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Jalen Walker

Senior wide receiver for Miami (OH). 2022: 28 catches, 276 receiving yards.

WR · Miami (OH) · Sr. · #14

5′8″ · 171 lb · Carmel, IN

CFB Index 34 · #378 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceMiami (OH) 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Miami (OH). 2022: 28 catches, 276 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Miami (OH), 1,281 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds vs Northern Illinois.Northern Illinois · W 27-242019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Miami (OH)

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Chuck Martin

Miami (OH)

Played his entire career under Chuck Martin.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Chuck Martin — 29-26 over that span.

2018Miami (OH)6-6HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning

2019Miami (OH)8-6HC: Chuck Martin · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Miami (OH)2-1HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Miami (OH)7-6HC: Chuck Martin · Balanced

2022Miami (OH)6-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #378 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#240 / 636 · 62nd pct

81.8%

Explosive rate#458 / 636 · 27th pct

9.1%

EPA / target#556 / 636 · 13th pct

0.31

Yards / catch#557 / 636 · 12th pct

8.7

TD rate#554 / 636 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#306 / 550 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rec yards#407 / 550 · 26th pct

276

Long catch#448 / 550 · 18th pct

Yards / catch#480 / 550 · 12th pct

9.9

Rush yards#251 / 275 · 8th pct

-4

Rec TDs#486 / 550 · 6th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

18th → 13th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 27th percentile

Catch rate

2nd → 62nd percentile

TD rate

35th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 12th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	25.8	13.7	0.0
Road6g	2.3	20.2	8.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.4	21.4	11.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	26.2	12.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chuck Martin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #378 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Miami (OH)	28	276	9.9	0	--
2021	Miami (OH)	31	398	12.8	4	--
2020	Miami (OH)	3	49	16.3	2	--
2019	Miami (OH)	24	418	17.4	2	--
2018	Miami (OH)	12	140	11.7	0	--
Career		98	1,281	13.1	8	--

Season	Team
2022	Miami (OH)	2	-4	169	127	--
2021	Miami (OH)	1	-4	197	80	--
2020	Miami (OH)	--	--	29	50	--
2019	Miami (OH)	3	1	31	11	--
2018	Miami (OH)	--	--	--	--	--
Career		6	-7	426	268	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 31–14

vs Robert Morris

3 rec · 7 yds

With A. Smith — 155 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.3 · 38 rush yds (4 car) · D. Dzioban — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 66 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Ball State · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.67A.Smith pass complete to MOH 41. Catch made by J.Walker at MOH 41. Gain of 16 yards. Tackled by BALL at BALL 43.
Week 11 · Ohio · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Brett Gabbert pass complete to Jalen Walker for 33 yds to the Ohio 37 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Kent State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.92A.Smith pass complete to MOH 42. Catch made by J.Walker at MOH 42. Gain of 15 yards. Tackled by KNT at KNT 43.
Week 7 · Bowling Green · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Aveon Smith pass complete to Jalen Walker for 17 yds to the BwGrn 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ball State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.89A.Smith pass complete to BALL 43. Catch made by J.Walker at BALL 43. Gain of 9 yards. Tackled by BALL at BALL 34.
Week 1 · Kentucky · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.59Brett Gabbert pass complete to Jalen Walker for 8 yds to the Kent 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.36Aveon Smith pass complete to Jalen Walker for 30 yds to the BwGrn 22 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UAB · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34Aveon Smith pass complete to Jalen Walker for 13 yds to the UAB 2 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ball State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.19A.Smith pass complete to MOH 24. Catch made by J.Walker at MOH 24. Gain of 14 yards. Tackled by BALL at MOH 38.
Week 13 · Ball State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.03A.Smith pass complete to BALL 11. Catch made by J.Walker at BALL 11. Gain of 8 yards. Tackled by BALL at BALL 3.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-37@ Kentucky	4	25	6.3	0	9
Wk 2	W 31-14vs Robert Morris	3	7	2.3	0	6
Wk 3	L 17-38vs Cincinnati	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 4	W 17-14@ Northwestern	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	L 20-24@ Buffalo	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 6	W 27-24vs Kent State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 7	L 13-17@ Bowling Green	3	45	15.0	0	30
Wk 8	L 10-16vs Western Michigan	3	25	8.3	0	13
Wk 11	L 21-37vs Ohio	2	33	16.5	0	33
Wk 12	W 29-23@ Northern Illinois	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	W 18-17vs Ball State	4	47	11.8	0	16	Season-high 47 yds
Bowl	L 20-24@ UAB	4	30	7.5	0	13
Total		28	276	11.4	0	33

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

Jalen Walker

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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