#12

Jayshon Jackson

Senior wide receiver for Ball State. 2022: 74 catches, 829 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Ball State · Sr. · #12

5′10″ · 175 lb · Chicago, IL

CFB Index 70 · #81 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceBall State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1547 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ball State. 2022: 74 catches, 829 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ball State, 2,444 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 122 yds at Georgia Southern.Georgia Southern · L 23-342022

201811 games

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Simeon

202112 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1547 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Ball State6-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

2022Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #81 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: rush yards (94th percentile). Concern: catch rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#362 / 636 · 43rd pct

11.7

Explosive rate#504 / 636 · 20th pct

7.7%

TD rate#522 / 636 · 18th pct

2.6%

EPA / target#531 / 636 · 17th pct

0.36

Catch rate#598 / 636 · 6th pct

59.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#22 / 550 · 96th pct

Rush yards#16 / 275 · 94th pct

105

Rec yards#69 / 550 · 88th pct

829

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Long catch#338 / 550 · 37th pct

Yards / catch#401 / 550 · 27th pct

11.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

52nd → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 20th percentile

Catch rate

45th → 6th percentile

TD rate

47th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

41st → 43rd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.8	77.3	11.7	0.2
Road6g	5.5	60.8	10.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.1	81.0	11.4	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	52.4	10.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

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

70 · #81 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #81 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ball State	74	829	11.2	3	--
2021	Ball State	69	829	12.0	5	--
2020	Cincinnati	27	337	12.5	1	--
2019	Cincinnati	17	171	10.1	0	--
2018	Cincinnati	23	278	12.1	2	--
Career		210	2,444	11.6	11	--

Season	Team
2022	Ball State	13	105	--	56	--
2021	Ball State	10	33	10	-3	--
2020	Cincinnati	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Cincinnati	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Cincinnati	--	--	--	--	--
Career		23	138	10	53	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 31–0

vs Murray State

26 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against Murray State.

With L. Borrow — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Paddock — 227 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 21.4 · -9 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Georgia Southern · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.74John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 37 yds to the GeoSo 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Eastern Michigan · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.61John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 32 yds to the EMich 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Georgia Southern · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.48John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 19 yds for a TD, (Ben VonGunten KICK)
Week 10 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 43 yds for a TD, (Ben VonGunten KICK)
Week 3 · Murray State · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.03John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 14 yds for a TD, (Ben VonGunten KICK)
Week 2 · Western Michigan · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.99John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 33 yds to the WMich 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Georgia Southern · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.78John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 24 yds to the GeoSo 26 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tennessee · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.72John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 23 yds to the Tenn 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tennessee · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.67John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 17 yds to the BalSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UConn · 3&22 · Q2 · EPA +2.56John Paddock pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 18 yds to the UConn 21

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-59@ Tennessee	5	65	13.0	0	23
Wk 2	L 30-37vs Western Michigan	7	80	11.4	0	33
Wk 3	W 31-0vs Murray State	6	64	10.7	1	15
Wk 4	L 23-34@ Georgia Southern	10	122	12.2	1	37	Season-high 122 yds
Wk 5	W 44-38vs Northern Illinois	10	116	11.6	0	22
Wk 6	W 17-16@ Central Michigan	4	49	12.3	0	20
Wk 7	W 25-21vs UConn	8	71	8.9	0	18
Wk 8	L 16-20vs Eastern Michigan	4	66	16.5	0	32
Wk 10	W 27-20@ Kent State	10	102	10.2	1	43
Wk 11	L 21-28@ Toledo	2	20	10.0	0	15
Wk 12	L 18-32vs Ohio	6	67	11.2	0	16
Wk 13	L 17-18@ Miami (OH)	2	7	3.5	0	7
Total		74	829	11.0	3	43

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