Jamal Polite Jr.
Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 11 | — |
| Target share | 8.4% | — |
| Catch rate | 63.6% | — |
| Success rate per target | 45.5% | — |
| Yards per target | 8.0 | — |
| Explosive catches | 18.2% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 4 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Jr.'s plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted12 targets charted
Game Log
Jamal Polite Jr.'s box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Southeast Missouri State | W 38–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2 | @ Iowa | L 13–16 | 5.3 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Bowling Green | W 55–7 | 6.5 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | 34 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Utah | L 17–31 | 3.9 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 5 |  West Virginia | W 45–42 | 5.0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 | @ BYU | L 10–24 | 5.4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 5 games | 5.2 | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7 | 791st / 1995 |
| Yards | 88 | 733rd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 12.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 346th / 826 |
| Long | 34 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4248th / 5410 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Iowa | 53 | ~7 (2–11) | 1 | · | 13% |
| Wk 3 · Bowling Green | 63 | ~25 (8–34) | 2 | · | 40% |
| Wk 4 · Utah | 73 | ~21 (7–29) | 2 | 1 | 29% |
| Wk 5 · West Virginia | 76 | ~21 (7–29) | 3 | · | 28% |
| Wk 6 · BYU | 57 | ~43 (28–52) | 4 | · | 75% |
| Season | 370 | 117 (66–154) | 12 | 1 | 32% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Iowa State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Omari Hayes | WR | SR | 17 | 208 | 1 | 16% | +0.40 |
| 2 | Cody Jackson | WR | SR | 10 | 191 | 1 | 13% | +0.61 |
| 11 | Dominic Overby | WR | SO | 10 | 212 | 1 | 19% | +0.34 |
| 89 | Ty Claiborne | WR | SR | 10 | 103 | 0 | 10% | +0.41 |
| 13 | Jamal Polite Jr. | WR | FR | 7 | 88 | 1 | 9% | +0.33 |
| 4 | Carter Pabst | WR | SO | 1 | 24 | 0 | 11% | +1.27 |
| 8 | Evan Boyd | WR | JR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6% | -0.48 |
| 23 | Carson Robbins | WR | SO | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6% | +1.39 |
| 12 | Braden Goellner | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jordyn Bailey | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Zach Eskildsen | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jeffrey Roberts | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Trevor Fortenberry | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Ray Coffey | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Iowa State depth chart →