#19

Tejhaun Palmer

Former wide receiver at UAB. 2023: 47 catches, 858 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · UAB · Sr. · #19

6′2″ · 210 lb · Milwaukee, WI

CFB Index 72 · #70 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceArizona — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 15, #191 overall

Recruiting

WR recruit

Joined UAB

Statement game9 rec · 179 yds · 1 TDvs Florida Atlantic (FBS) · W 45-42

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UAB. 2023: 47 catches, 858 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed with UAB in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UAB, 1,409 receiving yards — drafted at #191 overall by Arizona.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds vs Florida Atlantic.Florida Atlantic · W 45-422023

20213 games

Signed with UABout of Snow College

202210 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202312 games

All-AACthird

2024

Drafted by Arizonaround 6, pick 191

Career arc

Recruit

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2021 class

CFB

College

UAB

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #191

Arizona · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

3 coaches

2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

#191Rd 6 · Pick 15

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #70 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#20 / 639 · 97th pct

19.1

EPA / target#38 / 639 · 94th pct

1.29

Explosive rate#56 / 639 · 91st pct

25.5%

TD rate#137 / 639 · 79th pct

9.8%

Catch rate#324 / 639 · 49th pct

82.4%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#31 / 566 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#37 / 566 · 93rd pct

18.3

Rec yards#57 / 566 · 90th pct

858

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Receptions#122 / 566 · 78th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

74th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 49th percentile

TD rate

18th → 79th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 97th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	85.5	21.9	1.0
Road6g	3.3	57.5	20.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	55.1	17.7	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	94.4	26.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #70 of 497 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #70 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UAB	47	858	18.3	7	--
2022	UAB	30	479	16.0	2	--
2021	UAB	6	72	12.0	0	--
Career		83	1,409	17.0	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 35–6

vs North Carolina A&T

4 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 29-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With J. Zeno — 291 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.5 · 31 rush yds (5 car) · J. Brown Jr. — 47 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · North Texas · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +6.82Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 80 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 6 · South Florida · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.37Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 61 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +6.25Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 70 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 6 · South Florida · 2&13 · Q4 · EPA +6.06Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 58 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.53Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 29 yds to the GASO 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Temple · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 30 yds to the TEM 22 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Navy · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 26 yds to the NAVY 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Memphis · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Tejhaun Palmer 32 Yd pass from Harrison Barker (Harrison Barker Pass to Tejhaun Palmer for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Jacob Zeno pass complete to Tejhaun Palmer for 13 yds to the FAU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Temple · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Tejhaun Palmer 22 Yd pass from Jacob Zeno (Matt Quinn Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week