#25

Jaylen Dixon

Senior wide receiver for Utah. 2022: 33 catches, 344 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Utah · Sr. · #25

5′9″ · 170 lb · Frisco, TX

CFB Index 43 · #273 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceUtah 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 993 nationally · Signed with Utah

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Utah. 2022: 33 catches, 344 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah in 2017.
Transferred from Utah to Utah in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Utah, 1,352 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2017

Signed with Utah3-star out of Frisco Lone Star

20215 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#993 national

CFB

College

Utah

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2019

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

2021–2022

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 40-16 over that span.

2018Utah9-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2019Utah11-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #273 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (83rd percentile). Strength: rush tds (99th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#111 / 636 · 83rd pct

89.2%

TD rate#226 / 636 · 64th pct

8.1%

EPA / target#369 / 636 · 42nd pct

0.61

Explosive rate#397 / 636 · 37th pct

10.8%

Yards / catch#459 / 636 · 28th pct

10.4

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#2 / 275 · 99th pct

Rush yards#12 / 275 · 96th pct

118

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Receptions#250 / 550 · 54th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec yards#343 / 550 · 38th pct

344

Yards / catch#452 / 550 · 18th pct

10.4

Long catch#466 / 550 · 15th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	28.4	12.3	0.3
Road6g	2.3	24.2	12.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	23.0	12.7	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	30.5	12.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #273 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #273 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Utah	33	344	10.4	3	--
2021	Utah	5	76	15.2	1	--
2019	Utah	24	343	14.3	1	--
2018	Utah	32	589	18.4	2	--
Career		94	1,352	14.4	7	--

Season	Team
2022	Utah	10	118	--	--	--
2021	Utah	2	17	--	--	--
2019	Utah	18	111	--	--	--
2018	Utah	1	-3	--	--	--
Career		31	243	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 43–42

vs USC

1 rec · 18 yds

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With C. Rising — 415 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 60 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · D. Kincaid — 16 rec · 234 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Arizona · 2&17 · Q1 · EPA +3.60Cameron Rising pass complete to Jaylen Dixon for 25 yds to the Ariz 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Washington State · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Bryson Barnes pass complete to Jaylen Dixon for 27 yds to the WshSt 5 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oregon State · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Cameron Rising pass complete to Jaylen Dixon for 19 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 1 · Penn State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Bryson Barnes pass complete to Jaylen Dixon for 5 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 10 · Arizona · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Jaylen Dixon run for 7 yds for a TD, (Jadon Redding KICK)
Week 14 · USC · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Cameron Rising pass complete to Jaylen Dixon for 4 yds for a TD (Jadon Redding KICK)
Week 5 · Oregon State · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.30Jaylen Dixon run for 22 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 4 · Arizona State · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.28Jaylen Dixon run for 11 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 12 · Oregon · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Jaylen Dixon run for 18 yds for a TD, (Jadon Redding KICK)
Week 1 · Penn State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.16Bryson Barnes pass complete to Jaylen Dixon for 28 yds to the PnSt 5 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 2	W 73-7vs Southern Utah	3	29	9.7	0	14
Wk 3	W 35-7vs San Diego State	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 4	W 34-13@ Arizona State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Oregon State	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 6	L 32-42@ UCLA	3	18	6.0	0	7
Wk 7	W 43-42vs USC	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 9	W 21-17@ Washington State	1	27	27.0	0	27
Wk 10	W 45-20vs Arizona	4	34	8.5	0	25
Wk 11	W 42-7vs Stanford	3	22	7.3	0	11
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Oregon	2	17	8.5	0	13
Wk 13	W 63-21@ Colorado	2	28	14.0	0	31
Wk 14	W 47-24@ USC	6	55	9.2	1	19
Bowl	L 21-35vs Penn State	6	64	10.7	1	28
Total		33	344	12.6	3	31

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

Jaylen Dixon

2017

20215 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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