Jared Sparks

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.

2021 UL Monroe 11 games, 30 catches, 336 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 4	atKentucky	L 10–⁠45	2	−3	0	1	–
Sep 18	vs.Jackson State	W 12–⁠7	3	27	0	21	–
Sep 25	vs.Troy	W 29–⁠16	3	63	0	37	–
Oct 2	atCoastal Carolina	L 6–⁠59	3	17	0	7	–
Oct 9	vs.Georgia State	L 21–⁠55	3	29	0	17	–
Oct 16	vs.Liberty	W 31–⁠28	3	29	0	21	–
Oct 23	vs.South Alabama	W 41–⁠31	4	45	1	20	–
Oct 30	atApp State	L 28–⁠59	2	29	0	24	–
Nov 6	atTexas State	L 19–⁠27	2	42	0	43	–
Nov 20	atLSU	L 14–⁠27	1	16	0	16	–
Nov 27	atLouisiana	L 16–⁠21	4	42	0	24	–

2020 Purdue 2 games, 4 catches, 38 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Oct 24	vs.Iowa	W 24–⁠20	2	6	0	6	–
Oct 31	atIllinois	W 31–⁠24	2	32	0	20	–

2019 Purdue 3 games, 8 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Aug 30	atNevada	L 31–⁠34	3	26	0	21	–
Sep 7	vs.Vanderbilt	W 42–⁠24	2	65	1	50	–
Oct 19	atIowa	L 20–⁠26	3	17	0	6	–

2018 Purdue 11 games, 28 catches, 274 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Aug 30	vs.Northwestern	L 27–⁠31	6	76	0	19	–
Sep 8	vs.Eastern Michigan	L 19–⁠20	1	11	0	11	–
Sep 15	vs.Missouri	L 37–⁠40	6	51	0	16	–
Sep 22	vs.Boston College	W 30–⁠13	1	8	0	8	9
Sep 29	atNebraska	W 42–⁠28	3	14	0	9	–
Oct 13	atIllinois	W 46–⁠7	3	18	0	10	3
Oct 20	vs.Ohio State	W 49–⁠20	3	43	0	18	–
Oct 27	atMichigan State	L 13–⁠23	1	4	0	4	–
Nov 10	atMinnesota	L 10–⁠41	–	–	–	–	0
Nov 17	vs.Wisconsin	L 44–⁠47	3	33	0	13	–
Nov 24	atIndiana	W 28–⁠21	1	16	0	16	–

2017 Purdue 11 games, 19 catches, 222 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 8	vs.Ohio	W 44–⁠21	–	–	–	–	24
Sep 16	atMissouri	W 35–⁠3	1	6	0	6	22
Sep 23	vs.Michigan	L 10–⁠28	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 7	vs.Minnesota	W 31–⁠17	4	48	0	24	–
Oct 14	atWisconsin	L 9–⁠17	–	–	–	–	2
Oct 21	atRutgers	L 12–⁠14	1	22	0	22	22
Oct 28	vs.Nebraska	L 24–⁠25	1	6	0	6	1
Nov 4	vs.Illinois	W 29–⁠10	–	–	–	–	40
Nov 11	atNorthwestern	L 13–⁠23	11	130	0	34	5
Nov 18	atIowa	W 24–⁠15	–	–	–	–	7
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Arizona	W 38–⁠35	1	10	0	10	–

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