#12

Jared Sparks

Senior wide receiver for UL Monroe. 2021: 30 catches, 336 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · UL Monroe · Sr. · #12

6′1″ · 215 lb · Geismar, LA

CFB Index 38 · #314 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceUL Monroe 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for UL Monroe. 2021: 30 catches, 336 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Transferred from Purdue to UL Monroe in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UL Monroe, 978 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 76 yds vs Northwestern.Northwestern · L 27-312018

202111 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2020

Matt Viator

UL Monroe

2021

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Viator → Terry Bowden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2018Purdue6-7HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #314 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#87 / 655 · 87th pct

87.1%

Explosive rate#213 / 655 · 67th pct

16.1%

EPA / target#354 / 655 · 46th pct

0.61

Yards / catch#498 / 655 · 24th pct

10.3

TD rate#501 / 655 · 23rd pct

3.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#261 / 557 · 52nd pct

Rec yards#319 / 557 · 43rd pct

336

Long catch#350 / 557 · 37th pct

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

Yards / catch#430 / 557 · 22nd pct

11.2

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	38.6	12.1	0.2
Road6g	2.3	23.8	11.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	27.0	8.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	34.8	14.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #314 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UL Monroe	30	336	11.2	1	--
2020	Purdue	4	38	9.5	0	--
2019	Purdue	8	108	13.5	1	--
2018	Purdue	28	274	9.8	0	--
2017	Purdue	19	222	11.7	0	--
Career		89	978	11.0	2	--

Season	Team
2021	UL Monroe	--	--	16	--	--
2020	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Purdue	3	12	--	--	--
2017	Purdue	23	123	--	--	--
Career		26	135	16	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 31–28

vs Liberty

3 rec · 29 yds

Edged out Liberty at home in a shootout.

With C. Rogers — 225 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 42 rush yds (25 car) · D. McCormick — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Texas State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.26Chandler Rogers pass complete to Jared Sparks for 43 yds to the TexSt 32 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · South Alabama · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Chandler Rogers pass complete to Jared Sparks for 12 yds for a TD (Calum Sutherland KICK)
Week 3 · Jackson State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.93R.Rodriguez pass complete to ULM 31. Catch made by J.Sparks at ULM 31. Gain of 21 yards. Tackled by D.Warren at JST 48.
Week 7 · Liberty · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.37Chandler Rogers pass complete to Jared Sparks for 21 yds to the Liber 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Louisiana · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.29Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Jared Sparks for 6 yds to the LaMon 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Louisiana · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Jared Sparks for 10 yds to the LaMon 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Kentucky · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA -1.89Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Jared Sparks for a loss of 4 yards to the Kent 46
Week 4 · Troy · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Rhett Rodriguez pass complete to Jared Sparks for 15 yds to the Troy 40
Week 9 · App State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.77Jiya Wright pass complete to Jared Sparks for 24 yds to the AppSt 12 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.53Chandler Rogers pass complete to Jared Sparks for 17 yds to the GeoSt 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-45@ Kentucky	2	-3	-1.5	0	1
Wk 3	W 12-7vs Jackson State	3	27	9.0	0	21
Wk 4	W 29-16vs Troy	3	63	21.0	0	37	Season-high 63 yds
Wk 5	L 6-59@ Coastal Carolina	3	17	5.7	0	7
Wk 6	L 21-55vs Georgia State	3	29	9.7	0	17
Wk 7	W 31-28vs Liberty	3	29	9.7	0	21
Wk 8	W 41-31vs South Alabama	4	45	11.3	1	20
Wk 9	L 28-59@ App State	2	29	14.5	0	24
Wk 10	L 19-27@ Texas State	2	42	21.0	0	43
Wk 12	L 14-27@ LSU	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 13	L 16-21@ Louisiana	4	42	10.5	0	24
Total		30	336	11.5	1	43

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