Jester Weah

#85 · WR · Pittsburgh6′3″ · 210 lb · Madison, WI · James Madison Memorial

Jester Weah: WR · Pittsburgh · #85.

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Jester Weah

WR · Pittsburgh · #85

Beats you over the top. Three seasons in the Pittsburgh receiving corps to date. One game to point at: 137 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Rice — Week 5, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Pittsburgh in the news

Cornell coach Ed Dawson diesPittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Pittsburgh	41	698	17.0	4	74
2016	Pittsburgh	36	870	24.2	10	75
2015	Pittsburgh	--	2	--	0	2
Career		77	1,570	20.4	14	75

Season	Team
2017	Pittsburgh	2
2016	Pittsburgh	--
2015	Pittsburgh	--
Career		2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-21vs Youngstown State	1	11	11.0	1	11
Wk 2	L 14-33@ No. 4 Penn State	6	65	10.8	0	21
Wk 4	L 17-35@ Georgia Tech	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 42-10vs Rice	5	137	27.4	1	55	Season-high 137 yds
Wk 6	L 24-27@ Syracuse	5	57	11.4	0	23
Wk 7	L 17-35vs No. 20 NC State	7	106	15.1	1	33
Wk 8	W 24-17@ Duke	2	74	37.0	0	49
Wk 9	W 31-14vs Virginia	2	31	15.5	1	19
Wk 11	L 31-34vs North Carolina	2	25	12.5	0	15
Wk 12	L 14-20@ Virginia Tech	4	104	26.0	0	74
Wk 13	W 24-14vs No. 2 Miami	6	80	13.3	0	29
Total		41	698	17.0	4	74

Signature game

Week 7 · 2017

L 17-35

vs NC State

7 rec · 106 yds · 1 TD

With R. Winslow — 39.6 yards per punt · 7 punts · 53 long · Q. Henderson — 15 rush yds (1 car) · 2 rec · 2 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Virginia Tech · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +6.22Kenny Pickett pass complete to Jester Weah for 74 yds to the VTech 1 for a
Week 5 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.28Max Browne pass complete to Jester Weah for 55 yds for a TD RICE Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined, (Alex Kessman KICK)
Week 13 · Miami · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Kenny Pickett pass complete to Jester Weah for 29 yds to the MiaFl 34 for a
Week 7 · NC State · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.63Ben Dinucci pass complete to Jester Weah for 33 yds for a TD, (Alex Kessman KICK)
Week 9 · Virginia · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Ben Dinucci pass complete to Jester Weah for 19 yds for a TD, (Alex Kessman KICK)
Week 1 · Youngstown State · 3rd and 8 · Q5 · EPA +3.01Max Browne pass complete to Jester Weah for 11 yds for a TD, (Alex Kessman KICK)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Rice · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38Max Browne pass complete to Jester Weah for 28 yds to the Rice 1 for a
Week 8 · Duke · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.35Ben Dinucci pass complete to Jester Weah for 25 yds to the Pitt 40 for a
Week 13 · Miami · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Kenny Pickett pass complete to Jester Weah for 22 yds to the MiaFl 28 for a
Week 5 · Rice · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.25Max Browne pass complete to Jester Weah for 30 yds to the Rice 29 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 21-17 over that span.

2015Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2016Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (89th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: catch rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#79 / 709 · 89th pct

17.0

Explosive rate#144 / 709 · 80th pct

17.1%

EPA / target#236 / 709 · 67th pct

0.61

TD rate#265 / 709 · 63rd pct

5.7%

Catch rate#588 / 709 · 17th pct

58.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#81 / 539 · 85th pct

17.0

Long catch#83 / 539 · 84th pct

Rec yards#101 / 539 · 81st pct

698

Receptions#159 / 539 · 69th pct

Rec TDs#151 / 539 · 67th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rush yards#220 / 283 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

99th → 67th percentile

Explosive rate

94th → 80th percentile

Catch rate

20th → 17th percentile

TD rate

98th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

99th → 89th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	65.0	15.8	0.7
Road5g	3.6	61.6	18.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	64.0	14.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	62.8	20.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

44.4%

360 pass / 451 run

Plays / game

67.6

12 games

Team sack rate

7.8%

399 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

41 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jester Weah

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

41 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Pittsburgh

2013