Justyn Ross

Junior wide receiver for Clemson. 2021: 46 catches, 514 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Clemson · Jr. · #8

6′4″ · 205 lb · Phenix City, AL

CFB Index 51 · #187 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceClemson 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 45 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Clemson. 2021: 46 catches, 514 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 2,379 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 153 yds at Alabama.Alabama · W 44-162018

201814 games

Signed with Clemson4-star out of Central

202110 games

All-ACC

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#45 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2019

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

2021

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 39-4 over that span.

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #187 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#415 / 655 · 36th pct

4.3%

EPA / target#422 / 655 · 36th pct

0.54

Yards / catch#434 / 655 · 34th pct

11.1

Explosive rate#479 / 655 · 27th pct

8.7%

Catch rate#482 / 655 · 26th pct

68.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#121 / 557 · 77th pct

Rec yards#195 / 557 · 65th pct

514

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#430 / 557 · 22nd pct

11.2

Long catch#430 / 557 · 22nd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	44.8	12.6	0.2
Road4g	5.8	61.2	10.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	47.0	11.2	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	58.0	12.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #187 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #187 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Clemson	46	514	11.2	3	--
2019	Clemson	66	865	13.1	8	--
2018	Clemson	46	1,000	21.7	9	--
Career		158	2,379	15.1	20	--

Season	Team
2021	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Clemson	--	--	--	-6	--
2018	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	-6	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · NC State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 32 yds for a TD, (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 9 · Florida State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.40D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 25 yds to the FlaSt 41 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · NC State · 3&7 · Q5 · EPA +2.92D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 9 yds for a TD, (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 11 · UConn · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.69D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Pittsburgh · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Justyn Ross for 14 yds to the Clem 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.62D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 12 yds to the GTech 47 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · South Carolina State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 11 yds for a TD, (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 8 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 27 yds to the Pitt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.29D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 27 yds to the Lvile 23 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · South Carolina State · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.05D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Justyn Ross for 36 yds to the SCSt 24 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 3-10vs Georgia	4	26	6.5	0	12
Wk 2	W 49-3vs South Carolina State	3	52	17.3	1	36
Wk 3	W 14-8vs Georgia Tech	7	61	8.7	0	16
Wk 4	L 21-27@ NC State	8	77	9.6	2	32	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 5	W 19-13vs Boston College	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 7	W 17-14@ Syracuse	5	51	10.2	0	15
Wk 8	L 17-27@ Pittsburgh	5	59	11.8	0	27
Wk 9	W 30-20vs Florida State	5	75	15.0	0	25
Wk 10	W 30-24@ Louisville	5	58	11.6	0	27
Wk 11	W 44-7vs UConn	3	40	13.3	0	25
Total		46	514	11.9	3	36

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

Justyn Ross

201814 games

202110 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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