Justice Powers

Senior wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2022: 20 catches, 440 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · New Mexico State · Sr. · #6

6′4″ · 185 lb · Inglewood, CA

CFB Index 40 · #295 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNew Mexico State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 249 nationally · Joined New Mexico State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2022: 20 catches, 440 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at New Mexico State, 607 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 81 yds at Massachusetts.Massachusetts · W 23-132022

2020

Signed with New Mexico State3-star out of West Los Angeles College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#249 national

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches

2021

Doug Martin

New Mexico State

2022

Jerry Kill

New Mexico State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning

2022New Mexico State7-6HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

40Rotational starter #295 of 488?

High confidence5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (99th percentile). Strength: long catch (82nd percentile). Concern: rec tds (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#8 / 550 · 99th pct

22.0

Long catch#94 / 550 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#257 / 550 · 53rd pct

440

Receptions#411 / 550 · 24th pct

Rec TDs#382 / 550 · 21st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	52.6	30.3	0.2
Road6g	1.3	29.5	20.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	41.0	26.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	38.8	23.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #295 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #295 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	New Mexico State	20	440	22.0	1	--
2021	New Mexico State	7	167	23.9	0	--
Career		27	607	22.5	1	--

Season	Team
2022	New Mexico State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	New Mexico State	2	2	--	--	--
Career		2	2	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022

W 51–14

vs Lamar

4 rec · 30 yds

Dominant 37-point win at home against Lamar.

With D. Pavia — 146 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8 · 81 rush yds (8 car) · J. Carlson — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Valparaiso · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.61Diego Pavia pass complete to Justice Powers for 69 yds for a TD (Ethan Albertson KICK)
Week 1 · Nevada · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.41Gavin Frakes pass complete to Justice Powers for 67 yds to the Nevad 17 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Bowling Green · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +4.33Diego Pavia pass complete to Justice Powers for 42 yds to the BwGrn 31 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Hawai'i · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.79Gavin Frakes pass complete to Justice Powers for 28 yds to the Hawa 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Florida International · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Diego Pavia pass complete to Justice Powers for 26 yds to the NMxSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Diego Pavia pass complete to Justice Powers for 38 yds to the UMass 27 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Diego Pavia pass complete to Justice Powers for 30 yds to the UMass 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Florida International · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Gavin Frakes pass complete to Justice Powers for 11 yds to the NMxSt 36 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Hawai'i · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.81Gavin Frakes pass complete to Justice Powers for 19 yds to the Hawa 2 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Missouri · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.77Diego Pavia pass complete to Justice Powers for 8 yds to the NMxSt 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 12-23vs Nevada	2	74	37.0	0	67
Wk 1	L 0-38@ Minnesota	1	34	34.0	0	34
Wk 3	L 7-66@ Wisconsin	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 45-26vs Hawai'i	2	47	23.5	0	28
Wk 5	L 7-21vs Florida International	3	43	14.3	0	26
Wk 9	W 23-13@ Massachusetts	3	81	27.0	0	38	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Lamar	4	30	7.5	0	11
Wk 12	L 14-45@ Missouri	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 13	W 49-14@ Liberty	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 14	W 65-3vs Valparaiso	1	69	69.0	1	69
Bowl	W 24-19@ Bowling Green	1	42	42.0	0	42
Total		20	440	24.9	1	69

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

Justice Powers

2020

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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