Receiver, Campbell, 2020–⁠23

Jalen Kelsey

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 180 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Gainesville, FL

Jalen Kelsey played receiver at Campbell (2020–⁠23).

7catches, career highat North Carolina Central, 2023 172receiving yards, career highat North Carolina Central, 2023 2receiving touchdowns, career highat North Carolina Central, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

221

406

530

0–⁠43–⁠85–⁠65–⁠6

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2020	Campbell	18	221	12.3	1	42
2021	Campbell	2	39	19.5	0	24
2022	Campbell	32	406	12.7	1	61
2023	Campbell	34	530	15.6	4	70
Career		86	1,196	13.9	6	70

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	PR	Yds	TD
2020	Campbell	4	66	–	–	–
2022	Campbell	1	11	0	0	1
Career		5	77	0	0	1

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

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2020	Campbell	5	WR	Fr.
2021	Campbell	5	WR	So.
2022	Campbell	5	WR	Jr.
2023	Campbell	5	WR	Sr.	6′2″	180

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

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage
2020	Campbell	32	0.21	11th (n=346)	0.55	6.7	12%
2021	Campbell (FCS)	2	2.50	–	–	5.0	–
2022	Campbell (FCS)	10	1.12	–	–	11.2	–
2023	Campbell (FCS)	29	1.25	–	–	36.2	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

2023 Campbell 11 games, 34 catches, 530 yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Aug 31	vs.William & Mary	L 24–⁠34	6	85	0	23
Sep 9	atThe Citadel	W 56–⁠7	4	77	0	48
Sep 16	atMonmouth	W 45–⁠31	1	13	0	13
Sep 23	vs.Elon	L 24–⁠28	4	44	0	17
Sep 30	atNorth Carolina Central	L 48–⁠49	7	172	2	70
Oct 7	atHampton	W 30–⁠27	1	17	0	17
Oct 21	vs.Maine	W 34–⁠28	2	36	1	33
Oct 28	atRichmond	L 13–⁠44	1	4	0	4
Nov 4	atNorth Carolina	L 7–⁠59	2	24	0	13
Nov 11	vs.Delaware	L 7–⁠45	2	19	0	10
Nov 18	atNorth Carolina A&T	W 28–⁠14	4	39	1	16

2022 Campbell 10 games, 32 catches, 406 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 1	vs.The Citadel	W 29–⁠10	1	14	0	14
Sep 10	atWilliam & Mary	L 21–⁠37	1	10	0	10
Sep 17	atEast Carolina	L 10–⁠49	3	79	1	61
Oct 1	vs.North Carolina Central	W 48–⁠18	5	47	0	13
Oct 15	vs.Robert Morris	W 41–⁠10	1	20	0	20
Oct 22	atJackson State	L 14–⁠22	3	24	0	13
Oct 29	atNorth Carolina A&T	L 38–⁠45	5	51	0	20
Nov 5	atBryant	L 37–⁠43	5	84	0	37
Nov 12	vs.Gardner-Webb	L 35–⁠42	5	58	0	32
Nov 19	atDelaware State	W 34–⁠7	3	19	0	17

2021 Campbell 1 game, 2 catches, 39 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 4	atLiberty	L 7–⁠48	2	39	0	24

2020 Campbell 4 games, 18 catches, 221 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 12	atGeorgia Southern	L 26–⁠27	6	66	1	20
Sep 18	atCoastal Carolina	L 21–⁠43	3	32	0	17
Sep 26	atApp State	L 21–⁠52	3	61	0	42
Oct 2	atWake Forest	L 14–⁠66	6	62	0	24