Jalon Calhoun

Senior wide receiver for Duke. 2023: 50 catches, 666 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Duke · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 191 lb · Greenville, SC

CFB Index 61 · #127 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceDuke 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1170 nationally · Signed with Southside

Statement game11 rec · 174 yds · 1 TDvs Wake Forest (FBS) · W 34-31

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Duke. 2023: 50 catches, 666 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southside in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Duke, 3,018 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 174 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · W 34-312022

201912 games

Recruited3-star out of Southside

202213 games

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1170 national

CFB

College

Duke

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2021

David Cutcliffe

Duke

2022

Mike Elko

Duke

era →

2023

Trooper Taylor

Duke

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, and Trooper Taylor. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #127 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (82nd percentile). Strength: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#210 / 639 · 67th pct

13.7

Explosive rate#265 / 639 · 59th pct

14.9%

TD rate#305 / 639 · 52nd pct

6.0%

EPA / target#328 / 639 · 49th pct

0.74

Catch rate#536 / 639 · 16th pct

70.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#101 / 566 · 82nd pct

Receptions#105 / 566 · 81st pct

Rec yards#119 / 566 · 79th pct

666

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#254 / 566 · 55th pct

13.3

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rush yards#196 / 294 · 30th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

41st → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

87th → 59th percentile

Catch rate

39th → 16th percentile

TD rate

39th → 52nd percentile

Yards / catch

73rd → 67th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.5	50.9	20.4	0.4
Road5g	4.4	51.8	11.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	56.0	20.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	45.7	12.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #127 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #127 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Duke	50	666	13.3	4	--
2022	Duke	62	873	14.1	4	--
2021	Duke	56	718	12.8	3	--
2020	Duke	38	341	9.0	2	--
2019	Duke	46	420	9.1	4	--
Career		252	3,018	12.0	17	--

Season	Team
2023	Duke	1	3	--	142	--
2022	Duke	--	--	26	113	--
2021	Duke	2	13	--	--	--
2020	Duke	1	-4	--	3	--
2019	Duke	4	2	--	--	--
Career		8	14	26	258	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 28–7

vs Clemson

5 rec · 32 yds

Dominant 21-point win at home against Clemson.

With R. Leonard — 175 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.2 · 98 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · P. Wilson — 53 AVG · 70 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · NC State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.61Henry Belin IV pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 69 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 3 · Northwestern · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.25Riley Leonard pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 28 yds to the NU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Grayson Loftis pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 32 yds to the PITT 27 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Lafayette · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Riley Leonard pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 16 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 4 · UConn · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Riley Leonard pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 24 yds to the CONN 22 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Clemson · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Riley Leonard pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 10 yds to the CLEM 26 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisville · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Riley Leonard pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 19 yds to the LOU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Grayson Loftis pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 15 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 11 · North Carolina · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Grayson Loftis pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 10 yds to the UNC 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Troy · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Grayson Loftis pass complete to Jalon Calhoun for 26 yds to the TROY 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-7vs Clemson	5	32	6.4	0	10
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Lafayette	4	38	9.5	1	16
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Northwestern	5	112	22.4	0	34	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 4	W 41-7@ UConn	6	76	12.7	0	24
Wk 5	L 14-21vs Notre Dame	3	41	13.7	0	21
Wk 7	W 24-3vs NC State	1	69	69.0	1	69
Wk 8	L 20-38@ Florida State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 9	L 0-23@ Louisville	5	56	11.2	0	19
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Wake Forest	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 11	L 45-47@ North Carolina	6	64	10.7	0	23
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Virginia	4	52	13.0	1	34
Wk 13	W 30-19vs Pittsburgh	7	71	10.1	1	32
Bowl	W 17-10vs Troy	2	24	12.0	0	26
Total		50	666	17.1	4	69

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

Jalon Calhoun

201912 games

202213 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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