Donovan Peoples-Jones with the Cleveland Browns, 2021
With the Cleveland Browns, 2021. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Michigan, 2017–⁠19

Donovan Peoples-Jones

Number
No. 9
Height
6′2″
Weight
208 lb
Class (2019)
Junior
Hometown
Detroit, MI
Born
Feb 19, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan

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Donovan Peoples-Jones played receiver at Michigan (2017–⁠19). The Cleveland Browns took Peoples-Jones in round 6, No. 187 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
581
Receiving yards, 2018 (Michigan, 10–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 187
Round 6, 2020 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

7catches, career highat Ohio State, 201890receiving yards, career highvs. SMU, 20183receiving touchdowns, career highvs. SMU, 2018

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2017Michigan2227712.6048
2018Michigan4558112.9879
2019Michigan3443812.9641
Career1011,29612.81479

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2017Michigan413201
2018Michigan252501
2019Michigan241730
Career907432

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Michigan9WRFr.
2018Michigan9WRSo.
2019Michigan9WRJr.6′2″208

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2017Michigan460.2511th (n=507)0.5211.56%
2018Michigan690.7276th (n=497)0.5349.78%
2019Michigan580.5347th (n=499)0.5430.48%

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

2019 Michigan 11 games, 34 catches, 438 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 21atWisconsinL 14–⁠35151–
Sep 28vs.RutgersW 52–⁠046203
Oct 5vs.IowaW 10–⁠342601
Oct 12atIllinoisW 42–⁠2533611
Oct 19atPenn StateL 21–⁠2854605
Oct 26vs.Notre DameW 45–⁠1422814
Nov 2atMarylandW 38–⁠721105
Nov 16vs.Michigan StateW 44–⁠1044812
Nov 23atIndianaW 39–⁠1457311
Nov 30vs.Ohio StateL 27–⁠5636911
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaL 16–⁠3513401
2018 Michigan 13 games, 45 catches, 581 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 1atNotre DameL 17–⁠2463802
Sep 8vs.Western MichiganW 49–⁠343111
Sep 15vs.SMUW 45–⁠2049032
Sep 22vs.NebraskaW 56–⁠1011003
Sep 29atNorthwesternW 20–⁠1721405
Oct 6vs.MarylandW 42–⁠2113412
Oct 13vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠1333002
Oct 20atMichigan StateW 21–⁠717913
Nov 3vs.Penn StateW 42–⁠733812
Nov 10atRutgersW 42–⁠75830–
Nov 17vs.IndianaW 31–⁠2023002
Nov 24atOhio StateL 39–⁠627640–
Dec 29 ✦vs.FloridaL 15–⁠4164011
2017 Michigan 13 games, 22 catches, 277 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 2vs.FloridaW 33–⁠17–––5
Sep 9vs.CincinnatiW 36–⁠14–––3
Sep 16vs.Air ForceW 29–⁠1325202
Sep 23atPurdueW 28–⁠101801
Oct 7vs.Michigan StateL 10–⁠14–––3
Oct 14atIndianaW 27–⁠2043405
Oct 21atPenn StateL 13–⁠4234301
Oct 28vs.RutgersW 35–⁠14–––3
Nov 4vs.MinnesotaW 33–⁠1021805
Nov 11atMarylandW 35–⁠10–––1
Nov 18atWisconsinL 10–⁠2446404
Nov 25vs.Ohio StateL 20–⁠31–––3
Jan 1 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 19–⁠2665805

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2020
Height6′1⅝″
Weight212 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size10⅛″
Wingspan79¼″W
40-yard dash4.48 s
10-yard split1.54 sW
Vertical jump44½″
Broad jump11′7″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 56 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2020Cleveland Browns12143042
2021Cleveland Browns13345973
2022Cleveland Browns17618393
2023Detroit Lions14131550
NFL career561221,8958

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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