JuJu Smith-Schuster

Former wide receiver at USC. 2016: 70 catches, 914 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · USC · #9

6′2″ · Long Beach, CA

Pittsburgh — drafted 2017, Rd 2, Pick 30, #62 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2016: 70 catches, 914 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Drafted round 2 by the Pittsburgh in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 3,092 receiving yards — drafted at #62 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 192 yds vs Idaho.Idaho · W 59-92015

2017

Drafted by Pittsburghround 2, pick 62

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

USC

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #62

Pittsburgh · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Steve Sarkisian

USC

2015–2016

Clay Helton

USC

era →

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

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 10th NFL season

#62Rd 2 · Pick 30

PittsburghEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014USC9-4HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2015USC8-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2016USC10-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (94th percentile). Strength: receptions (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#27 / 524 · 94th pct

Receptions#42 / 524 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#54 / 524 · 90th pct

914

Long catch#129 / 524 · 75th pct

Rush yards#99 / 257 · 61st pct

Yards / catch#254 / 524 · 51st pct

13.1

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.2	65.2	11.7	1.0
Road7g	5.6	74.7	12.8	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.9	87.2	14.3	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	43.2	9.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	USC	70	914	13.1	10	--
2015	USC	89	1,454	16.3	10	--
2014	USC	54	724	13.4	5	--
Career		213	3,092	14.5	25	--

Season	Team
2016	USC	5	27	2	--	--
2015	USC	1	4	51	--	--
2014	USC	2	3	132	--	--
Career		8	34	185	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 26–13

at Washington

-4 rush yds (1 car)

With S. Darnold — 287 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 77.7 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · C. Tilbey — 31 AVG · 35 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week