Justin Hardy

Former wide receiver at East Carolina. 2014: 121 catches, 1,494 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · East Carolina · #2

6′0″ · Vanceboro, NC

Atlanta — drafted 2015, Rd 4, Pick 8, #107 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at East Carolina. 2014: 121 catches, 1,494 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Drafted round 4 by the Atlanta in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at East Carolina, 1,494 receiving yards — drafted at #107 overall by Atlanta.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 188 yds at Cincinnati.Cincinnati · L 46-542014

2015

Drafted by Atlantaround 4, pick 107

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

East Carolina

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #107

Atlanta · 2015

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 12th NFL season

#107Rd 4 · Pick 8

AtlantaEntering 12th NFL season

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2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014East Carolina8-5HC: Ruffin McNeill · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#2 / 556 · 100th pct

121

Rec yards#4 / 556 · 99th pct

1494

Rec TDs#19 / 556 · 96th pct

Rush TDs#21 / 270 · 85th pct

Long catch#139 / 556 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#309 / 556 · 44th pct

12.3

Rush yards#177 / 270 · 34th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	9.5	122	13.0	1.2
Road7g	9.1	109	11.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.3	108	13.0	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	10.5	124	11.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	East Carolina	121	1,494	12.3	10	--
Career		121	1,494	12.3	10	--

Season	Team
2014	East Carolina	1	7	--	95	--
Career		1	7	--	95	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2014

W 28–21

at Virginia Tech

4 rec · 47 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With S. Carden — 427 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.3 · 13 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · W. Gregory — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 60 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs North Carolina Central	8	87	10.9	2	20	160-yard receiving day
Wk 2	L 23-33@ South Carolina	11	133	12.1	0	23	133-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 28-21@ Virginia Tech	4	47	11.8	0	18
Wk 4	W 70-41vs North Carolina	6	92	15.3	0	24
Wk 6	W 45-24vs SMU	8	120	15.0	3	38	3 TD catches
Wk 7	W 28-17@ South Florida	10	114	11.4	0	20
Wk 9	W 31-21vs UConn	14	186	13.3	1	30	186-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 10-20@ Temple	4	35	8.8	0	13
Wk 12	L 46-54@ Cincinnati	15	188	12.5	1	31	Season-high 188 yds
Wk 13	W 34-6vs Tulane	9	104	11.6	0	22
Wk 14	W 49-32@ Tulsa	9	88	9.8	1	20
Wk 15	L 30-32vs UCF	12	140	11.7	1	30	140-yard receiving day
Bowl	L 20-28@ Florida	11	160	14.5	1	66
Total		121	1494	12.2	10	66

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