Tajae Sharpe

Former wide receiver at Massachusetts. 2015: 111 catches, 1,319 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Massachusetts · #1

6′3″ · Piscataway, NJ

Tennessee — drafted 2016, Rd 5, Pick 1, #140 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1144 nationally · Signed with Massachusetts

Statement game13 rec · 239 ydsvs Ball State (FBS) · W 24-10

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Massachusetts. 2015: 111 catches, 1,319 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Massachusetts in 2012.
Drafted round 5 by the Tennessee in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Massachusetts, 2,600 receiving yards — drafted at #140 overall by Tennessee.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 239 yds vs Ball State.Ball State · W 24-102014

2012

Signed with Massachusetts3-star out of Piscataway

2016

Drafted by Tennesseeround 5, pick 140

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1144 national

CFB

College

Massachusetts

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #140

Tennessee · 2016

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 11th NFL season

#140Rd 5 · Pick 1

TennesseeEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mark Whipple, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2014Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2015Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile). Concern: rush yards (10th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#1 / 521 · 100th pct

111

Rec yards#12 / 521 · 98th pct

1319

Rec TDs#102 / 521 · 76th pct

Long catch#244 / 521 · 52nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#329 / 521 · 36th pct

11.9

Rush yards#220 / 247 · 10th pct

-3

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	9.7	109	11.0	0.5
Road6g	8.8	111	13.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.8	123	11.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.7	96.8	13.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Massachusetts	111	1,319	11.9	5	--
2014	Massachusetts	85	1,281	15.1	7	--
Career		196	2,600	13.3	12	--

Season	Team
2015	Massachusetts	1	-3	--	--	--
2014	Massachusetts	3	14	--	--	--
Career		4	11	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2015

W 31–26

at Buffalo

6 rec · 138 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With L. Laurent — 37 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS · M. Young — 240 rush yds (35 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-48@ Colorado	11	138	12.5	0	41	138-yard receiving day
Wk 3	L 23-25vs Temple	11	156	14.2	0	45	156-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 27-62@ Notre Dame	8	83	10.4	0	15
Wk 5	W 24-14vs Florida International	15	159	10.6	1	18	Season-high 159 yds
Wk 6	L 38-62@ Bowling Green	13	156	12.0	1	23	156-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 10-15vs Kent State	7	46	6.6	0	25
Wk 8	L 35-51vs Toledo	12	159	13.3	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 10-20@ Ball State	11	83	7.5	0	20
Wk 10	L 13-17vs Akron	7	53	7.6	0	24
Wk 11	W 28-17@ Eastern Michigan	4	67	16.8	1	39
Wk 12	L 13-20vs Miami (OH)	6	81	13.5	0	27
Wk 13	W 31-26@ Buffalo	6	138	23.0	0	49	138-yard receiving day
Total		111	1319	12.3	5	49

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