Receiver, Southern Illinois, 2022–⁠25

Jathen Jones

Number
No. 13
Height
6′4″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Saint Louis, MO

Jathen Jones played receiver at Southern Illinois (2022–⁠25).

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. North Dakota, 2025108receiving yards, career highvs. South Dakota, 20252receiving touchdowns, career highvs. South Dakota, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Southern Illinois26030.0042
2024*Southern Illinois513226.4155
2025Southern Illinois3768118.4663
Career4487319.8763

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Southern Illinois13WRFr.
2024Southern Illinois13WRJr.
2025Southern Illinois13WRSr.6′4″210

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
2022Southern Illinois (FCS)21.34––2.7–
2025Southern Illinois (FCS)660.5260th (n=1040)0.4634.18%

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

2025 Southern Illinois 11 games, 37 catches, 681 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Thomas MoreW 49–⁠3466121–
Sep 6atPurdueL 17–⁠343390215
Sep 13atUT MartinW 37–⁠10465047–
Sep 20atSoutheast Missouri StateW 59–⁠31272154–
Oct 4vs.Indiana StateW 55–⁠27230120–
Oct 11atNorth Dakota StateL 17–⁠45452015–
Oct 18vs.North DakotaL 19–⁠38651012–
Oct 25vs.Northern IowaW 31–⁠17352138–
Nov 8atYoungstown StateL 38–⁠48286058–
Nov 15vs.South DakotaL 51–⁠533108263–
Nov 22atIllinois StateW 37–⁠7460026–
2024 Southern Illinois 3 games, 5 catches, 132 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 28atSouth DakotaL 13–⁠42260041–
Nov 9vs.Youngstown StateW 37–⁠33271055–
Nov 23vs.Murray StateW 62–⁠01111–
2022 Southern Illinois 2 games, 2 catches, 60 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atIncarnate WordL 29–⁠64118018–
Oct 29vs.Northern IowaL 36–⁠37142042–

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

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