Justin Shorter

#4 · WR · Jr. · Florida6′4″ · 223 lb · Monmouth Junction, NJ · South Brunswick

Justin Shorter: WR · Florida · #4.

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Justin Shorter

WR · Florida · Jr · #4

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: James Franklin, Dan Mullen and Billy Napier. On tape: 155 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Tennessee, Week 4, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Florida in the news

Dabo Swinney criticizes FSU fansNov 1
Florida State fires AD Michael AlfordOct 28
Napier's buyout among largest in CFB historyGators Wire Oct 27
Texas bans fan for postgame incidentOn3 Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Florida	29	577	19.9	2	75
2021	Florida	41	550	13.4	3	52
2020	Florida	25	268	10.7	3	46
2019	Penn State	12	137	11.4	0	18
2018	Penn State	3	20	6.7	0	12
Career		110	1,552	14.1	8	75

Season	Team
2022	Florida	--	--	--
2021	Florida	--	--	--
2020	Florida	--	--	34
2019	Penn State	--	--	--
2018	Penn State	1	9	--
Career		1	9	34

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-26vs No. 7 Utah	2	25	12.5	0	15
Wk 2	L 16-26vs No. 20 Kentucky	2	26	13.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 31-28vs South Florida	2	33	16.5	0	30
Wk 4	L 33-38@ No. 11 Tennessee	7	155	22.1	0	39	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 5	W 52-17vs Eastern Washington	1	75	75.0	1	75
Wk 6	W 24-17vs Missouri	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 7	L 35-45vs LSU	3	71	23.7	1	51
Wk 9	L 20-42vs No. 1 Georgia	3	66	22.0	0	41
Wk 12	L 24-31@ Vanderbilt	8	106	13.3	0	28
Total		29	577	19.9	2	75

Signature game

Week 4 · 2022

L 33-38

at Tennessee

7 rec · 155 yds

With A. Richardson — 453 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.7 · 62 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · X. Henderson — 4 rec · 68 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Eastern Washington · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 75 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)
Week 7 · LSU · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +4.91Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 51 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)
Week 4 · Tennessee · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +4.11Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 39 yds to the Tenn 34 for a
Week 9 · Georgia · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 41 yds to the Geo 34 for a
Week 3 · South Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 30 yds to the SFla 45 for a
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 4th and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 28 yds to the Vandy 10 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Tennessee · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 13 yds to the Tenn 49 for a
Week 4 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 28 yds to the Tenn 43 for a
Week 1 · Utah · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.11Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 10 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.02Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 12 yds to the Fla 45 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#218 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

50Rotational starter #218 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#18 / 636 · 97th pct

19.1

Explosive rate#105 / 636 · 83rd pct

20.8%

EPA / target#244 / 636 · 62nd pct

0.77

TD rate#443 / 636 · 30th pct

3.8%

Catch rate#587 / 636 · 8th pct

60.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#18 / 550 · 97th pct

19.9

Long catch#43 / 550 · 91st pct

Rec yards#169 / 550 · 69th pct

577

Receptions#296 / 550 · 45th pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

57th → 62nd percentile

Explosive rate

45th → 83rd percentile

Catch rate

35th → 8th percentile

TD rate

46th → 30th percentile

Yards / catch

66th → 97th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.8	41.7	26.8	0.3
Road2g	7.5	130	17.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	57.9	26.1	0.3
Weeks 8+2g	5.5	86.0	17.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Pass share

44.2%

364 pass / 460 run

Plays / game

63.4

13 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

393 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

29 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #218 of 488 WRs · 2022

Former five-star. Now #218 at the position.

Justin Shorter

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Style of play

Fans

Florida in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

29 catches in 9 games

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

2018 3 games

2023