#13

Jordan Whittington

Former wide receiver at Texas. 2023: 42 catches, 505 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Texas · Sr. · #13

6′1″ · 204 lb · Cuero, TX

CFB Index 49 · #218 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceLos Angeles — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 37, #213 overall

Recruiting

5★

ATH recruit

No. 34 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas. 2023: 42 catches, 505 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Texas in 2019.
Drafted round 6 by the Los Angeles in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas, 1,757 receiving yards — drafted at #213 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

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

2019

Signed with Texas5-star out of Cuero

2024

Drafted by Los Angelesround 6, pick 213

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#34 national

CFB

College

Texas

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #213

Los Angeles · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Tom Herman

Texas

2021–2023

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

#213Rd 6 · Pick 37

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #218 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#297 / 639 · 54th pct

83.7%

Explosive rate#303 / 639 · 52nd pct

14.0%

Yards / catch#373 / 639 · 42nd pct

11.4

EPA / target#410 / 639 · 36th pct

0.62

TD rate#505 / 639 · 21st pct

2.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#166 / 566 · 70th pct

Rush yards#104 / 294 · 64th pct

Rec yards#203 / 566 · 64th pct

505

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#356 / 566 · 36th pct

12.0

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Long catch#365 / 566 · 35th pct

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

35th → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 52nd percentile

Catch rate

16th → 54th percentile

TD rate

14th → 21st percentile

Yards / catch

63rd → 42nd 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	43.7	10.9	0.0
Road6g	2.3	33.2	13.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	46.7	12.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	29.7	10.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

49 · #218 of 497 WRs

Former five-star. Now #218 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas	42	505	12.0	1	--
2022	Texas	50	652	13.0	1	--
2021	Texas	26	377	14.5	3	--
2020	Texas	21	206	9.8	0	--
2019	Texas	2	17	8.5	0	--
Career		141	1,757	12.5	5	--

Season	Team
2023	Texas	3	18	18	3	--
2022	Texas	--	--	18	--	--
2021	Texas	1	8	--	--	--
2020	Texas	3	50	--	--	--
2019	Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	76	36	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 34–24

at Alabama

3 rec · 44 yds

With Q. Ewers — 349 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 11 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Washington · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 41 yds to the WASH 28 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Alabama · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 31 yds to the ALA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 4&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Jordan Whittington run for 20 yds to the OU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Iowa State · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 23 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.60Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 28 yds to the OU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 20 yds to the OKST 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Alabama · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.27Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 13 yds to the TEX 41 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wyoming · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 14 yds to the WYO 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 17 yds to the TEX 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Quinn Ewers pass complete to Jordan Whittington for 17 yds to the OU 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-10vs Rice	4	47	11.8	0	26
Wk 2	W 34-24@ Alabama	3	44	14.7	0	31
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Wyoming	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 4	W 38-6@ Baylor	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 5	W 40-14vs Kansas	2	18	9.0	0	11
Wk 6	L 30-34vs Oklahoma	10	115	11.5	0	28	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 8	W 31-24@ Houston	2	10	5.0	0	7
Wk 10	W 33-30vs Kansas State	3	23	7.7	0	19
Wk 11	W 29-26@ TCU	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 12	W 26-16@ Iowa State	3	56	18.7	1	30
Wk 13	W 57-7vs Texas Tech	4	41	10.3	0	12
Wk 14	W 49-21vs Oklahoma State	4	48	12.0	0	20
Bowl	L 31-37@ Washington	4	70	17.5	0	41
Total		42	505	11.8	1	41

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

Jordan Whittington

2019

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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