Former wide receiver at Alabama. 2020: 28 catches, 591 receiving yards, 4 TD.
5′10″ · 182 lb · Houston, TX
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 39 nationally · Signed with Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Alabama. 2020: 28 catches, 591 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Jaylen Waddle
This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Alabama. The receipt: 161 rec yds, 6 receptions against Georgia — Week 7, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career, closed
Gone at #6 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 1,999 receiving yards — drafted at #6 overall by Miami.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Saban.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
MiamiEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Nick Saban — 38-3 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long catch (99th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (97th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.5 | 152 | 27.6 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 84.7 | 18.4 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.2 | 139 | 23.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 38-19@ Missouri | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 2 | 46 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 5 | W 52-24vs Texas A&M | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 1 | 87 | 142-yard receiving day |
| Wk 6 | W 63-48@ Ole Miss | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 0 | 45 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-24vs Georgia | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 1 | 90 | Season-high 161 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 48-17@ Tennessee | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 25 | 557 | 23.0 | 4 | 90 |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Jaylen Waddle finished 72nd in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.