Jaylan Sanchez

Senior wide receiver for James Madison. 2025: 30 catches, 396 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · James Madison · Sr.

6′0″ · 195 lb · North Bergen, NJ

CFB Index 41 · #296 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to James Madison for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 84th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

396

receiving yards · 2025

30 catches · 1 TD · 13.2 per catch

Swing playSwung James Madison from 73% to 94% to win.James Madison at Marshall · 35-23

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for James Madison. 2025: 30 catches, 396 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed with Villanova in 2022.
Transferred from Villanova to James Madison in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jaylan Sanchez

WR · James Madison · Sr

Moves the chains on third down. Jaylan Sanchez arrived at James Madison from Villanova. One game to point at: 86 rec yds, 3 receptions against Marshall — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #296 of 485?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (84th percentile). Strength: catch rate (83rd percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#132 / 798 · 84th pct

0.65

Catch rate#134 / 798 · 83rd pct

78.1%

Explosive rate#145 / 798 · 82nd pct

15.6%

Yards / catch#340 / 798 · 57th pct

12.1

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#24 / 558 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#258 / 558 · 53rd pct

13.2

Receptions#282 / 558 · 48th pct

Rec yards#290 / 558 · 48th pct

396

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

28%9 of his 32 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.9	24.1	12.5	0.0
Road7g	2.4	32.4	12.8	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	21.4	8.7	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	2.0	35.1	16.7	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #296 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #296 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #32 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	James Madison	30	396	13.2	1	--
Career		30	396	13.2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 63–27

vs Old Dominion

1 rec · 16 yds

Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With A. Barnett — 295 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 153 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · M. Sluka — 18 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · 35 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.39(07:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Barnett III pass complete deep middle to #0 J.Sanchez caught at MAR34, for 80 yards to the MAR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:47, 1ST DOWN #5 M.Suarez kick attempt good (H: #11 P.Rea, LS: #47 J.Kennard)
Week 4 · Liberty · 2&22 · Q1 · EPA +4.05Alonza Barnett III pass complete to Jaylan Sanchez for 30 yds to the LIB 33 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · App State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +4.03No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Barnett III pass complete short middle to #0 J.Sanchez caught at APP36, for 42 yards to the APP01 (#5 Z.Gamble), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · App State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.82(00:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Barnett III pass complete short middle to #0 J.Sanchez caught at JMU32, for 27 yards to the JMU44 (#8 D.Hasz), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Louisiana · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Alonza Barnett III pass complete to Jaylan Sanchez for 20 yds to the UL 40 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Old Dominion · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Alonza Barnett III pass complete to Jaylan Sanchez for 16 yds to the JMU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Coastal Carolina · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.11No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Barnett III pass complete short middle to #0 J.Sanchez caught at Chants39, for 14 yards to the Chants39, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Oregon · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.90(13:22) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Barnett III pass complete short left to #0 J.Sanchez caught at JMU30, for 28 yards to the JMU48, out of bounds at JMU48, 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Marshall · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.79(12:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Barnett III pass complete short left to #0 J.Sanchez caught at JMU34, for 8 yards to the JMU36 (#0 C.Smith), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Louisville · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.59Alonza Barnett III pass complete to Jaylan Sanchez for 6 yds to the JMU 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Weber State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 2	L 14-28@ Louisville	3	6	2.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 31-13@ Liberty	4	51	12.8	0	30
Wk 5	W 35-10vs Georgia Southern	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 6	W 14-7@ Georgia State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 7	W 24-14vs Louisiana	4	39	9.8	0	20
Wk 8	W 63-27vs Old Dominion	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 10	W 52-20@ Texas State	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	W 35-23@ Marshall	3	86	28.7	1	80	Season-high 86 yds
Wk 12	W 58-10vs App State	2	69	34.5	0	42
Wk 13	W 24-20vs Washington State	2	24	12.0	0	15
Wk 14	W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina	2	28	14.0	0	14
Wk 15	W 31-14vs Troy	2	11	5.5	0	7
Bowl	L 34-51@ Oregon	2	36	18.0	0	28
Total		30	396	12.7	1	80