Jayden Reed

Former wide receiver at Michigan State. 2022: 55 catches, 636 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Michigan State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 185 lb · Naperville, IL

CFB Index 60 · #132 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceGreen Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 19, #50 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Michigan State. 2022: 55 catches, 636 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Drafted round 2 by the Green Bay in 2023.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2021.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan State, 2,861 receiving yards, an All-American season (2021) — drafted at #50 overall by Green Bay.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202112 games

All-Americafirst
All-Big Tenthird

202211 games

All-Big Tensecond

2023

Drafted by Green Bayround 2, pick 50

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #50

Green Bay · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2021)

1 selectors honored him

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

2020–2022

Mel Tucker

Michigan State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 4th NFL season

#50Rd 2 · Pick 19

Green BayEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #132 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (82nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#139 / 636 · 78th pct

19.4%

Catch rate#147 / 636 · 77th pct

87.1%

TD rate#304 / 636 · 52nd pct

6.5%

Yards / catch#391 / 636 · 39th pct

11.3

EPA / target#395 / 636 · 38th pct

0.58

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#95 / 550 · 82nd pct

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Rec yards#133 / 550 · 76th pct

636

Rush yards#123 / 275 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#366 / 550 · 32nd pct

11.6

Long catch#433 / 550 · 21st pct

Fumbles lost#193 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 78th percentile

Catch rate

18th → 77th percentile

TD rate

84th → 52nd percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 39th percentile

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	64.9	14.1	0.4
Road4g	5.5	45.5	8.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	62.2	12.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	52.6	11.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #132 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Michigan State	55	636	11.6	5	--
2021	Michigan State	59	1,026	17.4	10	--
2020	Michigan State	33	407	12.3	3	--
2018	Western Michigan	55	792	14.4	8	--
Career		202	2,861	14.2	26	--

Season	Team
2022	Michigan State	4	11	20	114	--
2021	Michigan State	7	34	376	238	2
2020	Michigan State	6	12	329	14	--
2018	Western Michigan	2	-4	116	215	1
Career		19	53	841	581	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 23–15

at Illinois

-2 rush yds (1 car)

With B. Baringer — 49 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 68 LONG · P. Thorne — 182 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.6 · 10 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Wisconsin · 3&12 · Q6 · EPA +4.10Jayden Reed 27 Yd pass from Payton Thorne
Week 6 · Ohio State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 24 yds to the OhSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Illinois · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 34 yds to the Illin 26 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.86Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 5 yds to the MICHIGAN 46 MICHIGAN ST Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Jarrett Horst) to the MchSt 39
Week 7 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA +2.70Jayden Reed pass complete to Keon Coleman for 25 yds for a TD, (Ben Patton KICK)
Week 11 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 25 yds for a TD, (Ben Patton KICK)
Week 6 · Ohio State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 20 yds to the OhSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Illinois · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 16 yds for a TD, (Ben Patton KICK)
Week 6 · Ohio State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 18 yds for a TD, (Jack Stone PAT MISSED)
Week 5 · Maryland · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Payton Thorne pass complete to Jayden Reed for 8 yds for a TD, (J. Stone Run For Two-point Conversion)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-13vs Western Michigan	2	31	15.5	0	26
Wk 2	W 52-0vs Akron	6	76	12.7	0	22
Wk 4	L 7-34vs Minnesota	4	21	5.3	0	7
Wk 5	L 13-27@ Maryland	7	61	8.7	1	18
Wk 6	L 20-49vs Ohio State	4	67	16.8	1	24
Wk 7	W 34-28vs Wisconsin	9	117	13.0	1	28	Season-high 117 yds
Wk 9	L 7-29@ Michigan	4	17	4.3	0	10
Wk 10	W 23-15@ Illinois	5	68	13.6	1	34
Wk 11	W 27-21vs Rutgers	4	90	22.5	1	35
Wk 12	L 31-39vs Indiana	4	52	13.0	0	22
Wk 13	L 16-35@ Penn State	6	36	6.0	0	14
Total		55	636	11.9	5	35

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