#16

Jaleel Scott

Former wide receiver at New Mexico State. 2017: 76 catches, 1,079 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · New Mexico State · #16

6′6″ · 215 lb · Rock Hill, SC

Baltimore — drafted 2018, Rd 4, Pick 32, #132 overall

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 422 nationally · Joined New Mexico State

Statement game9 rec · 174 yds · 1 TDat Arkansas (FBS) · L 24-42

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at New Mexico State. 2017: 76 catches, 1,079 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2016.
Drafted round 4 by the Baltimore in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at New Mexico State, 1,362 receiving yards — drafted at #132 overall by Baltimore.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 174 yds at Arkansas.Arkansas · L 24-422017

201611 games

Signed with New Mexico State2-star out of Ellsworth C.C.

2018

Drafted by Baltimoreround 4, pick 132

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#422 national

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #132

Baltimore · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 9th NFL season

#132Rd 4 · Pick 32

BaltimoreEntering 9th NFL season

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2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Doug Martin — 10-15 over that span.

2016New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

2017New Mexico State7-6HC: Doug Martin · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#18 / 539 · 96th pct

Rec yards#23 / 539 · 96th pct

1079

Rec TDs#22 / 539 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#206 / 539 · 61st pct

14.2

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Long catch#365 / 539 · 32nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.2	80.2	13.5	0.2
Road7g	6.4	96.9	14.3	1.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.3	90.3	14.0	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	6.4	89.4	13.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	New Mexico State	76	1,079	14.2	9	--
2016	New Mexico State	23	283	12.3	5	--
Career		99	1,362	13.8	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 26–20

at Utah State

3 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD

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

With P. Theisler — 41 AVG · 52 LONG · 11 NO · J. Huntley — 17 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 31-37@ Arizona State	8	149	18.6	2	38	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 30-28@ New Mexico	8	91	11.4	1	20
Wk 3	L 24-27vs Troy	6	55	9.2	1	23
Wk 4	W 41-14vs UTEP	4	74	18.5	0	32
Wk 5	L 24-42@ Arkansas	9	174	19.3	1	36	Season-high 174 yds
Wk 7	W 35-27@ Georgia Southern	6	52	8.7	2	15	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 21-37vs Arkansas State	4	61	15.3	0	41
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Texas State	7	130	18.6	1	36	130-yard receiving day
Wk 12	L 34-47@ Louisiana	4	45	11.3	0	14
Wk 13	W 17-10vs Idaho	8	77	9.6	0	16
Wk 14	W 22-17vs South Alabama	9	134	14.9	0	33	134-yard receiving day
Bowl	W 26-20@ Utah State	3	37	12.3	1	19
Total		76	1079	14.0	9	41

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