Jamari Person

#3 · WR · Sr. · Liberty6′1″ · 200 lb · Nashville, TN · Haywood

Receiving yards253302nd of 467 receivers Last gameW 49–10vs Florida International · Oct 31

Nextat New Mexico StateSat Nov 7 · 8 pm ET

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Worth knowing

Jamari Person spent two seasons at Colorado State before joining Liberty.

Jamari Person

WR · Liberty · #3

The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Jay Norvell and Jamey Chadwell. On tape: 72 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Kennesaw State, Week 8, 2026.

253 receiving yards · 17 catches · 2 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

Moves the chains on third down.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Zach WrightRice · 2014 · 94% season match
BJ Johnson IIIGeorgia Southern · 2014 · 89% season match
Gregory HoganNew Mexico State · 2014 · 88% season match
Stanley Morgan Jr.Nebraska · 2015 · 87% season match
Chase HendricksOhio · 2024 · 82% season match

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

The latest game

Against Florida International on Oct. 31: 1 catch for 15 yards. In the 8 games drawn here: 17 catches for 253 yards. Liberty has thrown to him 26 times in 171 passes.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

W 49-10 vs Florida International1 catch, 15 yds
W 34-6 at Kennesaw State4 catches, 72 yds
W 35-3 vs Sam Houston1 catch, 12 yds
W 30-14 at Delaware3 catches, 30 yds
W 34-17 at Coastal Carolina1 catch, 34 yds
W 51-15 vs Ball State4 catches, 37 yds, 2 TD
W 24-23 vs Gardner-Webb1 catch, 4 yds
L 13-20 at James Madison2 catches, 49 yds

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Liberty	17	253	14.9	2	34
2025	Liberty	28	315	11.2	0	20
2024	Colorado State	35	373	10.7	1	60
2023	Colorado State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Career		81	949	11.7	3	60

Season	Team
2026	Liberty	--
2025	Liberty	--
2024	Colorado State	6
2023	Colorado State	--
Career		6

Last game (Wk 9): 15 receiving yards, 1 catch.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-20@ James Madison	2	49	24.5	0	33
Wk 2	W 24-23vs Gardner-Webb	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 51-15vs Ball State	4	37	9.3	2	16	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 34-17@ Coastal Carolina	1	34	34.0	0	34
Wk 5	W 30-14@ Delaware	3	30	10.0	0	18
Wk 6	W 35-3vs Sam Houston	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 8	W 34-6@ Kennesaw State	4	72	18.0	0	25	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 9	W 49-10vs Florida International	1	15	15.0	0	15
Total		17	253	14.9	2	34

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 51-15

vs Ball State

4 rec · 37 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 36-point win at home against Ball State.

With D. Purdie — 211 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.5 · 29 rush yds (6 car) · T. Kellman — 51 rush yds (3 car) · 1 rec · 21 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · James Madison · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Purdie to Person: a 33-yard pass.
Week 3 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Purdie to Person: a 16-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Purdie to Person: a 34-yard pass.
Week 3 · Ball State · 1st and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Purdie to Person: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Kennesaw State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.83Purdie to Person: a 13-yard pass.
Week 5 · Delaware · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.17Purdie to Person: an 18-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 6 · Sam Houston · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.11Purdie to Person: a 12-yard pass.
Week 8 · Kennesaw State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.91Purdie to Person: a 14-yard pass.
Week 8 · Kennesaw State · 2nd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +0.79Purdie to Person: a 20-yard pass.
Week 3 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.73Purdie to Person: an 8-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards253tied for 302ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions17tied for 332ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch14.9tied for 126thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs2tied for 171stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch34tied for 361stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

340th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -20 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

17 rec · 253 yds · 2 TD

17 of 17 receptions matched to play-by-play

26 of 26 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

2615% of team targets

Catch rate

65%17 of 26 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

50% of targets (13)

69%catch rate

Air 5.3 · YAC 3.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

35% of targets (9)

67%catch rate

Air 13.9 · YAC 4.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

15% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 28.8 · YAC 2.5 avg

65% catch rate on 26 targets · 15% of the team's targets.

Teams and coaches

2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2024Colorado State8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning

2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2026Liberty7-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 40 (#295 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Rotational starter #295 of 465?

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#128 / 569 · 77th pct

7.7%

Yards / catch#134 / 569 · 77th pct

14.9

Explosive rate#135 / 569 · 76th pct

15.4%

Catch rate#276 / 569 · 51st pct

65.4%

EPA / target#306 / 569 · 46th pct

0.40

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#126 / 468 · 73rd pct

14.9

Rec TDs#171 / 468 · 54th pct

Rec yards#302 / 468 · 35th pct

253

Receptions#332 / 468 · 27th pct

Long catch#361 / 468 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

34th → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

7th → 76th percentile

Catch rate

31st → 51st percentile

TD rate

18th → 77th percentile

Yards / catch

45th → 77th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.8	17.0	10.1	0.5
Road4g	2.5	46.2	21.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	27.7	15.6	0.3
Weeks 8+2g	2.5	43.5	16.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

34.9%

173 pass / 323 run

Plays / game

62.0

8 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

198 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

17 catches in 8 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

40 · #295 of 465 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #295 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #32 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Starter

The No. 1,789 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Conference USA as a senior.

Jamari Person

This week

Worth knowing

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

17 catches in 8 games

Starter

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2023

2025 11 games