Jaelen Strong in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Arizona State, 2013–⁠14

Jaelen Strong

Number
No. 21
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Philadelphia, PA
Born
Jan 25, 1994, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Jaelen Strong played receiver at Arizona State (2013–⁠14). The Houston Texans took Strong in round 3, No. 70 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,165
Receiving yards, 2014 (Arizona State, 10–⁠3)
Best game
202 yards
At USC, week 6, 2014: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 70
Round 3, 2015 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

12catches, career hightwice; last vs. UCLA, 2014202receiving yards, career highat USC, 20143receiving touchdowns, career highat USC, 2014

Honors

All-America: ESPN 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Arizona State751,12215.0769
2014Arizona State821,16514.21077
Career1572,28714.61777

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Arizona State21WR
2014Arizona State21WR6′3″

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
2013Arizona State691.0178th (n=341)0.8169.97%
2014Arizona State1150.5962nd (n=496)0.5268.414%

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

2014 Arizona State 12 games, 82 catches, 1,165 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 28vs.Weber StateW 45–⁠1410146035
Sep 6atNew MexicoW 58–⁠23343124
Sep 13atColoradoW 38–⁠24677145
Sep 25vs.UCLAL 27–⁠6212146025
Oct 4atUSCW 38–⁠3410202377
Oct 18vs.StanfordW 26–⁠10875115
Oct 25atWashingtonW 24–⁠10355123
Nov 1vs.UtahW 19–⁠16577132
Nov 8vs.Notre DameW 55–⁠31558116
Nov 15atOregon StateL 27–⁠359103025
Nov 28atArizonaL 35–⁠42480150
Dec 27 ✦vs.DukeW 36–⁠317103049
2013 Arizona State 14 games, 75 catches, 1,122 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.Sacramento StateW 55–⁠0658124
Sep 14vs.WisconsinW 32–⁠306104024
Sep 21atStanfordL 28–⁠4212168134
Sep 28vs.USCW 62–⁠417103025
Oct 5vs.Notre DameL 34–⁠378136136
Oct 12vs.ColoradoW 54–⁠133109169
Oct 19vs.WashingtonW 53–⁠243704
Oct 31atWashington StateW 55–⁠21435111
Nov 9atUtahW 20–⁠193804
Nov 16vs.Oregon StateW 30–⁠177106029
Nov 23atUCLAW 38–⁠33691126
Nov 30vs.ArizonaW 58–⁠214142161
Dec 7vs.StanfordL 14–⁠38227018
Dec 30 ✦vs.Texas TechL 23–⁠37428015

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′2⅜″
Weight217 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9″
Wingspan76¾″W
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.57 s
Vertical jump42″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press14 repsW
3-cone drill7.34 s
20-yard shuttle4.21 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, 18 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Houston Texans10141613
2016Houston Texans6141310
2017Jacksonville Jaguars23381
NFL career18313304

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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