#11

Jalin Hyatt

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2022: 67 catches, 1,267 receiving yards, 15 TD.

WR · Tennessee · Jr. · #11

6′0″ · 180 lb · Irmo, SC

CFB Index 92 · #6 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AANew York — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 10, #73 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 183 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

Statement game6 rec · 207 yds · 5 TDvs Alabama (FBS) · W 52-49

Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.

Alabama covering Hyatt like teams cover Cooper Kupp in the NFL.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 8His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Tennessee. 2022: 67 catches, 1,267 receiving yards, 15 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2020.
Drafted round 3 by the New York in 2023.
Named All-America (AP) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tennessee, 1,769 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — drafted at #73 overall by New York.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 207 yds vs Alabama.Alabama · W 52-492022

20208 games

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Dutch Fork

202212 games

All-Americafirst · 11 selectors
All-SECfirst
Biletnikoffwinner

2023

Drafted by New Yorkround 3, pick 73

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#183 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #73

New York · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

12 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

9 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

2021–2022

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 4th NFL season

#73Rd 3 · Pick 10

New YorkEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

92All-America level #6 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (97th percentile). Concern: rush yards (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#17 / 636 · 97th pct

16.7%

Yards / catch#20 / 636 · 97th pct

18.9

Explosive rate#61 / 636 · 90th pct

23.3%

EPA / target#93 / 636 · 85th pct

1.02

Catch rate#408 / 636 · 36th pct

74.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#2 / 550 · 100th pct

Rec yards#5 / 550 · 99th pct

1267

Long catch#24 / 550 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#29 / 550 · 95th pct

18.9

Receptions#40 / 550 · 93rd pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rush yards#221 / 275 · 19th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

21st → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

30th → 90th percentile

Catch rate

20th → 36th percentile

TD rate

52nd → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

28th → 97th 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
Home7g	5.3	131	23.8	1.9
Road5g	6.0	70.0	14.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	99.2	19.3	1.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	112	20.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

92 · #6 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #6 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tennessee	67	1,267	18.9	15	--
2021	Tennessee	21	226	10.8	2	--
2020	Tennessee	20	276	13.8	2	--
Career		108	1,769	16.4	19	--

Season	Team
2022	Tennessee	1	--	--	--	--
2021	Tennessee	1	10	--	--	--
2020	Tennessee	1	3	--	--	--
Career		3	13	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 52–49

vs Alabama

6 rec · 207 yds · 5 TD

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With H. Hooker — 385 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.3 · 56 rush yds (14 car) · C. McGrath — 40 LONG · 100 PCT · 8 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · UT Martin · 2&23 · Q2 · EPA +7.08Jalin Hyatt 66 Yd pass from Princeton Fant (Chase McGrath Kick)
Week 7 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.27Jalin Hyatt 78 Yd pass from Hendon Hooker (Hendon Hooker Pass to Princeton Fant for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 11 · Missouri · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +5.47Hendon Hooker pass complete to Jalin Hyatt for 68 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 3 · Akron · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +5.03Jalin Hyatt 48 Yd pass from Hendon Hooker (Chase McGrath Kick)
Week 9 · Kentucky · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +4.83Hendon Hooker pass complete to Jalin Hyatt for 55 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 7 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.76Jalin Hyatt 60 Yd pass from Hendon Hooker (Chase McGrath PAT failed)
Week 3 · Akron · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.47Hendon Hooker pass complete to Jalin Hyatt for 57 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 8 · UT Martin · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.00Hendon Hooker pass complete to Jalin Hyatt for 44 yds to the TnMar 25 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.68Joe Milton III pass complete to Jalin Hyatt for 61 yds to the Vandy 3 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kentucky · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Hendon Hooker pass complete to Jalin Hyatt for 39 yds to the Kent 24 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 59-10vs Ball State	2	28	14.0	1	23
Wk 2	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	11	73	6.6	0	10
Wk 3	W 63-6vs Akron	5	166	33.2	2	57	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 38-33vs Florida	5	58	11.6	0	21
Wk 6	W 40-13@ LSU	4	63	15.8	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 52-49vs Alabama	6	207	34.5	5	78	Season-high 207 yds
Wk 8	W 65-24vs UT Martin	7	174	24.9	2	66	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 44-6vs Kentucky	5	138	27.6	2	55	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 13-27@ Georgia	6	63	10.5	0	28
Wk 11	W 66-24vs Missouri	7	146	20.9	1	68	146-yard receiving day
Wk 12	L 38-63@ South Carolina	6	65	10.8	0	16
Wk 13	W 56-0@ Vanderbilt	3	86	28.7	0	61
Total		67	1267	19.9	15	78