RJ Turner

Senior wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2019: 45 catches, 654 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Texas Tech · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 215 lb · Natchitoches, LA

Texas Tech 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2019: 45 catches, 654 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2653 nationally · Signed with UL Monroe

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas Tech, 2,316 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 138 yds at Baylor.Baylor · L 30-332019

2015

Signed with UL Monroe2-star out of Natchitoches Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2653 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

2 coaches

2015–2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (93rd percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2019

W 45–35

vs Oklahoma State

3 rec · 44 yds

Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.

With J. Duffey — 424 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.4 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. McNamara — 1 TOT · 33 AVG · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 Oklahoma State	3	44	14.7	0	29
Wk 7	L 30-33@ 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	14.8	3	79

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