Senior wide receiver for Kentucky. 2025: 13 catches, 189 receiving yards.
5′11″ · 191 lb · Kirkwood, MO
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
13 catches · 14.5 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 56 yds, vs Ole Miss
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Kentucky. 2025: 13 catches, 189 receiving yards.
Jay Maclin
Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Eli Drinkwitz, Seth Littrell, Eric Morris and Mark Stoops. The receipt on tape: 56 rec yds, 2 receptions against Ole Miss, Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: fumbles lost (6th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.3 | 22.4 | 17.6 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 27.0 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #58 of 58 SEC 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 | Kentucky | 13 | 189 | 14.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Kentucky | 13 | 313 | 24.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | North Texas | 57 | 1,004 | 17.6 | 11 | -- |
| 2022 | North Texas | 16 | 380 | 23.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Missouri | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 100 | 1,891 | 18.9 | 17 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- |
| 2024 | Kentucky | 2 | 13 | -- | 103 | -- |
| 2023 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Texas | -- | -- | 83 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Missouri | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 13 | 83 | 112 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-16vs Toledo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30vs Ole Miss | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 44 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 48-23vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-35@ South Carolina | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-35@ Georgia | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-16vs Texas | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-56vs Tennessee | 0 | -16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-7vs Florida | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-10vs Tennessee Tech | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Total | 13 | 189 | 15.4 | 0 | 44 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Kentucky
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kentucky · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #23 · 2026 recruiting class #60
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Spencer Curtis’s 2024 season.
Matches Spencer on
Differs from Spencer on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.
Matches Kahtero on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Milan Tucker's graduate season at Florida Atlantic (2024).
Matches Milan on
Player DNA