#13

Jesiah Irish

Senior wide receiver for Oregon State. 2023: 18 catches, 302 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Oregon State · Sr. · #13

5′11″ · 174 lb · Snoqualmie, WA

CFB Index 35 · #380 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceOregon State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1395 nationally · Signed with Oregon State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Oregon State. 2023: 18 catches, 302 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Oregon State, 456 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of Mount Si

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1395 national

CFB

College

Oregon State

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2023

Jonathan Smith

Oregon State

Played his entire career under Jonathan Smith.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

6 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 34-36 over that span.

2018Oregon State2-10HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Oregon State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

2020Oregon State2-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

2021Oregon State7-6HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy

2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #380 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: epa / target (98th percentile). Concern: receptions (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#5 / 627 · 99th pct

33.3%

EPA / target#16 / 627 · 98th pct

1.48

Yards / catch#78 / 627 · 88th pct

16.8

Catch rate#234 / 627 · 62nd pct

85.7%

TD rate#389 / 627 · 37th pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#88 / 566 · 84th pct

16.8

Rush yards#119 / 294 · 59th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rec yards#371 / 566 · 34th pct

302

Long catch#406 / 566 · 27th pct

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Receptions#453 / 566 · 19th 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.5	26.8	16.6	0.0
Road7g	1.7	27.9	16.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	35.0	19.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	18.4	13.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #380 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #380 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oregon State	18	302	16.8	1	--
2022	Oregon State	3	46	15.3	0	--
2021	Oregon State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Oregon State	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Oregon State	4	85	21.2	1	--
2018	Oregon State	2	23	11.5	0	--
Career		27	456	16.9	2	--

Season	Team
2023	Oregon State	5	14	29	--	--
2022	Oregon State	8	44	19	41	--
2021	Oregon State	4	47	155	--	--
2020	Oregon State	1	9	98	26	--
2019	Oregon State	--	--	30	59	--
2018	Oregon State	--	--	80	--	--
Career		18	114	411	126	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 36–24

vs UCLA

1 TOT

With D. Uiagalelei — 266 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · -7 rush yds (3 car) · S. Bolden — 5 rec · 87 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · San José State · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA -3.10DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 3 yds to the SJSU 21
Week 6 · California · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 38 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 1 · San José State · 1&20 · Q4 · EPA +3.08DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 23 yds to the SJSU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Colorado · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.03DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 20 yds to the COLO 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Aidan Chiles pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 23 yds to the ORST 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 32 yds to the ND 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.81DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 14 yds to the UTAH 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Jesiah Irish pass complete to Bryce Caufield for 15 yds to the ND 33 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Stanford · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.46DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 12 yds to the STAN 39 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Arizona · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.30DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Jesiah Irish for 8 yds to the ORST 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-17@ San José State	3	39	13.0	0	23
Wk 4	L 35-38@ Washington State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Utah	3	62	20.7	0	25	Season-high 62 yds
Wk 6	W 52-40@ California	2	53	26.5	1	38
Wk 7	W 36-24vs UCLA	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 24-27@ Arizona	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 10	W 26-19@ Colorado	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 11	W 62-17vs Stanford	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 12	L 20-22vs Washington	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 13	L 7-31@ Oregon	2	19	9.5	0	10
Bowl	L 8-40@ Notre Dame	3	56	18.7	0	32
Total		18	302	16.2	1	38

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