Jakeem Grant

#11 · WR · Texas Tech5′7″ · Mesquite, TX · Horn

Jakeem Grant: WR · Texas Tech · #11.

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Jakeem Grant

WR · Texas Tech · #11

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Second year in the same receiving corps at Texas Tech. The first one came in 2015: All-Big 12. On tape: 178 receiving yards and 13 receptions against Oklahoma State, Week 9, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Texas Tech in the news

West Virginia reveals depth chartYahoo Sports Nov 3
Big 12 commissioner resignsOct 30
Booster dismisses McGuire hot seatOn3 Oct 28
Booster criticizes Texas Tech after lossHeartland College Sports Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Texas Tech	90	1,268	14.1	10	90
2014	Texas Tech	67	938	14.0	7	59
Career		157	2,206	14.1	17	90

Season	Team
2015	Texas Tech	8	68	1,017	--
2014	Texas Tech	5	35	515	1
Career		13	103	1,532	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 59-45vs Sam Houston	6	71	11.8	0	19	3 TD catches
Wk 2	W 69-20vs UTEP	7	141	20.1	1	60	141-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 35-24@ Arkansas	8	75	9.4	0	21
Wk 4	L 52-55vs No. 3 TCU	8	126	15.8	1	44
Wk 5	L 35-63vs No. 5 Baylor	6	69	11.5	0	34
Wk 6	W 66-31vs Iowa State	9	166	18.4	2	75	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 30-20@ Kansas	5	71	14.2	0	31
Wk 8	L 27-63@ No. 17 Oklahoma	7	55	7.9	0	20
Wk 9	L 53-70vs No. 12 Oklahoma State	13	178	13.7	1	90	Season-high 178 yds
Wk 10	L 26-31@ West Virginia	5	8	1.6	1	10
Wk 11	W 59-44vs Kansas State	4	78	19.5	0	53
Wk 13	W 48-45@ Texas	2	105	52.5	1	65
Bowl	L 27-56vs No. 22 LSU	10	125	12.5	3	46
Total		90	1268	14.1	10	90

Signature game

Bowl · 2015

L 27-56

vs LSU · neutral site

10 rec · 125 yds · 3 TD

With T. Symmank — 50.1 yards per punt · 8 punts · 58 long · P. Mahomes II — 370 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.3

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · UTEP · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +6.49Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 60 yds for a TD, (Michael Barden KICK)
Week 13 · Texas · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.26Mahomes to Grant: a 65-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 75 yds for a TD, (Clayton Hatfield KICK)
Week 3 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.86Grant to Davis: a 72-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · LSU · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +5.75Mahomes to Grant: a 46-yard pass.
Week 6 · Iowa State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.65Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 37 yds for a TD, (Clayton Hatfield KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · LSU · 4th and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.76Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 27 yds to the LSU 9 for a
Week 4 · TCU · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.74Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 44 yds to the TCU 40 for a
Week 11 · Kansas State · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.70Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 53 yds to the KanSt 5 for a
Week 4 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Patrick Mahomes pass complete to Jakeem Grant for 44 yds for a TD, (Clayton Hatfield KICK)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 11-14 over that span.

2014Texas Tech4-8HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015Texas Tech7-6HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#195 / 684 · 72nd pct

72.3%

Explosive rate#240 / 684 · 65th pct

13.4%

EPA / target#255 / 684 · 63rd pct

0.56

TD rate#267 / 684 · 61st pct

5.0%

Yards / catch#274 / 684 · 60th pct

13.0

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#6 / 521 · 99th pct

Receptions#12 / 521 · 98th pct

Rec yards#15 / 521 · 97th pct

1268

Rush TDs#3 / 247 · 97th pct

Rec TDs#16 / 521 · 96th pct

Rush yards#44 / 247 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#183 / 521 · 64th pct

14.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

66th → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

68th → 65th percentile

Catch rate

46th → 72nd percentile

TD rate

68th → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

68th → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.8	127	16.6	0.8
Road5g	5.4	62.8	17.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.4	106	14.2	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	6.2	84.8	19.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Kliff Kingsbury

Pass share

57.6%

619 pass / 456 run

Plays / game

82.7

13 games

Team sack rate

4.1%

655 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jakeem Grant

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Five seasons at Texas Tech, drafted

2011

2015 13 games

2016