Jhari Patterson

Former wide receiver at East Carolina. 2024: 33 catches, 281 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · East Carolina · Sr.

5′11″ · 188 lb · Asheville, NC

CFB Index 36 · #331 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceEast Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 703 nationally · Signed with A.C. Reynolds

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at East Carolina. 2024: 33 catches, 281 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to A.C. Reynolds in 2020.
Transferred from Marshall to East Carolina in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at East Carolina, 418 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2020

Recruited3-star out of A.C. Reynolds

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#703 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Houston, all balanced offenses — 10-15 over that span.

2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2024East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #331 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (92nd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#196 / 610 · 68th pct

93.9%

EPA / target#454 / 610 · 26th pct

0.64

TD rate#467 / 610 · 23rd pct

3.0%

Yards / catch#551 / 610 · 10th pct

7.8

Explosive rate#573 / 610 · 6th pct

3.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#24 / 299 · 92nd pct

Receptions#242 / 541 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec yards#380 / 541 · 30th pct

281

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Long catch#494 / 541 · 8th pct

Yards / catch#520 / 541 · 4th pct

8.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

1st → 26th percentile

Explosive rate

8th → 6th percentile

Catch rate

41st → 68th percentile

TD rate

8th → 23rd percentile

Yards / catch

4th → 10th 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
Home6g	2.0	21.3	12.0	0.2
Road7g	3.0	21.9	9.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	19.0	9.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	24.7	11.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #331 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #331 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	East Carolina	33	281	8.5	1	--
2023	East Carolina	20	137	6.8	0	--
Career		53	418	7.9	1	--

Season	Team
2024	East Carolina	7	91	108	--	--
2023	East Carolina	3	2	--	--	--
Career		10	93	108	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 26–21

at NC State

8 rec · 30 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With R. Harris — 220 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · K. Houser — 147 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 55.7 · 84 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Florida Atlantic · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Jhari Patterson run for 30 yds to the FAU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Temple · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Katin Houser pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 17 yds for a TD (Noah Perez PAT MISSED)
Week 11 · Florida Atlantic · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Katin Houser pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 14 yds to the FAU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.39Katin Houser pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 27 yds to the UNT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · NC State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Katin Houser pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 13 yds to the ECU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UTSA · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.95Jake Garcia pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 8 yds to the ECU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Florida Atlantic · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.79Jhari Patterson run for 22 yds to the FAU 10 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Old Dominion · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.74Jake Garcia pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 12 yds to the ECU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.53Katin Houser pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 19 yds to the ECU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Navy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.51Katin Houser pass complete to Jhari Patterson for 16 yds to the ECU 47 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 42-3vs Norfolk State	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 2	W 20-14@ Old Dominion	2	15	7.5	0	12
Wk 3	L 19-21vs App State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	L 24-35@ Liberty	2	6	3.0	0	3
Wk 5	W 30-20vs UTSA	2	16	8.0	0	8
Wk 6	L 24-55@ Charlotte	2	38	19.0	0	26
Wk 8	L 28-45@ Army	3	13	4.3	0	10
Wk 9	W 56-34vs Temple	2	28	14.0	1	17
Wk 11	W 49-14vs Florida Atlantic	5	40	8.0	0	14
Wk 12	W 38-31@ Tulsa	2	5	2.5	0	5
Wk 13	W 40-28@ North Texas	2	46	23.0	0	27	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 14	L 20-34vs Navy	1	16	16.0	0	16
Bowl	W 26-21@ NC State	8	30	3.8	0	13
Total		33	281	10.3	1	27

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