Receiver, Michigan (from Youngstown State), 2021–⁠25

C.J. Charleston

Number: No. 82
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2025): Senior
Hometown: Gates Mills, OH

C.J. Charleston played receiver at Youngstown State (2021–⁠23) and Michigan (2024–⁠25).

6catches, career highvs. Robert Morris, 2023 119receiving yards, career highvs. Robert Morris, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

501

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2021	Youngstown State	3	18	6.0	0	8
2023*	Youngstown State	32	501	15.7	4	72
2024	Michigan	1	22	22.0	0	22
Career		36	541	15.0	4	72

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2021	Youngstown State	82	WR	Yr 1
2022	Youngstown State	82	WR	Yr 2
2023	Youngstown State	82	WR	Yr 3
2024	Michigan	82	WR	Yr 4
2025	Michigan	82	WR	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′0″	190

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage
2021	Youngstown State (FCS)	3	1.10	–	–	3.3	–
2023	Youngstown State (FCS)	31	1.23	92nd (n=681)	0.80	38.2	4%
2024	Michigan	1	1.81	–	–	1.8	–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Michigan 1 game, 1 catch, 22 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 7	vs.Texas	L 12–⁠31	1	22	0	22

2023 Youngstown State 12 games, 32 catches, 501 yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Aug 31	vs.Valparaiso	W 52–⁠10	4	47	1	17
Sep 9	atOhio State	L 7–⁠35	1	7	0	7
Sep 16	vs.Robert Morris	W 48–⁠28	6	119	0	34
Sep 30	atNorthern Iowa	L 41–⁠44	5	88	0	27
Oct 7	vs.Southern Illinois	W 31–⁠3	3	28	0	18
Oct 14	atSouth Dakota	L 31–⁠34	2	20	0	11
Oct 21	vs.Illinois State	W 41–⁠38	2	81	1	72
Oct 28	vs.Missouri State	W 44–⁠28	3	51	1	32
Nov 4	atIndiana State	W 19–⁠7	2	18	0	10
Nov 11	vs.South Dakota State	L 0–⁠34	1	22	0	22
Nov 18	atMurray State	W 34–⁠17	2	11	0	6
Nov 25 ✦	vs.Duquesne	W 40–⁠7	1	9	1	9