Justin Garrett

Senior wide receiver for UTEP. 2021: 50 catches, 685 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · UTEP · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 200 lb · Compton, CA

CFB Index 61 · #102 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceUTEP 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1851 nationally · Signed with Richard Gahr

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for UTEP. 2021: 50 catches, 685 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Richard Gahr in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UTEP, 1,623 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 120 yds at UL Monroe.UL Monroe · W 31-62020

2016

Recruited3-star out of Richard Gahr

2018

Signed with UTEP3-star out of Cerritos College

20208 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1851 national

CFB

College

UTEP

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Dana Dimel

UTEP

Played his entire career under Dana Dimel.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 11-22 over that span.

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #102 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (86th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#95 / 655 · 86th pct

0.98

Explosive rate#102 / 655 · 84th pct

20.0%

Yards / catch#225 / 655 · 66th pct

13.8

TD rate#262 / 655 · 60th pct

7.3%

Catch rate#265 / 655 · 60th pct

78.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#105 / 557 · 81st pct

Rec yards#107 / 557 · 81st pct

685

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Yards / catch#241 / 557 · 56th pct

13.7

Rush yards#141 / 273 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Long catch#334 / 557 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

76th → 86th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 84th percentile

Catch rate

62nd → 60th percentile

TD rate

48th → 60th percentile

Yards / catch

52nd → 66th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	56.2	13.7	0.7
Road6g	4.0	53.7	14.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	48.3	15.5	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	64.2	11.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #102 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #102 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UTEP	50	685	13.7	4	--
2020	UTEP	38	510	13.4	3	--
2019	UTEP	39	428	11.0	3	--
Career		127	1,623	12.8	10	--

Season	Team
2021	UTEP	1	12	103	136	--
2020	UTEP	--	--	77	23	--
2019	UTEP	--	--	--	83	--
Career		1	12	180	242	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 38–28

vs Bethune-Cookman

5 rec · 45 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Bethune-Cookman at home in a shootout.

With G. Hardison — 183 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.9 · -4 rush yds (2 car) · R. Awatt — 126 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Boise State · 3&18 · Q1 · EPA +4.12Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 31 yds to the BoiSt 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 40 yds to the NMex 36 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UTSA · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 9 yds to the TexSA 48 for a 1ST down UT SAN ANTONIO Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the TexSA 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 36 yds to the NMxSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Old Dominion · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Justin Garrett 7 Yd pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle Kick)
Week 4 · New Mexico · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 37 yds to the NMex 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.73Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 26 yds to the FrsSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Rice · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 14 yds for a TD, (Gavin Baechle KICK)
Week 4 · New Mexico · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 9 yds to the UTEP 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Mexico State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Gavin Hardison pass complete to Justin Garrett for 16 yds to the UTEP 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-3@ New Mexico State	4	74	18.5	0	36
Wk 1	W 38-28vs Bethune-Cookman	5	45	9.0	1	14
Wk 2	L 13-54@ Boise State	2	35	17.5	0	31
Wk 4	W 20-13vs New Mexico	4	105	26.3	0	40
Wk 5	W 28-21vs Old Dominion	3	46	15.3	1	24
Wk 6	W 26-13@ Southern Miss	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	W 19-3vs Louisiana Tech	5	33	6.6	0	12
Wk 9	L 25-28@ Florida Atlantic	7	109	15.6	0	44	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 10	L 23-44vs UTSA	3	26	8.7	1	10
Wk 11	L 17-20@ North Texas	7	69	9.9	0	32
Wk 12	W 38-28vs Rice	5	82	16.4	1	23
Wk 13	L 25-42@ UAB	4	35	8.8	0	15
Total		49	659	13.9	4	44

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