.3	5	49
2019	Old Dominion	9	95	10.6	0	28
2018	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Old Dominion	2	14	7.0	0	15
Career		47	589	12.5	5	49

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 19 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@ No. 3 Cincinnati	5	57	11.4	1	15
Total		31	415	13.4	4	49

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · UConn · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +5.54Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 49 yds for a TD (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 3 · Grambling · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.75Ike Ogbogu pass complete to Jake Herslow for 27 yds to the Gramb 39 for a
Week 9 · SMU · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 37 yds to the SMU 27 for a
Week 10 · South Florida · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 18 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 1 · Auburn · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 26 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 14 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 14 yds to the Cincy 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 7 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 4 · Navy · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 14 yds to the Navy 47 for a
Week 2 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 11 yds for a TD, (Dalton Witherspoon KICK)
Week 13 · UConn · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.49Clayton Tune pass complete to Jake Herslow for 34 yds to the UConn 27 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#189 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

51Rotational starter #189 of 468 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2021. 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	33.4	14.6	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

2021 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

Pass share

46.5%

420 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

75.3

12 games

Team sack rate

6.8%

441 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

36 catches in 13 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #189 of 468 WRs · 2021

Jake Herslow

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

36 catches in 13 games

Four seasons, two schools