#85

Jalen Wydermyer

Sophomore tight end for Texas A&M. 2021: 40 catches, 515 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Texas A&M · So. · #85

6′5″ · 265 lb · Dickinson, TX

CFB Index 63 · #21 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceTexas A&M 2021 alumnus

The story

2 tight end for Texas A&M. 2021: 40 catches, 515 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas A&M, 1,468 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 79 yds vs South Carolina.South Carolina · W 30-62019

20209 games

All-SECsecond

202112 games

All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Texas A&M

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

Played his entire career under Jimbo Fisher.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jimbo Fisher — 25-10 over that span.

2019Texas A&M8-5HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2020Texas A&M9-1HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2021Texas A&M8-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #21 of 119?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (87th percentile). Strength: receptions (85th percentile). Concern: catch rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#295 / 655 · 55th pct

6.6%

Yards / catch#298 / 655 · 55th pct

12.9

Explosive rate#334 / 655 · 49th pct

13.1%

EPA / target#451 / 655 · 31st pct

0.51

Catch rate#525 / 655 · 20th pct

65.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#19 / 146 · 87th pct

515

Receptions#23 / 146 · 85th pct

Yards / catch#34 / 146 · 76th pct

12.9

Rec TDs#28 / 146 · 76th pct

Long catch#69 / 146 · 51st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.3	44.3	14.0	0.6
Road5g	3.4	41.0	12.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	39.7	13.7	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	47.4	13.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #21 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Texas A&M	40	515	12.9	4	--
2020	Texas A&M	46	506	11.0	6	--
2019	Texas A&M	32	447	14.0	6	--
Career		118	1,468	12.4	16	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2021

W 41–38

vs Alabama

3 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With D. Achane — 34 rush yds (7 car) · Z. Calzada — 285 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 92.2 · 12 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · South Carolina · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 25 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Week 1 · Kent State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Haynes King pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 18 yds to the KntSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · South Carolina · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 28 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Week 5 · Mississippi State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Jalen Wydermyer 11 Yd pass from Zach Calzada (Seth Small Kick)
Week 6 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 27 yds for a TD, (Seth Small KICK)
Week 8 · South Carolina · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.31Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 15 yds to the SCaro 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Colorado · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.31Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 16 yds to the Colo 30 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 34 yds to the Alab 27 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · LSU · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Zach Calzada pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 2 yds to the LSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Kent State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.02Haynes King pass complete to Jalen Wydermyer for 13 yds to the TexAM 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week