LaJohntay Wester

#10 · WR · Sr. · Colorado5′11″ · 167 lb · Palmetto, FL

LaJohntay Wester: WR · Colorado · #10.

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LaJohntay Wester

WR · Colorado · Sr · #10

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 175 receiving yards and 11 receptions against Oklahoma State, Week 14, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Colorado in the news

Three-star LB decommits from ColoradoBuffaloes Wire Oct 27
Sanders denies bribery accusationBroBible Oct 27
Former Colorado player calls out Deion SandersYahoo Sports Oct 20
ESPN host feuds with Deion SandersYahoo Sports Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Colorado	74	931	12.6	10	69
2023	Florida Atlantic	108	1,168	10.8	8	76
2022	Florida Atlantic	62	719	11.6	8	42
2021	Florida Atlantic	65	702	10.8	4	39
2020	Florida Atlantic	17	114	6.7	1	18
Career		326	3,634	11.1	31	76

Season	Team
2024	Colorado	1	--	14	108	1
2023	Florida Atlantic	8	44	30	278	1
2022	Florida Atlantic	15	106	--	136	--
2021	Florida Atlantic	5	29	--	129	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	8	34	260	89	--
Career		37	213	304	740	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-26vs North Dakota State	5	58	11.6	0	25
Wk 2	L 10-28@ Nebraska	4	20	5.0	1	14
Wk 3	W 28-9@ Colorado State	5	80	16.0	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 38-31vs Baylor	4	68	17.0	1	43
Wk 5	W 48-21@ UCF	3	34	11.3	1	23
Wk 7	L 28-31vs No. 18 Kansas State	5	58	11.6	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 34-7@ Arizona	8	127	15.9	0	46
Wk 9	W 34-23vs Cincinnati	5	56	11.2	0	28
Wk 11	W 41-27@ Texas Tech	6	82	13.7	1	23
Wk 12	W 49-24vs Utah	10	77	7.7	0	18
Wk 13	L 21-37vs Kansas	4	45	11.3	0	27
Wk 14	W 52-0vs Oklahoma State	11	175	15.9	2	69	Season-high 175 yds
Bowl	L 14-36vs No. 17 BYU	4	51	12.8	0	25
Total		74	931	12.6	10	69

Signature game

Week 14 · 2024

W 52-0

vs Oklahoma State

11 rec · 175 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 52-point win at home against Oklahoma State.

With S. Sanders — 438 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.3 · M. Vassett — 42.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +6.61Sanders to Wester: a 69-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Baylor · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.35Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 43 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 8 · Arizona · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +4.61Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 46 yds to the ARIZ 5 for a
Week 3 · Colorado State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.60Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 34 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 7 · Kansas State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.58Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 25 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 1 · North Dakota State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 25 yds to the NDSU 40 for a

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Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Sanders to Wester: a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · UCF · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 23 yds to the UCF 40 for a
Week 11 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 23 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 8 · Arizona · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 14 yds to the ARIZ 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning

2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 82 (#24 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

82All-Conference level #24 of 466 · 2024?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (81st percentile). Strength: rec tds (97th percentile). Concern: rush yards (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#116 / 610 · 81st pct

10.7%

Catch rate#147 / 610 · 76th pct

96.0%

EPA / target#198 / 610 · 68th pct

1.02

Explosive rate#256 / 610 · 58th pct

16.0%

Yards / catch#306 / 610 · 50th pct

11.8

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#13 / 541 · 97th pct

Receptions#27 / 541 · 95th pct

Rec yards#37 / 541 · 93rd pct

931

Long catch#91 / 541 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#292 / 541 · 45th pct

12.6

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#260 / 299 · 12th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

32nd → 68th percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 58th percentile

Catch rate

27th → 76th percentile

TD rate

50th → 81st percentile

Yards / catch

40th → 50th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.7	82.0	12.5	0.8
Road5g	5.2	68.6	12.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	52.7	12.2	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	93.7	12.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Pass share

59.2%

481 pass / 331 run

Plays / game

62.5

13 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

523 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

74 catches and 1 carry in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-2% reception volume, top-5% overall receiving production.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

82 · #24 of 466 WRs · 2024

LaJohntay Wester

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2022 12 games

2023 12 games

2024 13 games

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