#17

Jesse Prewitt III

Former wide receiver at Central Michigan. 2024: 23 catches, 186 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Central Michigan · Sr. · #17

6′0″ · 185 lb · Columbus, OH

CFB Index 29 · #411 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceCentral Michigan 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Central Michigan. 2024: 23 catches, 186 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Central Michigan, 624 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 142 yds at South Alabama.South Alabama · W 34-302023

202310 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2022–2024

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 (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Jim McElwain

Central Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim McElwain.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jim McElwain, all run-leaning offenses — 13-23 over that span.

2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2023Central Michigan5-7HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2024Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Below cohort / limited sample #411 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#442 / 610 · 28th pct

0.67

Catch rate#506 / 610 · 17th pct

80.8%

Yards / catch#527 / 610 · 14th pct

8.4

Explosive rate#557 / 610 · 9th pct

3.8%

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Receptions#356 / 541 · 33rd pct

Rec yards#484 / 541 · 11th pct

186

Long catch#524 / 541 · 3rd pct

Yards / catch#528 / 541 · 2nd pct

8.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

50th → 28th percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 9th percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 17th percentile

TD rate

46th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 14th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	16.6	7.0	0.0
Road5g	2.4	20.6	9.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	16.8	8.8	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	21.2	6.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #411 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Central Michigan	23	186	8.1	2	--
2023	Central Michigan	31	438	14.1	4	--
2022	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		54	624	11.6	6	--

Season	Team
2024	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Central Michigan	--	--	--	-2	--
Career		--	--	--	-2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 66–10

vs Central Connecticut

2 rec · 26 yds

Dominant 56-point win at home against Central Connecticut.

With J. Labas — 342 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.0 · 1 rush yds (1 car) · S. Bracey — 2 rec · 48 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Northern Illinois · 4&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.35Jadyn Glasser pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 9 yds to the NIU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Central Connecticut · 1&19 · Q1 · EPA +2.90J.Labas pass complete. Catch made by J.Prewitt for 21 yards. Tackled by CCSU at CCSU 48.
Week 12 · Toledo · 4&13 · Q4 · EPA +2.37Jadyn Glasser pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 13 yds to the TOL 6 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Northern Illinois · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Jadyn Glasser pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 8 yds to the CMU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Northern Illinois · 1&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Jesse Prewitt III 6 Yd pass from Jadyn Glasser (Tristan Mattson Kick)
Week 2 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.68Joe Labas pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 18 yds to the CMU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · San Diego State · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.55Joe Labas pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 17 yds to the CMU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · San Diego State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.47Joe Labas pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 5 yds to the CMU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Northern Illinois · 1&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Jesse Prewitt III 3 Yd pass from Jadyn Glasser (Tristan Mattson PAT blocked)
Week 12 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.25Jadyn Glasser pass complete to Jesse Prewitt III for 9 yds to the CMU 34

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Central Connecticut	2	26	13.0	0	21
Wk 2	L 16-52@ Florida International	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 3	L 9-30@ Illinois	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 37-34vs Ball State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 5	W 22-21vs San Diego State	6	42	7.0	0	17	Season-high 42 yds
Wk 7	L 25-27vs Ohio	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	L 7-46@ Miami (OH)	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 11	L 13-23vs Bowling Green	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 12	L 10-37@ Toledo	4	38	9.5	0	13
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Northern Illinois	5	37	7.4	2	11	2 TD catches
Total		23	186	8.0	2	21

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