Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Charting
Where Watson's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
2025 charting · Purdue
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Watson’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted7 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 |  Purdue#71 · 3-4 | 2 | 8% | 4 | 65 | 0 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | Purdue#100 · 2-10 | 6 | 25% | 8 | 80 | 2 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | Purdue#122 · 1-11 | 1 | 1% | 1 | 16 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jesse Watson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Jesse Watson'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 |  Indiana State | W 44–19 | 6.7 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 50 |
| 2 |  Wake Forest | L 36–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 | @ UCLA | L 38–52 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 |  Notre Dame | L 10–49 | 4.5 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | @ Illinois | W 24–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 6 |  Minnesota | W 41–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 |  Washington | L 26–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 5.6 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 50 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1114th / 1994 |
| Yards | 65 | 899th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 16.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 50 | — |
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 | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Indiana State | 74 | ~18 (6–25) | 2 | 24% |
| Wk 4 · Notre Dame | 68 | ~19 (6–26) | 3 | 28% |
| Season | 482 | 37 (16–49) | 5 | 8% |
Position Room
16 WRs on the Purdue roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asaad Waseem | WR | 38 | 588 | 1 | 22% | +0.54 | ||
| Xavier Townsend | WR | 32 | 370 | 2 | 18% | +0.52 | ||
| 5 | Chauncey Magwood | WR | SR | 18 | 221 | 1 | 13% | +0.50 |
| 11 | Tra'Mar Harris | WR | SO | 11 | 150 | 2 | 9% | +0.54 |
| 8 | De'Nylon Morrissette | WR | SR | 8 | 125 | 1 | 7% | +0.39 |
| Jesse Watson | WR | 4 | 65 | 0 | 7% | +0.97 | ||
| 17 | Bisi Owens | WR | SR | 3 | 29 | 1 | 6% | +0.87 |
| 0 | Jaylan Hornsby | WR | SO | 2 | 22 | 0 | 5% | -0.15 |
| 33 | Quinn Rosenkranz | WR | FR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3% | +1.20 |
| 9 | Jalil Hall | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Corey Smith | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ricky Sampson Jr. | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Brandon Kinsey | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Andrew Adkison | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Nolan Buckman | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Jojo Johnson | 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. Purdue depth chart →