J.J. Arcega-Whiteside at Stanford, 2018
Photo: Daniel Hartwig from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Stanford, 2015–⁠18

J.J. Arcega-Whiteside

Number
No. 19
Height
6′3″
Weight
221 lb
Class (2018)
Senior
Hometown
Inman, SC
Born
Dec 31, 1996, in Zaragoza

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J.J. Arcega-Whiteside played receiver at Stanford (2015–⁠18). The Philadelphia Eagles took Arcega-Whiteside in round 2, No. 57 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,040
Receiving yards, 2018 (Stanford, 9–⁠4)
Best game
226 yards
Vs. San Diego State, week 1, 2018: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2018
Drafted
No. 57
Round 2, 2019 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Washington State, 2018226receiving yards, career highvs. San Diego State, 20183receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last at UCLA, 2018

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2016Stanford2437915.8561
2017Stanford4878116.3945
2018Stanford621,04016.81480
Career1342,20016.42880

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Stanford19WRFr.
2016Stanford19WRSo.
2017Stanford19WRJr.
2018Stanford19WRSr.6′3″221

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
2016Stanford361.0498th (n=489)0.5237.46%
2017Stanford740.9593rd (n=507)0.5270.011%
2018Stanford920.9996th (n=497)0.5391.012%

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

2018 Stanford 12 games, 62 catches, 1,040 yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.San Diego StateW 31–⁠106226380
Sep 8vs.USCW 17–⁠3462029
Sep 15vs.UC DavisW 30–⁠10336219
Sep 22atOregonW 38–⁠31484240
Sep 29atNotre DameL 17–⁠3853019
Oct 6vs.UtahL 21–⁠408103022
Oct 18atArizona StateW 20–⁠13791128
Oct 27vs.Washington StateL 38–⁠41992225
Nov 3atWashingtonL 23–⁠27111011
Nov 24atUCLAW 49–⁠427106323
Dec 1atCaliforniaW 23–⁠135109031
Dec 31 ✦vs.PittsburghW 14–⁠13390049
2017 Stanford 11 games, 48 catches, 781 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 9atUSCL 24–⁠42467139
Sep 23vs.UCLAW 58–⁠34562022
Sep 30vs.Arizona StateW 34–⁠24463140
Oct 14vs.OregonW 49–⁠76112234
Oct 26atOregon StateW 15–⁠14330125
Nov 4atWashington StateL 21–⁠24352024
Nov 10vs.WashingtonW 30–⁠225130039
Nov 18vs.CaliforniaW 17–⁠14779033
Nov 25vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠20438121
Dec 1vs.USCL 28–⁠31287045
Dec 28 ✦vs.TCUL 37–⁠39561321
2016 Stanford 10 games, 24 catches, 379 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 24atUCLAW 22–⁠13329114
Sep 30atWashingtonL 6–⁠44224119
Oct 8vs.Washington StateL 16–⁠42568128
Oct 15atNotre DameW 17–⁠10––––
Oct 29atArizonaW 34–⁠101515
Nov 5vs.Oregon StateW 26–⁠151505
Nov 12atOregonW 52–⁠274106161
Nov 19atCaliforniaW 45–⁠314107059
Nov 26vs.RiceW 41–⁠171707
Dec 30 ✦vs.North CarolinaW 25–⁠23328017

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2019Combine or pro day 2019
Height6′2″
Weight225 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan79⅞″W
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.58 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump9′11″
3-cone drill7.23 s
20-yard shuttle4.41 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2019Philadelphia Eagles9101691
2020Philadelphia Eagles54850
2021Philadelphia Eagles72360
NFL career21162901

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2024CFLToronto Argonauts *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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