#11

Justin Lockhart

Former wide receiver at San José State. 2024: 53 catches, 983 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · San José State · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 183 lb · Palmdale, CA

CFB Index 79 · #37 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSan José State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2812 nationally · Signed with Nevada

Statement game10 rec · 172 yds · 1 TDvs Boise State (FBS) · L 21-42

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at San José State. 2024: 53 catches, 983 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Nevada in 2019.
Transferred from Nevada to San José State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San José State, 2,299 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 116 yds vs Western Michigan.Western Michigan · W 34-62022

20193 games

Signed with Nevada2-star out of Junipero Serra

202211 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

202412 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2812 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2022

Brent Brennan

San José State

2024

Ken Niumatalolo

San José State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brent Brennan → Ken Niumatalolo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2024San José State7-6HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #37 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (100th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#3 / 610 · 100th pct

1.79

Explosive rate#24 / 610 · 96th pct

30.8%

Yards / catch#29 / 610 · 95th pct

18.2

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

TD rate#223 / 610 · 62nd pct

7.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#29 / 541 · 95th pct

983

Yards / catch#42 / 541 · 92nd pct

18.5

Receptions#93 / 541 · 82nd pct

Rec TDs#101 / 541 · 78th pct

Long catch#181 / 541 · 65th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.4	80.9	17.6	0.7
Road5g	4.4	83.4	19.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	59.0	15.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	114	22.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #37 of 466 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #37 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	San José State	53	983	18.5	5	--
2022	San José State	36	578	16.1	1	--
2021	Nevada	35	470	13.4	2	--
2020	Nevada	26	235	9.0	2	--
2019	Nevada	5	33	6.6	0	--
Career		155	2,299	14.8	10	--

Season	Team
2024	San José State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	San José State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Nevada	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Nevada	1	9	--	--	--
2019	Nevada	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	9	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 42–24

vs Sacramento State

4 rec · 42 yds · 1 TD

With N. Nash — 26 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · E. Brown — 298 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.6 · -33 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Oregon State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +4.16Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 40 yds to the ORST 36 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Fresno State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.16Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 40 yds to the FRES 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Boise State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.87Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 35 yds to the BOIS 42 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Nevada · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.80Emmett Brown pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 37 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 12 · Boise State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.47Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 35 yds to the BOIS 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Washington State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.46Emmett Brown pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 23 yds to the WSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Colorado State · 3&17 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 18 yds to the CSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 40 yds to the ORST 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 46 yds to the SJSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Boise State · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Walker Eget pass complete to Justin Lockhart for 26 yds to the SJSU 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Sacramento State	4	42	10.5	1	13
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Air Force	3	44	14.7	0	17
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Kennesaw State	4	106	26.5	1	49
Wk 4	L 52-54@ Washington State	4	74	18.5	0	35
Wk 6	W 35-31vs Nevada	4	59	14.8	1	37
Wk 7	L 24-31@ Colorado State	6	78	13.0	0	27
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Wyoming	4	129	32.3	0	57
Wk 9	L 10-33@ Fresno State	4	93	23.3	0	40
Wk 11	W 24-13@ Oregon State	5	128	25.6	0	40
Wk 12	L 21-42vs Boise State	10	172	17.2	1	35	Season-high 172 yds
Wk 14	W 34-31vs Stanford	4	48	12.0	1	19
Bowl	L 39-41vs South Florida	1	10	10.0	0	10
Total		53	983	18.2	5	57

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