#88

Javon McKinley

Senior wide receiver for Notre Dame. 2020: 42 catches, 717 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Notre Dame · Sr. · #88

6′2″ · 215 lb · Corona, CA

Notre Dame 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 108 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Notre Dame. 2020: 42 catches, 717 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Notre Dame, 985 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 135 yds at North Carolina.North Carolina · W 31-172020

2016

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Corona Centennial

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#108 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2019–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Brian Kelly — 21-4 over that span.

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (90th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (88th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#41 / 421 · 90th pct

717

Yards / catch#52 / 421 · 88th pct

17.1

Receptions#70 / 421 · 83rd pct

Long catch#138 / 421 · 67th pct

Rec TDs#120 / 421 · 63rd pct

Rush yards#85 / 202 · 58th pct

Rush TDs#38 / 202 · 41st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.7	61.8	14.0	0.5
Road4g	4.5	81.5	18.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.3	40.3	11.8	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.7	82.3	17.8	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Notre Dame	42	717	17.1	3	--
2019	Notre Dame	11	268	24.4	4	--
Career		53	985	18.6	7	--

Season	Team
2020	Notre Dame	1	15	--	--	--
2019	Notre Dame	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	15	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020

W 47–40

vs Clemson

5 rec · 102 yds

Edged out Clemson at home in a shootout.

With I. Book — 310 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 68 rush yds (15 car) · K. Williams — 140 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Georgia Tech · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.89Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 34 yds to the GTech 38 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Pittsburgh · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +3.55Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 41 yds to the Pitt 3 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Florida State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.36Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 36 yds to the FlaSt 36 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.35Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 43 yds to the NCaro 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 45 yds to the Clem 30 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Clemson · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 28 yds to the Clem 25 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Ian Book pass complete to Javon McKinley for 53 yds to the NCaro 18 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Syracuse · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.86Javon McKinley 26 Yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer Kick)
Week 14 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Javon McKinley 28 Yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer Kick)
Week 14 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Javon McKinley 21 Yd pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week