Jalil Farooq

Senior wide receiver for Maryland. 2025: 58 catches, 545 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Maryland · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 213 lb · Lanham, MD

CFB Index 58 · #143 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Maryland for 2026

The numbers

545

receiving yards · 2025

58 catches · 4 TD · 9.4 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 110 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Maryland from 18% to 62% to win.Maryland at UCLA · 20-17

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Maryland. 2025: 58 catches, 545 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2021.
Transferred from Oklahoma to Maryland in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 60th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jalil Farooq

WR · Maryland · Sr · #1

Moves the chains on third down. Jalil Farooq has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 110 rec yds, 10 receptions against Michigan State, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

2025Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #143 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#323 / 798 · 60th pct

70.3%

EPA / target#483 / 798 · 40th pct

0.35

Yards / catch#625 / 798 · 22nd pct

9.1

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#684 / 798 · 14th pct

4.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#73 / 558 · 87th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Rec yards#183 / 558 · 67th pct

545

Rush yards#165 / 287 · 41st pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Long catch#483 / 558 · 13th pct

Yards / catch#488 / 558 · 12th pct

9.4

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

26%19 of his 74 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	47.3	10.2	0.1
Road5g	5.0	42.8	7.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	41.3	9.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	49.5	8.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #143 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #143 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #19 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Maryland	58	545	9.4	4	--
2024	Oklahoma	3	58	19.3	0	--
2023	Oklahoma	45	694	15.4	2	--
2022	Oklahoma	37	466	12.6	5	--
2021	Oklahoma	4	69	17.2	0	--
Career		147	1,832	12.5	11	--

Season	Team
2025	Maryland	2	8	--	46	--
2024	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Oklahoma	17	95	422	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	15	140	281	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
Career		34	243	703	46	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 44–17

vs Towson

5 rec · 53 yds

Dominant 27-point win at home against Towson.

With M. Washington — 261 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.8 · 29 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · B. McFerson — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Jalil Farooq 0 Yd pass from Khristian Martin (Sean O'Haire Kick)
Week 1 · Florida Atlantic · 3&17 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Malik Washington pass complete to Jalil Farooq for 24 yds to the MD 42 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Jalil Farooq 24 Yd pass from Malik Washington (Sean O'Haire Kick)
Week 6 · Washington · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Malik Washington pass complete to Jalil Farooq for 10 yds to the WASH 39 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Michigan State · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Shotgun #7 M.Washington pass complete short left to #1 J.Farooq caught at UMD35, for 19 yards to the MSU48 (#30 A.Grose), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Washington · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.49Malik Washington pass complete to Jalil Farooq for 16 yds to the WASH 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UCLA · 1&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Jalil Farooq 8 Yd pass from Malik Washington (Ryan Capriotti Kick)
Week 12 · Illinois · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.25(14:52) Shotgun #7 M.Washington pass complete short left to #1 J.Farooq caught at UMD40, for 13 yards to the UMD48 (#41 J.Kreutz), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Michigan State · 1&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Jalil Farooq 7 Yd pass from Malik Washington (Sean O'Haire Kick)
Week 4 · Wisconsin · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.95Malik Washington pass complete to Jalil Farooq for 9 yds to the MD 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 39-7vs Florida Atlantic	4	43	10.8	0	24
Wk 2	W 20-9vs Northern Illinois	5	55	11.0	0	20
Wk 3	W 44-17vs Towson	5	53	10.6	0	18
Wk 4	W 27-10@ Wisconsin	3	31	10.3	0	12
Wk 6	L 20-24vs Washington	8	51	6.4	0	16
Wk 7	L 31-34vs Nebraska	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 8	L 17-20@ UCLA	4	29	7.3	1	10
Wk 10	L 10-55vs Indiana	4	43	10.8	0	21
Wk 11	L 20-35@ Rutgers	3	9	3.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 6-24@ Illinois	5	35	7.0	0	13
Wk 13	L 20-45vs Michigan	5	71	14.2	1	29
Wk 14	L 28-38@ Michigan State	10	110	11.0	2	24	Season-high 110 yds
Total		58	545	9.2	4	29