Ricky Seals-Jones

#9 · WR · Texas A&M6′5″ · Sealy, TX

Ricky Seals-Jones: WR · Texas A&M · #9.

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Ricky Seals-Jones

WR · Texas A&M · #9

Moves the chains on third down. Third year in the Texas A&M receiving corps. One game to point at: 75 receiving yards and 6 receptions against UTSA — Week 12, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Texas A&M in the news

Texas A&M football star dies at 49New York Post Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Texas A&M	26	333	12.8	1	47
2015	Texas A&M	45	560	12.4	4	44
2014	Texas A&M	49	465	9.5	4	24
Career		120	1,358	11.3	9	47

Season	Team
2016	Texas A&M	10
2015	Texas A&M	--
2014	Texas A&M	--
Career		10

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-24vs No. 16 UCLA	4	57	14.3	0	33
Wk 2	W 67-0vs Prairie View A&M	2	33	16.5	0	21
Wk 3	W 29-16@ Auburn	3	38	12.7	0	16
Wk 4	W 45-24vs No. 17 Arkansas	1	47	47.0	0	47
Wk 8	L 14-33@ No. 1 Alabama	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 9	W 52-10vs New Mexico State	2	20	10.0	0	10
Wk 11	L 28-29vs Ole Miss	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 12	W 23-10vs UTSA	6	75	12.5	0	37	Season-high 75 yds
Bowl	L 28-33vs Kansas State	6	34	5.7	1	11
Total		26	333	12.8	1	47

Signature game

Bowl · 2016

L 28-33

vs Kansas State · neutral site

6 rec · 34 yds · 1 TD

With T. Knight — 310 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.9 · 20 rush yds (8 car) · J. Reynolds — 12 rec · 154 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Arkansas · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.98Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 47 yds to the Ark 33 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 3rd and 16 · Q3 · EPA +3.72Jake Hubenak pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 37 yds to the TexSA 47 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −2.99Jake Hubenak pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 4 yds Ricky Seals-Jones fumbled, forced by Jordan Moore, recovered by TexSA Marcus Davenport , return for 4 yds to the TexAM 38
Week 1 · Kansas State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 11 yds to the TexAM 46 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Jake Hubenak pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 12 yds to the TexSA 40 for a
Week 1 · UCLA · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 33 yds to the TexAM 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Kansas State · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 3 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 8 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 25 yds to the Alab 44 for a
Week 9 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.92Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 10 yds to the NMxSt 29 for a
Week 2 · Prairie View A&M · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +1.90Trevor Knight pass complete to Ricky Seals-Jones for 21 yds to the PraVw 11 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Kevin Sumlin — 24-15 over that span.

2014Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Pass-leaning

2015Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#274 / 674 · 59th pct

13.2

Explosive rate#367 / 674 · 46th pct

10.6%

EPA / target#388 / 674 · 43rd pct

0.45

TD rate#512 / 674 · 24th pct

2.1%

Catch rate#600 / 674 · 11th pct

55.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#276 / 524 · 47th pct

12.8

Long catch#277 / 524 · 46th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 216 · 40th pct

Receptions#311 / 524 · 40th pct

Rec yards#319 / 524 · 39th pct

333

Rec TDs#356 / 524 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

54th → 43rd percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 46th percentile

Catch rate

31st → 11th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 24th percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 59th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	37.8	11.5	0.0
Road2g	2.0	31.5	18.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	41.8	19.2	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	31.0	12.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Kevin Sumlin

Pass share

49.5%

469 pass / 478 run

Plays / game

72.8

13 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

487 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

26 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ricky Seals-Jones

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Style of play

Fans

Texas A&M in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

26 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Texas A&M

2013