#11

Jakobi Meyers

Junior wide receiver for NC State. 2018: 85 catches, 951 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · NC State · Jr. · #11

6′2″ · 203 lb · Lithonia, GA

NC State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 1930 nationally · Signed with NC State

Statement game13 rec · 163 yds · 1 TDvs East Carolina (FBS) · W 58-3

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for NC State. 2018: 85 catches, 951 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at NC State, 1,836 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with NC State3-star out of Arabia Mountain

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1930 national

CFB

College

NC State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dave Doeren — 25-14 over that span.

2016NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2017NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2018NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile). Concern: rush yards (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#14 / 550 · 97th pct

Rec yards#44 / 550 · 92nd pct

951

Rec TDs#215 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Long catch#373 / 550 · 32nd pct

Yards / catch#398 / 550 · 27th pct

11.2

Rush yards#271 / 277 · 2nd pct

-9

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	10.0	116	11.2	0.5
Road5g	5.0	51.2	10.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.6	67.6	9.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.7	102	11.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	NC State	85	951	11.2	3	--
2017	NC State	63	727	11.5	5	--
2016	NC State	13	158	12.2	0	--
Career		161	1,836	11.4	8	--

Season	Team
2018	NC State	3	-9	--	--	--
2017	NC State	5	-5	--	--	--
2016	NC State	2	6	--	--	--
Career		10	-8	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2018

W 35–21

vs Virginia

4 rec · 30 yds

With R. Finley — 257 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 7 rush yds (3 car) · A. Cole III — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-13vs James Madison	14	161	11.5	0	39	161-yard receiving day
Wk 4	W 37-20@ Marshall	2	29	14.5	0	23
Wk 5	W 35-21vs Virginia	4	30	7.5	0	14
Wk 6	W 28-23vs Boston College	10	99	9.9	1	23
Wk 8	L 7-41@ Clemson	8	61	7.6	0	26
Wk 9	L 41-51@ Syracuse	5	36	7.2	0	11
Wk 10	W 47-28vs Florida State	9	125	13.9	1	35
Wk 11	L 23-27vs Wake Forest	10	117	11.7	0	25
Wk 13	W 34-28@ North Carolina	7	111	15.9	0	30
Wk 14	W 58-3vs East Carolina	13	163	12.5	1	33	Season-high 163 yds
Bowl	L 13-52@ Texas A&M	3	19	6.3	0	8
Total		85	951	10.8	3	39

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