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 | 10 | — |
| Target share | 5.2% | — |
| Catch rate | 40.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 30.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 3.3 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 20.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 5 | — |
| 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 targeted10 targets charted
2025 charting · UTSA
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Jr.’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted17 targets charted
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  UTSA#75 · 6-1 | 6 | 20% | 4 | 33 | 0 | 5.2% |
| 2025 | UTSA#56 · 7-6 | 8 | 23% | 13 | 132 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 2024 | UTSA#72 · 7-6 | 8 | 21% | 10 | 116 | 2 | 4.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jamel Hardy Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Jamel Hardy 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  UT Rio Grande Valley | W 45–16 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | @ Texas State | W 31–26 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 | @ Texas | L 6–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 |  Colorado State | W 59–45 | 3.3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | @ Rice | W 16–14 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  South Florida | W 31–24 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 |  Navy | W 38–34 | 5.3 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026 · 4 games | 3.9 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 19 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1117th / 1995 |
| Yards | 33 | 1233rd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 8.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 19 | — |
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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · UT Rio Grande Valley | ✓ WR | 58 | ~33 (11–45) | 4 | 57% |
| Wk 2 · Texas State | — | 74 | ~9 (3–15) | 1 | 12% |
| Wk 4 · Colorado State | — | 72 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | 15% |
| Wk 5 · Rice | — | 71 | ~17 (5–23) | 2 | 24% |
| Wk 6 · South Florida | — | 75 | ~12 (4–20) | 1 | 16% |
| Wk 7 · Navy | — | 70 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | 16% |
| Season | 1 GS | 466 | 93 (58–113) | 10 | 20% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the UTSA roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | David Amador II | WR | JR | 35 | 288 | 1 | 22% | +0.22 |
| 14 | Mekhi Anderson | WR | SO | 26 | 302 | 3 | 14% | +0.61 |
| 15 | DJ Allen Jr. | WR | SR | 24 | 325 | 2 | 13% | +0.73 |
| AJ Wilson | WR | 20 | 260 | 1 | 14% | +0.38 | ||
| 13 | Jamel Hardy Jr. | WR | JR | 4 | 33 | 0 | 5% | -0.45 |
| TJ West | WR | 4 | 41 | 0 | 8% | +0.28 | ||
| 17 | James Madison II | WR | SO | — | — | — | 3% | -0.64 |
| 24 | Mekhi Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Tangoh Njoh | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Caleb Garcia | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Cael Meisman | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Wyatt Smiley | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Prince Hall | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Chris Dupree | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. UTSA depth chart →