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

Receiver, Texas Tech, 2011–⁠15

Jakeem Grant

Lettered 2012–⁠15 (school media guide)

Number
No. 11
Height
5′7″
Hometown
Mesquite, TX
Born
Oct 30, 1992, in Athens, Texas

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Jakeem Grant played receiver at Texas Tech (2011–⁠15). The Miami Dolphins took Grant in round 6, No. 186 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,268
Receiving yards, 2015 (Texas Tech, 7–⁠6)
Best game
166 yards
Vs. Iowa State, week 6, 2015: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 186
Round 6, 2016 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

13catches, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 2015178receiving yards, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 20153receiving touchdowns, career highvs. LSU, 2015

Honors

All-America: AP third team 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Texas Tech322848.9342
2013Texas Tech6579612.2751
2014Texas Tech6793814.0759
2015Texas Tech901,26814.11090
Career2543,28612.92790

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2012Texas Tech62372–––
2013Texas Tech194000–––
2014Texas Tech235150110
2015Texas Tech401,0172–––
Career882,1694110

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Texas Tech8192.4014
2013Texas Tech12776.4018
2014Texas Tech5357.0018
2015Texas Tech8688.5240
Career331996.0240

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Texas Tech11WR
2012Texas Tech11WR
2013Texas Tech11WR
2014Texas Tech11WR
2015Texas Tech11WR5′7″

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
2013Texas Tech650.8556th (n=341)0.8155.17%
2014Texas Tech1030.5960th (n=496)0.5260.511%
2015Texas Tech1320.7179th (n=465)0.5393.312%

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

2015 Texas Tech 13 games, 90 catches, 1,268 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 5vs.Sam HoustonW 59–⁠4567103136–
Sep 12vs.UTEPW 69–⁠2071411237–
Sep 19atArkansasW 35–⁠248750463–
Sep 26vs.TCUL 52–⁠5581261278–
Oct 3vs.BaylorL 35–⁠636690359–
Oct 10vs.Iowa StateW 66–⁠3191662222–
Oct 17atKansasW 30–⁠205710239–
Oct 24atOklahomaL 27–⁠6375506148–
Oct 31vs.Oklahoma StateL 53–⁠701317813146–
Nov 7atWest VirginiaL 26–⁠315815131–
Nov 14vs.Kansas StateW 59–⁠444780337–
Nov 26atTexasW 48–⁠4521051260–
Dec 29 ✦vs.LSUL 27–⁠56101253361–
2014 Texas Tech 12 games, 67 catches, 938 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.Central ArkansasW 42–⁠356480387–
Sep 6atUTEPW 30–⁠2681500–––
Sep 13vs.ArkansasL 28–⁠496851376–
Sep 25atOklahoma StateL 35–⁠4512100161471
Oct 4atKansas StateL 13–⁠457902367–
Oct 11vs.West VirginiaL 34–⁠375841130–
Oct 18vs.KansasW 34–⁠216720–––
Oct 25atTCUL 27–⁠822700363–
Nov 1vs.TexasL 13–⁠341100–––
Nov 15vs.OklahomaL 30–⁠424511126–
Nov 22atIowa StateW 34–⁠315230319–
Nov 29vs.BaylorL 46–⁠4851551–––
2013 Texas Tech 11 games, 65 catches, 796 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30atSMUW 41–⁠235381237–
Sep 7vs.Stephen F. AustinW 61–⁠134771258–
Sep 12vs.TCUW 20–⁠105380–––
Sep 21vs.Texas StateW 33–⁠74590–––
Oct 5atKansasW 54–⁠167920–––
Oct 12vs.Iowa StateW 42–⁠355901246–
Oct 26atOklahomaL 30–⁠388991372–
Nov 2vs.Oklahoma StateL 34–⁠526690486–
Nov 9vs.Kansas StateL 26–⁠499730347–
Nov 16vs.BaylorL 34–⁠636721118–
Dec 30 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 37–⁠236892236–
2012 Texas Tech 11 games, 32 catches, 284 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Northwestern StateW 44–⁠63250–––
Sep 8atTexas StateW 58–⁠105780–––
Sep 15vs.New MexicoW 49–⁠14230–––
Sep 29atIowa StateW 24–⁠132231–––
Oct 13vs.West VirginiaW 49–⁠144370–––
Oct 20atTCUW 56–⁠533451–––
Oct 27atKansas StateL 24–⁠55350–––
Nov 10vs.KansasW 41–⁠346321–––
Nov 17atOklahoma StateL 21–⁠592280115–
Nov 24vs.BaylorL 45–⁠522802103–
Dec 28 ✦vs.MinnesotaW 34–⁠31–––3119–

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2016
Height5′5⅞″
Weight165 lb
Arm length29¾″
Hand size8⅝″
Wingspan71″W
40-yard dash4.37 s
10-yard split1.54 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.03 s
20-yard shuttle4.03 s

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

In the NFL

6 seasons, 77 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.

Pro Bowl: 2021 · First-team All-Pro: 2021 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2020–⁠21)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2020–⁠21; Sporting News first team 2021.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Miami Dolphins14000
2017Miami Dolphins15132032
2018Miami Dolphins10212682
2019Miami Dolphins9191640
2020Miami Dolphins14363731
2021Chicago Bears15111322
NFL career771001,1407

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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