#18

Shocky Jacques-Louis

Senior wide receiver for Akron. 2022: 69 catches, 817 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Akron · Sr. · #18

6′0″ · 180 lb · Fort Myers, FL

CFB Index 70 · #75 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceAkron 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 531 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

Statement game11 rec · 152 ydsat Ohio (FBS) · L 34-55

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Akron. 2022: 69 catches, 817 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2018.
Transferred from Pittsburgh to Akron in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Akron, 1,827 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 152 yds at Ohio.Ohio · L 34-552022

20188 games

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Dunbar

202212 games

Entered the portal
All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#531 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

4 coaches

2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

2019–2020

Tom Arth

Akron

era →

2021

Oscar Rodriguez

Akron

era →

2022

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Terry Bowden, Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #75 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (94th percentile). Strength: rec yards (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#159 / 636 · 75th pct

85.9%

Explosive rate#192 / 636 · 70th pct

17.2%

EPA / target#261 / 636 · 59th pct

0.75

Yards / catch#313 / 636 · 51st pct

12.1

TD rate#547 / 636 · 14th pct

1.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#35 / 550 · 94th pct

Rec yards#71 / 550 · 87th pct

817

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#355 / 550 · 35th pct

11.8

Long catch#363 / 550 · 33rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

20th → 59th percentile

Explosive rate

18th → 70th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 75th percentile

TD rate

27th → 14th percentile

Yards / catch

23rd → 51st 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.2	73.0	11.5	0.4
Road7g	5.4	64.6	15.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	79.9	16.5	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	51.6	9.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #75 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #75 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Akron	69	817	11.8	2	--
2021	Pittsburgh	25	259	10.4	1	--
2020	Pittsburgh	26	327	12.6	0	--
2019	Pittsburgh	23	348	15.1	2	--
2018	Pittsburgh	9	76	8.4	0	--
Career		152	1,827	12.0	5	--

Season	Team
2022	Akron	--	--	305	-3	--
2021	Pittsburgh	9	32	--	--	--
2020	Pittsburgh	4	10	--	--	--
2019	Pittsburgh	14	91	62	--	--
2018	Pittsburgh	7	58	--	--	--
Career		34	191	367	-3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 30–23

vs Saint Francis

8 rec · 102 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With N. Gettman — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 62 LONG · D. Irons — 273 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 16.6 · 12 rush yds (12 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Kent State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.42DJ Irons pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 24 yds to the KntSt 31 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Saint Francis · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Shocky Jacques-Louis 41 Yd pass from DJ Irons (Cory Smigel Kick)
Week 6 · Ohio · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17DJ Irons pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 15 yds to the Ohio 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Central Michigan · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.15D.Irons pass complete to CMC 14. Catch made by S.Jacques-Louis at CMC 14. Gain of 14 yards. S.Jacques-Louis for 14 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 5 · Bowling Green · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.14DJ Irons pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 13 yds to the BwGrn 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Buffalo · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.89J.Undercuffler pass complete to BUF 26. Catch made by S.Jacques-Louis at BUF 26. Gain of 25 yards. Pushed out of bounds by M.Fuqua at BUF 1.
Week 7 · Central Michigan · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.85J.Undercuffler pass complete to AKR 48. Catch made by S.Jacques-Louis at AKR 48. Gain of 12 yards. Pushed out of bounds by L.Wiley at CMC 40. PENALTY on CMC-L.Wiley, Personal Foul / Defense, 15 yards, accepted.
Week 6 · Ohio · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.75DJ Irons pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 34 yds to the Ohio 31 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.73DJ Irons pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 32 yds to the Ohio 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Miami (OH) · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.67DJ Irons pass complete to Shocky Jacques-Louis for 31 yds to the MiaOh 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-23vs Saint Francis	8	102	12.8	1	41
Wk 2	L 0-52@ Michigan State	3	31	10.3	0	22
Wk 3	L 6-63@ Tennessee	9	103	11.4	0	22
Wk 4	L 12-21@ Liberty	1	41	41.0	0	41
Wk 5	L 28-31vs Bowling Green	5	60	12.0	0	15
Wk 6	L 34-55@ Ohio	11	152	13.8	0	34	Season-high 152 yds
Wk 7	L 21-28vs Central Michigan	5	70	14.0	1	34
Wk 8	L 27-33@ Kent State	10	88	8.8	0	24
Wk 9	L 9-27vs Miami (OH)	9	103	11.4	0	31
Wk 11	L 28-34vs Eastern Michigan	4	30	7.5	0	11
Wk 13	W 44-12@ Northern Illinois	4	37	9.3	0	11
Wk 14	L 22-23@ Buffalo	—	—	—	—	—
Total		69	817	13.8	2	41

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

Shocky Jacques-Louis

20188 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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