JJ Jenkins

Former wide receiver at Buffalo. 2024: 36 catches, 536 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Buffalo · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 200 lb · San Clemente, CA

CFB Index 50 · #188 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceBuffalo 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Buffalo. 2024: 36 catches, 536 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Transferred from Columbia to Buffalo in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Buffalo, 536 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 131 yds vs Ball State.Ball State · W 51-482024

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Buffalo

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Buffalo9-4HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #188 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (99th percentile). Concern: catch rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#363 / 610 · 41st pct

11.3

EPA / target#453 / 610 · 26th pct

0.64

TD rate#503 / 610 · 18th pct

2.4%

Explosive rate#504 / 610 · 17th pct

7.1%

Catch rate#531 / 610 · 13th pct

78.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#5 / 541 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#162 / 541 · 70th pct

14.9

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Rec yards#185 / 541 · 66th pct

536

Receptions#215 / 541 · 60th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	42.7	14.5	0.3
Road5g	4.0	56.0	14.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	29.2	15.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	65.0	13.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

50 · #188 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Buffalo	36	536	14.9	4	--
Career		36	536	14.9	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 30–13

vs Lafayette

1 rec · 13 yds

With E. Duane — 42 AVG · 58 LONG · 5 NO · C. Ogbonna — 195 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 14.8 · 20 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.79JJ Jenkins 90 Yd pass from C.J. Ogbonna (Andrew Schnackenberg Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 9 · Ohio · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.64C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 33 yds to the OHIO 29 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Ball State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54JJ Jenkins 33 Yd pass from C.J. Ogbonna (C.J. Ogbonna Pass to Jake Orlando for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19JJ Jenkins 40 Yd pass from C.J. Ogbonna (Upton Bellenfant Kick)
Week 12 · Ball State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.79C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 49 yds to the BALL 11 for a 1ST down Ball State Penalty, Defensive holding (Myles Norwood) to the BALL 11 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Akron · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.59C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 18 yds for a TD (Upton Bellenfant KICK)
Week 10 · Akron · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.29C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 15 yds to the BUF 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Western Michigan · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.96C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 9 yds to the BUF 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Ball State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.80C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 10 yds to the BUF 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.72C.J. Ogbonna pass complete to JJ Jenkins for 37 yds to the TOL 3 for a 1ST down Toledo Penalty, Defensive holding (Nasir Bowers) to the TOL 3 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-13vs Lafayette	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 3	W 34-3vs Massachusetts	2	44	22.0	1	40
Wk 4	W 23-20@ Northern Illinois	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 5	L 3-47@ UConn	5	32	6.4	0	16
Wk 7	W 30-15vs Toledo	2	43	21.5	0	37
Wk 8	L 41-48vs Western Michigan	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 9	L 16-47@ Ohio	4	57	14.3	0	33
Wk 10	W 41-30@ Akron	5	57	11.4	1	18
Wk 12	W 51-48vs Ball State	8	131	16.4	1	49	Season-high 131 yds
Wk 13	W 37-20@ Eastern Michigan	5	120	24.0	1	90
Wk 14	W 43-7vs Kent State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total		36	536	14.3	4	90

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