#10

Kearis Jackson

Senior wide receiver for Georgia. 2022: 21 catches, 320 receiving yards.

WR · Georgia · Sr. · #10

6′0″ · 200 lb · Fort Valley, GA

CFB Index 33 · #389 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceGeorgia 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 130 nationally · Signed with Georgia

Statement game9 rec · 147 ydsvs Auburn (FBS) · W 27-6

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Georgia. 2022: 21 catches, 320 receiving yards.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia, 1,107 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 147 yds vs Auburn.Auburn · W 27-62020

2018

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Peach County

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#130 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Kirby Smart — 60-8 over that span.

2018Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #389 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#124 / 636 · 81st pct

15.2

Explosive rate#145 / 636 · 77th pct

18.8%

EPA / target#469 / 636 · 26th pct

0.48

Catch rate#547 / 636 · 14th pct

65.6%

TD rate#554 / 636 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#145 / 550 · 73rd pct

15.2

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rec yards#361 / 550 · 34th pct

320

Receptions#400 / 550 · 26th pct

Long catch#433 / 550 · 21st pct

Rec TDs#486 / 550 · 6th pct

Rush yards#259 / 275 · 5th pct

-5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

23rd → 26th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 77th percentile

Catch rate

23rd → 14th percentile

TD rate

34th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

45th → 81st 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

2022 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home11g	1.4	20.8	16.6	0.0
Road4g	1.5	22.8	13.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	1.3	22.3	17.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	19.8	12.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #389 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #389 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Georgia	21	320	15.2	0	--
2021	Georgia	16	194	12.1	1	--
2020	Georgia	36	514	14.3	3	--
2019	Georgia	5	79	15.8	0	--
2018	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		78	1,107	14.2	4	--

Season	Team
2022	Georgia	1	-5	374	51	--
2021	Georgia	1	37	116	189	--
2020	Georgia	--	--	298	99	--
2019	Georgia	2	10	--	11	--
2018	Georgia	1	6	--	--	--
Career		5	48	788	350	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 42–41

vs Ohio State

1 rec · 35 yds

Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.

With S. Bennett — 398 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · -18 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · A. Smith — 3 rec · 129 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.77Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 30 yds to the MisSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida · 2&18 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 18 yds to the Geo 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.84Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 1 yd to the Geo 44 GEORGIA Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the Geo 46
Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 4&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 14 yds to the Vandy 18 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · TCU · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.48Carson Beck pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 20 yds to the TCU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Samford · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.88Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 17 yds to the Samf 23 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Samford · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.83Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 16 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.53Carson Beck pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 23 yds to the Oregn 20 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · LSU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.42Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for 19 yds to the LSU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Tennessee · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA -1.22Stetson Bennett pass complete to Kearis Jackson for no gain to the Geo 32

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-3vs Oregon	3	45	15.0	0	23
Wk 2	W 33-0vs Samford	2	33	16.5	0	17
Wk 3	W 48-7@ South Carolina	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	W 39-22vs Kent State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Missouri	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 6	W 42-10vs Auburn	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	W 55-0vs Vanderbilt	2	35	17.5	0	21
Wk 9	W 42-20vs Florida	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 10	W 27-13vs Tennessee	2	3	1.5	0	3
Wk 11	W 45-19@ Mississippi State	4	69	17.3	0	30	Season-high 69 yds
Wk 12	W 16-6@ Kentucky	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	W 37-14vs Georgia Tech	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 14	W 50-30vs LSU	1	19	19.0	0	19
Bowl	W 42-41vs Ohio State	1	35	35.0	0	35
Bowl	W 65-7vs TCU	1	20	20.0	0	20
Total		21	320	15.7	0	35

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