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LaJohntay Wester

Former wide receiver at Colorado. 2024: 74 catches, 931 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Colorado · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 167 lb · Palmetto, FL

CFB Index 82 · #24 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceBaltimore — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 27, #203 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Colorado. 2024: 74 catches, 931 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Transferred from Florida Atlantic to Colorado in 2024.
Drafted round 6 by the Baltimore in 2025.
Named AAC Special Teams Player of the Year in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Colorado, 3,634 receiving yards, an All-American season (2023) — drafted at #203 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 219 yds at UAB.UAB · L 42-452023

202212 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202312 games

All-Americafirst
All-AACfirst
AAC Special Teams Player of the Yearwinner

202413 games

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Baltimoreround 6, pick 203

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #203

Baltimore · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

9 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2023)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020–2021

Karl Dorrell

Colorado

2022

Mike Sanford Jr.

Colorado

era →

2023–2024

Deion Sanders

Colorado

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., and Deion Sanders. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

#203Rd 6 · Pick 27

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #24 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.3	77.6	12.5	0.7
Road6g	5.0	64.7	12.2	0.8

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

our read 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 Index Score

82 · #24 of 466 WRs

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 31–26

vs North Dakota State

5 rec · 58 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. Sanders — 445 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.8 · 17 rush yds (6 car) · J. Horn Jr. — 7 rec · 198 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +6.61LaJohntay Wester 69 Yd pass from Shedeur Sanders (Alejandro Mata Kick)
Week 4 · Baylor · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.35Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 43 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 8 · Arizona · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.61Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 46 yds to the ARIZ 5 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Colorado State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.60Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 34 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 7 · Kansas State · 3&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 · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 25 yds to the NDSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.89LaJohntay Wester 10 Yd pass from Shedeur Sanders (Alejandro Mata Kick)
Week 5 · UCF · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 23 yds to the UCF 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas Tech · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 23 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 8 · Arizona · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Shedeur Sanders pass complete to LaJohntay Wester for 14 yds to the ARIZ 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 21-37@ 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 BYU	4	51	12.8	0	25
Total		74	931	12.4	10	69

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

LaJohntay Wester

202212 games

202312 games

202413 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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