RJ Turner

#2 · WR · Sr. · Texas Tech6′2″ · 215 lb · Natchitoches, LA · Natchitoches Central

RJ Turner: WR · Texas Tech · #2.

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RJ Turner

WR · Texas Tech · Sr · #2

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Todd Berry, Matt Viator and Matt Wells. On tape: 141 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Kansas State, Week 13, 2019.

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 Tech in the news

West Virginia reveals depth chartYahoo Sports Nov 3
Big 12 commissioner resignsOct 30
Booster dismisses McGuire hot seatOn3 Oct 28
Booster criticizes Texas Tech after lossHeartland College Sports Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Texas Tech	45	654	14.5	3	79
2018	UL Monroe	36	526	14.6	1	57
2017	UL Monroe	39	686	17.6	6	57
2016	UL Monroe	23	433	18.8	3	73
2015	UL Monroe	1	17	17.0	0	17
Career		144	2,316	16.1	13	79

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 38-3vs UTEP	4	30	7.5	0	11
Wk 3	L 14-28@ Arizona	2	20	10.0	0	10
Wk 6	W 45-35vs No. 21 Oklahoma State	3	44	14.7	0	29
Wk 7	L 30-33@ No. 22 Baylor	7	138	19.7	0	79	138-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 24-34vs Iowa State	11	76	6.9	0	16
Wk 9	L 34-37@ Kansas	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	W 38-17@ West Virginia	3	48	16.0	0	32
Wk 12	L 31-33vs TCU	3	116	38.7	2	70	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 27-30vs Kansas State	7	141	20.1	1	58	Season-high 141 yds
Wk 14	L 24-49@ Texas	4	35	8.8	0	18
Total		45	654	14.5	3	79

Signature game

Week 12 · 2019

L 31-33

vs TCU

3 rec · 116 yds · 2 TD

With J. Duffey — 333 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 42 rush yds (9 car) · A. McNamara — 47.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Kansas State · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +6.91Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 58 yds for a TD, (Trey Wolff KICK)
Week 12 · TCU · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +6.71Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 70 yds for a TD (Trey Wolff PAT MISSED)
Week 12 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 32 yds for a TD TCU Penalty, Defensive holding ( Yards) declined
Week 11 · West Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 32 yds to the WVirg 41 for a
Week 14 · Texas · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 18 yds to the TexTc 42 for a
Week 12 · TCU · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +1.95Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 14 yds to the TCU 49

4 more plays

Week 13 · Kansas State · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.63Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 13 yds to the TexTc 39 for a
Week 13 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.61Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 18 yds to the TexTc 43 for a
Week 13 · Kansas State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.61Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 10 yds to the TexTc 40 for a
Week 14 · Texas · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.56Jett Duffey pass complete to R.J. Turner for 10 yds to the TexTc 31 for a

Teams and coaches

2015UL Monroe2-11HC: Todd Berry · Balanced

2016UL Monroe4-8HC: Matt Viator · Run-leaning

2017UL Monroe4-8HC: Matt Viator · Run-leaning

2018UL Monroe6-6HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#27 / 728 · 96th pct

14.8%

Yards / catch#40 / 728 · 95th pct

19.1

EPA / target#64 / 728 · 91st pct

0.94

Explosive rate#124 / 728 · 83rd pct

18.5%

Catch rate#433 / 728 · 39th pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#38 / 556 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#134 / 556 · 76th pct

654

Receptions#148 / 556 · 73rd pct

Yards / catch#186 / 556 · 66th pct

14.5

Rec TDs#219 / 556 · 54th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

44th → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

78th → 83rd percentile

Catch rate

27th → 39th percentile

TD rate

20th → 96th percentile

Yards / catch

73rd → 95th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.6	81.4	17.6	0.6
Road5g	3.4	49.4	12.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.0	58.0	13.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	70.3	16.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Matt Wells

Pass share

57.0%

531 pass / 401 run

Plays / game

77.7

12 games

Team sack rate

3.2%

557 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

45 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

RJ Turner

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Style of play

Fans

Texas Tech in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

45 catches in 10 games

Five seasons, two schools

2015