Jauan Wesley

Senior wide receiver for Northern Illinois. 2018: 50 catches, 589 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 182 lb · Markham, IL

Northern Illinois 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Northern Illinois. 2018: 50 catches, 589 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 1,247 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 76 yds at Eastern Michigan.Eastern Michigan · W 26-232018

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

1 coach

2014–2015

Rod Carey

Northern Illinois

2017–2018

Rod Carey

Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Rod Carey.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Iowa State2-10HC: Paul Rhoads · Pass-leaning

2015Iowa State3-9HC: Paul Rhoads · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2018Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (13th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#121 / 550 · 77th pct

Rec yards#157 / 550 · 71st pct

589

Rec TDs#289 / 550 · 39th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#350 / 550 · 35th pct

11.8

Long catch#426 / 550 · 22nd pct

Rush yards#234 / 277 · 13th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.7	36.3	9.5	0.0
Road8g	3.5	46.4	14.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.2	40.4	8.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	44.3	16.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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	Northern Illinois	50	589	11.8	2	--
2017	Northern Illinois	10	250	25.0	2	--
2015	Iowa State	30	301	10.0	2	--
2014	Iowa State	10	107	10.7	0	--
Career		100	1,247	12.5	6	--

Season	Team
2018	Northern Illinois	--	--	--	10	--
2017	Northern Illinois	4	5	--	20	--
2015	Iowa State	3	7	40	--	--
2014	Iowa State	1	-3	--	--	--
Career		8	9	40	30	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 7–6

at BYU

4 rec · 70 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With M. Ference — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · M. Childers — 115 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-33@ Iowa	4	43	10.8	1	12
Wk 2	L 6-17vs Utah	8	73	9.1	0	16
Wk 3	W 24-16vs Central Michigan	2	8	4.0	0	4
Wk 4	L 19-37@ Florida State	3	35	11.7	1	20
Wk 5	W 26-23@ Eastern Michigan	8	76	9.5	0	22	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 6	W 24-16@ Ball State	2	23	11.5	0	14
Wk 7	W 24-21vs Ohio	6	61	10.2	0	21
Wk 9	W 7-6@ BYU	4	70	17.5	0	29
Wk 10	W 36-26@ Akron	3	50	16.7	0	22
Wk 11	W 38-15vs Toledo	2	34	17.0	0	23
Wk 12	L 7-13vs Miami (OH)	3	38	12.7	0	18
Wk 13	L 21-28@ Western Michigan	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 14	W 30-29@ Buffalo	2	42	21.0	0	34
Bowl	L 13-37vs UAB	1	4	4.0	0	4
Total		50	589	12.3	2	34

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