Receiver, Oklahoma (from Fresno State), 2010–⁠13

Jalen Saunders

Number
No. 6
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Elk Grove, CA
Born
Sep 30, 1992, in Elk Grove, California

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Jalen Saunders played receiver at Fresno State (2010–⁠11) and Oklahoma (2012–⁠13). The New York Jets took Saunders in round 4, No. 104 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,065
Receiving yards, 2011 (Fresno State, 4–⁠9)
Drafted
No. 104
Round 4, 2014 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Career highs

15catches, career highvs. Notre Dame, 2012181receiving yards, career highvs. Notre Dame, 20122receiving touchdowns, career highsix times; last vs. Alabama, 2013

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Fresno State3046215.4378
2011Fresno State501,06521.31288
2012Oklahoma6282913.4376
2013Oklahoma6172912.0876
Career2033,08515.22688

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Fresno State3273806690
2012Oklahoma–––5881
2013Oklahoma1550203082
Career337930314653

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Fresno State191668.7036
2011Fresno State89111.4231
2013Oklahoma5448.8037
Career323019.4237

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
2010Fresno State6WR
2011Fresno State6WR
2012Oklahoma6WR
2013Oklahoma6WR5′9″

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
2013Oklahoma600.7543rd (n=341)0.8145.27%

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

2013 Oklahoma 13 games, 61 catches, 729 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.UL MonroeW 34–⁠03302––4
Sep 7vs.West VirginiaW 16–⁠74600––3
Sep 14vs.TulsaW 51–⁠203471––1
Sep 28atNotre DameW 35–⁠217460––1
Oct 5vs.TCUW 20–⁠175300––1
Oct 12vs.TexasL 20–⁠363180–––
Oct 19atKansasW 34–⁠194470––2
Oct 26vs.Texas TechW 38–⁠3061532–––
Nov 7atBaylorL 12–⁠4167401551
Nov 16vs.Iowa StateW 48–⁠103150––2
Nov 23atKansas StateW 41–⁠317950––1
Dec 7atOklahoma StateW 33–⁠245391––2
Jan 2 ✦vs.AlabamaW 45–⁠315752––2
2012 Oklahoma 9 games, 62 catches, 829 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 13vs.TexasW 63–⁠212540–––
Oct 20vs.KansasW 52–⁠73340––1
Oct 27vs.Notre DameL 13–⁠30151810–––
Nov 3atIowa StateW 35–⁠204540–––
Nov 10vs.BaylorW 42–⁠345500–––
Nov 17atWest VirginiaW 50–⁠4971231–––
Nov 24vs.Oklahoma StateW 51–⁠48101621––3
Dec 1atTCUW 24–⁠1771081–––
Jan 4 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 13–⁠419630––1
2011 Fresno State 13 games, 50 catches, 1,065 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atCaliforniaL 21–⁠362220–––
Sep 10atNebraskaL 29–⁠421170–––
Sep 17vs.North DakotaW 27–⁠2231542–––
Sep 24atIdahoW 48–⁠2451422–––
Oct 1vs.Ole MissL 28–⁠3861270–––
Oct 7vs.Boise StateL 7–⁠57110–––
Oct 15vs.Utah StateW 31–⁠214611–––
Oct 22atNevadaL 38–⁠454761–––
Nov 5vs.Louisiana TechL 21–⁠418691–––
Nov 12atNew Mexico StateL 45–⁠4871742–––
Nov 19atHawai’iW 24–⁠213671–––
Nov 26vs.San José StateL 24–⁠273501–––
Dec 3atSan Diego StateL 28–⁠3531051–––
2010 Fresno State 13 games, 30 catches, 462 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4vs.CincinnatiW 28–⁠141180–––
Sep 18atUtah StateW 41–⁠24214051102
Sep 25atOle MissL 38–⁠55580151341
Oct 2vs.Cal PolyW 38–⁠1723403842
Oct 9vs.Hawai’iL 27–⁠4915016138–
Oct 16vs.New Mexico StateW 33–⁠103640490–
Oct 23atSan José StateW 33–⁠182200–––
Nov 6atLouisiana TechW 40–⁠343130474–
Nov 13vs.NevadaL 34–⁠351905108–
Nov 19atBoise StateL 0–⁠511100––1
Nov 27vs.IdahoW 23–⁠205510–––
Dec 3vs.IllinoisW 25–⁠231781–––
Dec 18 ✦vs.Northern IllinoisL 17–⁠403210–––

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (South team, won 20–⁠10).

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′8⅞″
Weight165 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size8⅞″
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.55 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′2″
3-cone drill7.29 s
20-yard shuttle4.34 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 8 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014New Orleans Saints8170

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2017–⁠18CFLHamilton Tiger-Cats
2020XFLHouston Roughnecks
2020CFLOttawa Redblacks
2022CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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