Senior wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 23 catches, 301 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Minneapolis, MN
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
23 catches · 2 TD · 13.1 per catch
Swing playSwung Eastern Michigan from 64% to 84% to win.Eastern Michigan at Ball State · 24-9
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 23 catches, 301 receiving yards, 2 TD.
His career, year by yearJamarien Wheeler
Moves the chains on third down. He has spent three seasons in the Eastern Michigan receiving corps. The receipt: 131 rec yds, 6 receptions against Ball State — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 15-22 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (81st percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (81st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 30.8 | 10.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 44.5 | 11.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 18.5 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 56.8 | 11.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #24 of 38 Mid-American WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 23 | 301 | 13.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 25 | 312 | 12.5 | 2 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-28vs Long Island University | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-48@ Kentucky | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-44@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21vs Bowling Green | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-9@ Ball State | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 1 | 43 | Season-high 131 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 21-31vs Western Michigan | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Total | 23 | 301 | 10.6 | 2 | 43 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Eastern Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Eastern Michigan
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Eastern Michigan · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #103 · 2026 recruiting class #106
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Eli Wood’s 2025 season.
Matches Eli on
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Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Blayne Taylor’s path through Abilene Christian.
Matches Blayne on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to DeQuece Carter's junior season at Indiana (2023).
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Player DNA