#17

Jamal Custis

Senior wide receiver for Syracuse. 2018: 51 catches, 906 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Syracuse · Sr. · #17

6′5″ · 213 lb · Philadelphia, PA

Syracuse 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Syracuse. 2018: 51 catches, 906 receiving yards, 6 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Syracuse, 1,048 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 168 yds at Western Michigan.Western Michigan · W 55-422018

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Syracuse

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

2 coaches

2014–2015

Scott Shafer

Syracuse

2017–2018

Dino Babers

Syracuse

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Shafer → Dino Babers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Syracuse3-9HC: Scott Shafer · Balanced

2015Syracuse4-8HC: Scott Shafer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2017Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Syracuse10-3HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (91st percentile). Strength: yards / catch (91st percentile). Concern: rush yards (5th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#48 / 550 · 91st pct

906

Yards / catch#49 / 550 · 91st pct

17.8

Rec TDs#89 / 550 · 81st pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Long catch#109 / 550 · 80th pct

Receptions#115 / 550 · 79th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rush yards#262 / 277 · 5th pct

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Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	65.0	15.1	0.4
Road6g	3.8	75.2	18.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	72.9	16.4	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	66.0	17.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Syracuse	51	906	17.8	6	--
2017	Syracuse	8	120	15.0	1	--
2015	Syracuse	1	7	7.0	1	--
2014	Syracuse	4	15	3.8	0	--
Career		64	1,048	16.4	8	--

Season	Team
2018	Syracuse	1	-5	--	--	--
2017	Syracuse	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Syracuse	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Syracuse	1	1	--	--	--
Career		2	-4	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018

W 34–18

vs West Virginia

5 rec · 80 yds

With E. Dungey — 303 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · 22 rush yds (17 car) · S. Hofrichter — 39 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-42@ Western Michigan	6	168	28.0	2	50	Season-high 168 yds
Wk 2	W 62-10vs Wagner	5	41	8.2	1	13
Wk 3	W 30-7vs Florida State	4	56	14.0	0	33
Wk 4	W 51-21vs UConn	2	22	11.0	0	17
Wk 5	L 23-27@ Clemson	5	73	14.6	0	31
Wk 6	L 37-44@ Pittsburgh	3	70	23.3	0	42
Wk 8	W 40-37vs North Carolina	7	162	23.1	1	68	162-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 51-41vs NC State	3	80	26.7	1	45
Wk 10	W 41-24@ Wake Forest	5	62	12.4	0	33
Wk 11	W 54-23vs Louisville	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 12	L 3-36@ Notre Dame	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 42-21@ Boston College	3	68	22.7	1	34
Bowl	W 34-18vs West Virginia	5	80	16.0	0	44
Total		51	906	16.7	6	68

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

Jamal Custis

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

DNA match

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