#14

John Jackson III

Senior wide receiver for Nevada. 2023: 35 catches, 267 receiving yards.

WR · Nevada · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 215 lb · Redondo Beach, CA

CFB Index 35 · #375 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceNevada 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 563 nationally · Signed with USC

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Nevada. 2023: 35 catches, 267 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to USC in 2018.
Transferred from USC to Nevada in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Nevada, 306 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 52 yds at USC.USC · L 14-662023

2018

Signed with USC3-star out of Junipero Serra

202312 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#563 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

3 coaches

2020

Jay Norvell

Nevada

2021

Vai Taua

Nevada

era →

2023

Ken Wilson

Nevada

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua, and Ken Wilson. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020USC5-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #375 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#310 / 639 · 52nd pct

82.9%

EPA / target#531 / 639 · 17th pct

0.43

TD rate#532 / 639 · 8th pct

0.0%

Yards / catch#600 / 639 · 6th pct

7.8

Explosive rate#612 / 639 · 4th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#230 / 566 · 59th pct

Rec yards#404 / 566 · 29th pct

267

Long catch#462 / 566 · 17th pct

Rec TDs#503 / 566 · 6th pct

Yards / catch#556 / 566 · 2nd pct

7.6

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	20.2	7.5	0.0
Road6g	3.3	24.3	7.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	23.2	8.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	21.3	5.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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 · #375 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #375 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Nevada	35	267	7.6	--
2021	USC	3	16	5.3	--
2020	USC	1	23	23.0	--
Career		39	306	7.8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023

W 6–0

at San Diego State

3 rec · 21 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With M. Freem — 34 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · B. Lewis — 98 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.9 · 40 rush yds (13 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · USC · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.75AJ Bianco pass complete to John Jackson III for 33 yds to the USC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · USC · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.75AJ Bianco pass complete to John Jackson III for 18 yds to the NEV 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UNLV · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.36Brendon Lewis pass complete to John Jackson III for 14 yds to the UNLV 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Texas State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Brendon Lewis pass complete to John Jackson III for 7 yds to the NEV 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · New Mexico · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.21AJ Bianco pass complete to John Jackson III for 11 yds to the NEV 42 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Colorado State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.86Brendon Lewis pass complete to John Jackson III for 14 yds to the CSU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Colorado State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.84Brendon Lewis pass complete to John Jackson III for 5 yds to the NEV 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Idaho · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.38B.Lewis pass complete to NEV 36. Catch made by J.Jackson at NEV 36. Gain of 9 yards. Tackled by IDA at NEV 45.
Week 5 · Fresno State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.35AJ Bianco pass complete to John Jackson III for 6 yds to the NEV 33 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.14AJ Bianco pass complete to John Jackson III for a loss of 2 yards to the USU 39

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-66@ USC	3	52	17.3	33	Season-high 52 yds
Wk 2	L 6-33vs Idaho	2	20	10.0	11
Wk 3	L 24-31vs Kansas	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 4	L 24-35@ Texas State	3	12	4.0	7
Wk 5	L 9-27@ Fresno State	3	17	5.7	6
Wk 7	L 27-45vs UNLV	4	31	7.8	14
Wk 8	W 6-0@ San Diego State	3	21	7.0	13
Wk 9	W 34-24vs New Mexico	4	32	8.0	14
Wk 10	L 14-27vs Hawai'i	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 11	L 24-41@ Utah State	2	3	1.5	5
Wk 12	L 20-30@ Colorado State	6	41	6.8	14
Wk 13	L 6-42vs Wyoming	3	28	9.3	15
Total		35	267	7.3	33

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

John Jackson III

2018

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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