Receiver, Illinois State, 2021–⁠24

Jalen Carr

Height
5′9″
Weight
175 lb
Class (2024)
Sophomore
Hometown
Orlando, FL

Jalen Carr played receiver at Illinois State (2021–⁠24).

Career highs

6catches, career hightwice; last at Indiana State, 202299receiving yards, career highat Indiana State, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Illinois State323099.7156
2023Illinois State181357.5130
2024Illinois State294.505
Career524538.7256

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2022Illinois State153640
2023Illinois State5620
2024Illinois State213940
Career418200

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamPosClassHtWt
2021Illinois StateWRYr 1
2022Illinois StateWRYr 2
2023Illinois StateWRYr 3
2024Illinois StateWRSo. (Yr 4)5′9″175

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
2021Illinois State (FCS)11.24––1.2–
2022Illinois State (FCS)240.53––12.85%
2023Illinois State (FCS)130.55––7.1–
2024Illinois State (FCS)20.24––0.5–

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

2024 Illinois State 12 games, 21 returns, 394 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Aug 31atIowaL 0–⁠40–––359
Sep 7atNorth AlabamaW 24–⁠17–––246
Sep 14vs.Western IllinoisW 51–⁠34–––112
Sep 21vs.Eastern IllinoisW 31–⁠7290––
Sep 28vs.North Dakota StateL 10–⁠42–––120
Oct 12vs.Missouri StateL 7–⁠41–––462
Nov 2vs.Youngstown StateW 23–⁠16–––10
Nov 9atNorthern IowaW 31–⁠9–––114
Nov 16atIndiana StateW 31–⁠19–––124
Nov 23vs.North DakotaW 35–⁠13–––254
Nov 30atSoutheast Missouri StateW 35–⁠27–––241
Dec 7atUC DavisL 10–⁠42–––362
2023 Illinois State 6 games, 18 catches, 135 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 2vs.DaytonW 41–⁠05400––
Sep 23vs.LindenwoodW 48–⁠17323018
Oct 7vs.South Dakota StateL 21–⁠40–––337
Oct 14vs.Indiana StateW 44–⁠75471––
Oct 21atYoungstown StateL 38–⁠415250––
Nov 11vs.Murray StateW 44–⁠7–––117
2022 Illinois State 11 games, 32 catches, 309 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 3atWisconsinL 0–⁠382360––
Sep 10vs.ValparaisoW 28–⁠211−10198
Sep 17vs.Eastern IllinoisW 35–⁠72260––
Oct 1vs.Southern IllinoisL 14–⁠194240365
Oct 8atNorthern IowaW 23–⁠216610––
Oct 15vs.South DakotaW 12–⁠10390––
Oct 22atIndiana StateW 27–⁠216991236
Oct 29atNorth Dakota StateL 7–⁠244420366
Nov 5vs.Youngstown StateL 17–⁠19–––215
Nov 12atSouth Dakota StateL 7–⁠31–––136
Nov 19vs.Western IllinoisW 20–⁠134130348
2021 Illinois State 1 game, 13 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 11atWestern MichiganL 0–⁠28–––––

No box score in the source for Oct 2 vs. Missouri State; Oct 16 vs. North Dakota State; Oct 23 at South Dakota; Nov 6 vs. Northern Iowa, so those games are not listed.

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

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