Jamarien Wheeler

#7 · WR · Sr. · Eastern Michigan6′0″ · 210 lb · Minneapolis, MN

Jamarien Wheeler is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Eastern Michigan.

Wheeler moves the chains on third down. Three seasons in the Eastern Michigan receiving corps to date. A game that shows it: 131 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Ball State — Week 12, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Eli WoodVirginia · 2025 · 79% season match
Damon Ward Jr.North Texas · 2021 · 77% season match
Kelly AkharaiyiMississippi State · 2024 · 76% season match
Jimmy HolidayWestern Kentucky · 2023 · 75% season match
Cam Sullivan-BrownMassachusetts · 2022 · 74% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Eastern Michigan	23	301	13.1	2	43
2024	Eastern Michigan	1	4	4.0	0	4
2023	Eastern Michigan	1	7	7.0	0	7
Career		25	312	12.5	2	43

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	13.1	2	43

Signature game

Week 12 · 2025

W 24-9

at Ball State

6 rec · 131 yds · 1 TD

With N. Kim — 229 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 43.4 · 21 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 42.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 54 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Kim to Wheeler: a 43-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Ball State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Kim to Wheeler: a 20-yard pass.
Week 12 · Ball State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Kim to Wheeler: a 21-yard pass.
Week 7 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Noah Kim pass complete to Jamarien Wheeler for 11 yds to the NIU 47 for a
Week 12 · Ball State · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Kim to Wheeler: an 18-yard pass.
Week 2 · Long Island University · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Noah Kim pass complete to Jamarien Wheeler for 5 yds for a TD (Rudy Kessinger KICK)

4 more plays

Week 14 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.37Kim to Wheeler: a 28-yard pass.
Week 14 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.69Kim to Wheeler: a 20-yard pass.
Week 11 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.69Kim to Wheeler: a 5-yard pass.
Week 12 · Ball State · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.67Kim to Wheeler: a 23-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

23 rec · 301 yds · 2 TD

22 of 23 receptions matched to play-by-play

20 of 35 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

359% of team targets

Catch rate

63%22 of 35 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

50% of targets (10)

70%catch rate

Air 5.1 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of targets (4)

75%catch rate

Air 12.8 · YAC 5.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

30% of targets (6)

50%catch rate

Air 25.7 · YAC 2.7 avg

63% catch rate on 35 targets · 9% of the team's targets · 50% catch rate on 6 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

27%9 of his 33 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 15-22 over that span.

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 36 (#346 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

36Below cohort / limited sample #346 of 485 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (81st percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#153 / 798 · 81st pct

15.2%

EPA / target#184 / 798 · 77th pct

0.60

TD rate#326 / 798 · 59th pct

3.0%

Yards / catch#346 / 798 · 57th pct

12.0

Catch rate#522 / 798 · 34th pct

63.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#268 / 558 · 51st pct

13.1

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Long catch#332 / 558 · 39th pct

Rec yards#360 / 558 · 35th pct

301

Receptions#373 / 558 · 32nd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

51.1%

403 pass / 385 run

Plays / game

65.7

12 games

Team sack rate

2.3%

444 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

23 catches in 8 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

36 · #346 of 485 WRs · 2025

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #24 of 38 Mid-American WRs

How the All-MAC 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%).