Jonathan Mingo

Former wide receiver at Ole Miss. 2022: 51 catches, 862 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Ole Miss · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 225 lb · Brandon, MS

CFB Index 71 · #70 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceCarolina — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 8, #39 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 216 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

Statement game9 rec · 247 yds · 2 TDat Vanderbilt (FBS) · W 52-28

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Mingo.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Ole Miss. 2022: 51 catches, 862 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Carolina in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ole Miss, 1,759 receiving yards — drafted at #39 overall by Carolina.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 247 yds at Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · W 52-282022

20197 games

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of Brandon

202212 games

All-SECsecond

2023

Drafted by Carolinaround 2, pick 39

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#216 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #39

Carolina · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2022

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 4th NFL season

#39Rd 2 · Pick 8

CarolinaEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

71Quality starter #70 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (85th percentile). Concern: rush yards (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#38 / 636 · 94th pct

17.4

Explosive rate#94 / 636 · 85th pct

21.2%

EPA / target#186 / 636 · 71st pct

0.85

TD rate#246 / 636 · 61st pct

7.6%

Catch rate#386 / 636 · 39th pct

75.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#14 / 275 · 89th pct

Rec yards#61 / 550 · 89th pct

862

Yards / catch#64 / 550 · 88th pct

16.9

Long catch#75 / 550 · 86th pct

Receptions#117 / 550 · 78th pct

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rush yards#268 / 275 · 2nd pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

80th → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

75th → 85th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 39th percentile

TD rate

81st → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 94th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	48.3	13.7	0.3
Road5g	4.8	105	20.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	80.0	19.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	60.4	13.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #70 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #70 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ole Miss	51	862	16.9	5	--
2021	Ole Miss	22	346	15.7	3	--
2020	Ole Miss	27	379	14.0	3	--
2019	Ole Miss	12	172	14.3	1	--
Career		112	1,759	15.7	12	--

Season	Team
2022	Ole Miss	4	-7	--	13	--
2021	Ole Miss	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Ole Miss	--	--	--	13	--
2019	Ole Miss	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	-7	--	26	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 22–19

vs Kentucky

1 rec · 3 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Dart — 213 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.7 · 40 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.86Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 72 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Cruz KICK)
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.78Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 71 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Cruz KICK)
Week 8 · LSU · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 37 yds to the LSU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 56 yds to the TexAM 7 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Jonathan Mingo 31 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Jonathan Cruz Kick)
Week 1 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 34 yds to the TexTc 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Central Arkansas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Luke Altmyer pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 36 yds to the CArk 34 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 16 yds to the Miss 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Central Arkansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.49Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 51 yds to the CArk 5 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Jaxson Dart pass complete to Jonathan Mingo for 48 yds to the Vandy 3 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs Troy	3	26	8.7	0	16
Wk 2	W 59-3vs Central Arkansas	3	103	34.3	0	51
Wk 3	W 42-0@ Georgia Tech	3	74	24.7	0	33
Wk 4	W 35-27vs Tulsa	3	54	18.0	1	31
Wk 5	W 22-19vs Kentucky	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 6	W 52-28@ Vanderbilt	9	247	27.4	2	72	Season-high 247 yds
Wk 8	L 20-45@ LSU	4	69	17.3	0	37
Wk 9	W 31-28@ Texas A&M	4	89	22.3	1	56
Wk 11	L 24-30vs Alabama	7	59	8.4	1	20
Wk 12	L 27-42@ Arkansas	4	45	11.3	0	23
Wk 13	L 22-24vs Mississippi State	7	40	5.7	0	14
Bowl	L 25-42vs Texas Tech	3	53	17.7	0	34
Total		51	862	16.6	5	72

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

Jonathan Mingo

20197 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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