Jalen Guyton

#9 · WR · Jr. · North Texas6′1″ · 208 lb · Allen, TX

Jalen Guyton: WR · North Texas · #9.

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Jalen Guyton

WR · North Texas · Jr · #9

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the North Texas receiving corps. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 124 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Southern Miss — Week 7, 2018.

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.

North Texas in the news

June Jones passes awayOct 29
North Texas QB eligibility questionedFort Worth Star-Telegram Oct 20
$1.02M donation to UNT athleticsUniversity of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
Former North Texas HS standout dies after injuryCBS News Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	North Texas	54	805	14.9	6	75
2017	North Texas	49	775	15.8	9	77
Career		103	1,580	15.3	15	77

Season	Team
2018	North Texas	--	--
2017	North Texas	3	12
Career		3	12

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 46-23vs SMU	7	95	13.6	2	29	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 58-16vs Incarnate Word	5	111	22.2	1	46
Wk 3	W 44-17@ Arkansas	2	42	21.0	0	31
Wk 4	W 47-7@ Liberty	4	34	8.5	0	12
Wk 5	L 27-29vs Louisiana Tech	5	51	10.2	0	16
Wk 6	W 27-24@ UTEP	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 7	W 30-7vs Southern Miss	7	124	17.7	1	53	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 8	L 21-29@ UAB	5	48	9.6	0	12
Wk 9	W 41-17vs Rice	2	16	8.0	0	13
Wk 11	L 31-34@ Old Dominion	3	28	9.3	0	11
Wk 12	W 41-38vs Florida Atlantic	4	62	15.5	1	23
Wk 13	W 24-21@ UTSA	5	78	15.6	0	19
Bowl	L 13-52vs Utah State	4	103	25.8	1	75
Total		54	805	14.9	6	75

Signature game

Bowl · 2018

L 13-52

vs Utah State · neutral site

4 rec · 103 yds · 1 TD

With A. Kenworthy — 41.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · K. Martin — 111 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Kason Martin pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 75 yds for a TD (Cole Hedlund PAT BLOCKED)
Week 7 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 53 yds for a TD (Cole Hedlund KICK)
Week 7 · Southern Miss · 2nd and 18 · Q2 · EPA +3.78Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 32 yds to the SoMis 43 for a
Week 2 · Incarnate Word · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 25 yds to the InWrd 31 for a
Week 13 · UTSA · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 19 yds to the TexSA 39 for a
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 16 yds to the LaTch 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · SMU · 2nd and 23 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 29 yds to the SMU 4 for a
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 13 yds to the LaTch 36 for a
Week 1 · SMU · 2nd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.02Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 15 yds for a TD (Cole Hedlund KICK)
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Mason Fine pass complete to Jalen Guyton for 16 yds to the FlAtl 41 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Seth Littrell — 18-9 over that span.

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2018North Texas9-4HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (88th percentile). Strength: rec yards (86th percentile). Concern: catch rate (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#172 / 702 · 76th pct

14.9

TD rate#232 / 702 · 67th pct

7.0%

EPA / target#295 / 702 · 58th pct

0.57

Explosive rate#400 / 702 · 43rd pct

10.5%

Catch rate#497 / 702 · 29th pct

62.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#56 / 550 · 88th pct

Rec yards#76 / 550 · 86th pct

805

Receptions#93 / 550 · 82nd pct

Rec TDs#89 / 550 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#164 / 550 · 70th pct

14.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

55th → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 43rd percentile

Catch rate

35th → 29th percentile

TD rate

81st → 67th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 76th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	76.5	14.5	0.8
Road6g	3.3	40.5	12.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.4	71.6	16.5	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	46.4	11.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Seth Littrell

Pass share

51.4%

504 pass / 477 run

Plays / game

75.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.0%

538 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

54 catches in 13 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jalen Guyton

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

54 catches in 13 games

Four seasons, two schools

2015

2017 12 games