Receiver, Western Illinois (from Notre Dame, Illinois), 2018–⁠22

Jafar Armstrong

Number
No. 9
Height
6′1″
Weight
220 lb
Class (2022)
Senior
Hometown
Lee’s Summit, MO

Jafar Armstrong played receiver at Notre Dame (2018–⁠20), Illinois (2021) and Western Illinois (2022).

Career highs

98rushing yards, career highat Wake Forest, 20182rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Wake Forest, 201885receiving yards, career highvs. North Dakota State, 20222receiving touchdowns, career highvs. North Dakota State, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2018Notre Dame1415911.4027
2019Notre Dame13977.5026
2020Notre Dame33812.7020
2022Western Illinois2836313.0358
Career5865711.3358

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2018Notre Dame723835.3742
2019Notre Dame461222.7128
2020Notre Dame1780.519
2022Western Illinois6−1−0.209
Career1415123.6942

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2018Notre Dame1200
2019Notre Dame4460
2020Notre Dame1360
2022Western Illinois122730
Career183750

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Notre Dame9WRYr 1
2019Notre Dame9WRYr 2
2020Notre Dame9WRYr 3
2021Illinois9WRYr 4
2022Western Illinois9WRSr. (Yr 5)6′1″220

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2018Notre Dame880.3319th (n=497)0.5329.112%0.25
2019Notre Dame63-0.131st (n=499)0.54-8.511%0.00
2020Notre Dame21-0.17––-3.710%–
2022Western Illinois (FCS)330.3913th (n=683)0.7112.89%–

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Western Illinois 11 games, 28 catches, 363 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1atUT MartinL 25–⁠422341310
Sep 10atMinnesotaL 10–⁠62572038−2
Sep 17vs.Southern UtahL 10–⁠1729052
Sep 24vs.Northern IowaL 17–⁠521202–
Oct 1atSouth Dakota StateL 10–⁠3421106–
Oct 15atSouthern IllinoisL 7–⁠30336023−1
Oct 22vs.Youngstown StateL 27–⁠28229023–
Oct 29atMissouri StateL 14–⁠64230019–
Nov 5vs.North Dakota StateL 17–⁠56385258–
Nov 12vs.Indiana StateL 0–⁠21332019–
Nov 19atIllinois StateL 13–⁠20323013–
2020 Notre Dame 4 games, 3 catches, 38 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 12vs.DukeW 27–⁠132200205
Sep 19vs.South FloridaW 52–⁠01180187
Oct 10vs.Florida StateW 42–⁠26–––––
Oct 24atPittsburghW 45–⁠3––––−4
2019 Notre Dame 8 games, 13 catches, 97 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atLouisvilleW 35–⁠1711601610
Oct 12vs.USCW 30–⁠27––––−4
Oct 26atMichiganL 14–⁠4514043
Nov 2vs.Virginia TechW 21–⁠2044902637
Nov 9atDukeW 38–⁠7280413
Nov 16vs.NavyW 52–⁠202120811
Nov 30atStanfordW 45–⁠24230444
Dec 28 ✦vs.Iowa StateW 33–⁠915058
2018 Notre Dame 10 games, 14 catches, 159 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.MichiganW 24–⁠172110935
Sep 8vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠1636102766
Sep 15vs.VanderbiltW 22–⁠17––––46
Sep 22atWake ForestW 56–⁠272150898
Oct 27vs.NavyW 44–⁠2256402752
Nov 3atNorthwesternW 31–⁠21––––18
Nov 10vs.Florida StateW 42–⁠13––––44
Nov 17vs.SyracuseW 36–⁠3––––18
Nov 24atUSCW 24–⁠17––––0
Dec 29 ✦vs.ClemsonL 3–⁠3028046

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

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