Jerjuan Newton

Former wide receiver at Toledo. 2024: 72 catches, 1,033 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Toledo · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 192 lb · Saint Petersburg, FL

CFB Index 84 · #21 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamToledo 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Toledo. 2024: 72 catches, 1,033 receiving yards, 11 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Toledo, 2,927 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 159 yds at Buffalo.Buffalo · L 15-302024

202213 games

All-MACsecond

202314 games

All-MACfirst

202413 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Toledo

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

1 coach

2019–2024

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

6 seasons under Jason Candle — 45-27 over that span.

2019Toledo6-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-heavy

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #21 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile). Concern: catch rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#207 / 610 · 65th pct

8.0%

Explosive rate#215 / 610 · 65th pct

17.3%

Yards / catch#236 / 610 · 61st pct

12.7

EPA / target#306 / 610 · 50th pct

0.87

Catch rate#452 / 610 · 26th pct

84.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#7 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec yards#20 / 541 · 96th pct

1033

Receptions#29 / 541 · 95th pct

Long catch#125 / 541 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#198 / 541 · 63rd pct

14.3

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Rush yards#248 / 299 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

56th → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 65th percentile

Catch rate

23rd → 26th percentile

TD rate

89th → 65th percentile

Yards / catch

61st → 61st 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	85.4	18.4	0.7
Road6g	5.7	72.5	13.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	85.9	18.2	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.5	72.0	13.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #21 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Toledo	72	1,033	14.3	11	--
2023	Toledo	52	696	13.4	9	--
2022	Toledo	53	830	15.7	9	--
2021	Toledo	13	144	11.1	1	--
2020	Toledo	15	203	13.5	2	--
2019	Toledo	1	21	21.0	0	--
Career		206	2,927	14.2	32	--

Season	Team
2024	Toledo	1	1	172	--	--
2023	Toledo	1	2	122	4	--
2022	Toledo	1	-1	17	--	--
2021	Toledo	--	--	57	--	--
2020	Toledo	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Toledo	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	2	368	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 49–10

vs Duquesne

5 rec · 98 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Duquesne.

With T. Gleason — 202 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.3 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Alan Richter — 77 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.2

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.15Jerjuan Newton 64 Yd pass from Tucker Gleason (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 1 · Duquesne · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Jerjuan Newton 54 Yd pass from Tucker Gleason (Dylan Cunanan Kick)
Week 7 · Buffalo · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.59John Alan Richter pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 39 yds to the BUF 48 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Miami (OH) · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 40 yds to the M-OH 25 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 48 yds to the BUF 33 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Northern Illinois · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.50John Alan Richter pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 52 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 2 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 40 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.13Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 29 yds to the PITT 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Bowling Green · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.12Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 22 yds to the BGSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Mississippi State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.92Tucker Gleason pass complete to Jerjuan Newton for 17 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-10vs Duquesne	5	98	19.6	1	54
Wk 2	W 38-23vs Massachusetts	1	40	40.0	1	40
Wk 3	W 41-17@ Mississippi State	5	62	12.4	2	17	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 21-26@ Western Kentucky	5	31	6.2	0	12
Wk 6	W 30-20vs Miami (OH)	8	127	15.9	1	40
Wk 7	L 15-30@ Buffalo	7	159	22.7	2	48	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 13-6@ Northern Illinois	3	64	21.3	1	52
Wk 9	L 26-41vs Bowling Green	9	164	18.2	2	64	Season-high 164 yds
Wk 10	W 29-28@ Eastern Michigan	6	38	6.3	0	21
Wk 12	W 37-10vs Central Michigan	3	40	13.3	0	24
Wk 13	L 7-24vs Ohio	4	45	11.3	0	20
Wk 14	L 14-21@ Akron	8	81	10.1	1	19
Bowl	W 48-46vs Pittsburgh	8	84	10.5	0	29
Total		72	1033	16.0	11	64

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