Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | 30 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 0 | 38 | Season-high 94 yds |
| Total | 11 | 154 | 14.2 | 1 | 38 |
#11
Jeremiah Melvin
Every transfer is a wager; Jeremiah Melvin and East Carolina are still waiting to see how this one pays.
6′4″ · 205 lb · Fayetteville, NC · Cape Fear
Transferred Wake Forest → East Carolina for 2026
The numbers
154
receiving yards · 2026
11 catches · 1 TD · 14 per catch
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 4 rec, 60 yds, 1 TD, at Alabama
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver for East Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2024.
- Transferred from Wake Forest to East Carolina in 2026.
Jeremiah Melvin
On Trialas of 2026-09-15
Jeremiah Melvin arrives at East Carolina with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
154REC YDS11REC1REC TD
East Carolina fans are litigating his worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.
high confidence4 sources
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-15
His career
2024
- Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Cape Fear
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
2025Wake Forest
2026East Carolina
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Wake Forest9-4HC: Jake Dickert · Balanced
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 5.5 REC/g, 77.0 YDS/g, 14.2 YPR, 0.5 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 11 | 154 | 14.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 2 | -- |
Game log
Background
Mid-year transfer from Wake Forest, who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2026 … Lettered at Wake Forest in 2025 … Played in 11 games catching three passes for 39 yards with one touchdown … Caught career-high two passes for 30 yards against Western Carolina (2025) … Scored first career touc...
The receiver room · East Carolina
- #10Brock Spalding554 receiving yards · 2025
- #7Landon Sides449 receiving yards · 2025
- #2Tyler Johnson72 receiving yards · 2025
- #11Jeremiah Melvin39 receiving yards · 2025
- #19Jaquaize Pettaway32 receiving yards · 2025
12 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology