Receiver, Duke (from LSU, Charlotte), 2022–26
Javen Nicholas
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- New Orleans, LA
Javen Nicholas plays receiver for Duke, after LSU (2022–24) and Charlotte (2025). Last time out, against North Carolina: 2 catches, 14 yards.
2026 so far
3 catches, 13 yards
Last game: 2 catches, 14 yards vs. North Carolina, L 20–24
Next game: at Virginia, Oct 23
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
At a glance
Career highs
11catches, career highvs. North Carolina, 2025187receiving yards, career highvs. North Texas, 20252receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at East Carolina, 2025Receiving
* The season in progress, so far.
Returns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | LSU | 5 | WR | Yr 1 | ||
| 2023 | LSU | 5 | WR | Yr 2 | ||
| 2024 | LSU | 5 | WR | Yr 3 | ||
| 2025 | Charlotte | 5 | WR | Yr 4 | ||
| 2026 | Duke | 5 | WR | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′9″ | 190 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | LSU | 1 | -0.59 | – | – | -0.6 | – |
| 2024 | LSU | 3 | 0.55 | – | – | 1.6 | – |
| 2025 | Charlotte | 87 | 0.50 | 57th (n=1040) | 0.46 | 43.4 | 12% |
| 2026 | Duke | 3 | -0.13 | – | – | -0.4 | – |
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
2026 Duke 2 games, 3 catches, 13 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs. Stanford | W 35–7 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 17 | vs. North Carolina | L 20–24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – |
2025 Charlotte 12 games, 60 catches, 740 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. App State | L 11–34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 6 | vs.North Carolina | L 3–20 | 11 | 122 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Monmouth | W 42–35 | 5 | 46 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Rice | L 17–28 | 5 | 93 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 3 | at South Florida | L 26–54 | 5 | 36 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 11 | at Army | L 7–24 | 2 | −2 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. Temple | L 14–49 | 5 | 50 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 24 | vs. North Texas | L 20–54 | 7 | 187 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 8 | at East Carolina | L 22–48 | 3 | 90 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. UTSA | L 7–28 | 6 | 45 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 22 | at Georgia | L 3–35 | 6 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 29 | at Tulane | L 0–27 | 4 | 40 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
2024 LSU 3 games, 3 catches, 24 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. Nicholls | W 44–21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. South Alabama | W 42–10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. Oklahoma | W 37–17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2023 LSU 3 games, 7 returns, 113 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 | vs. Georgia State | W 56–14 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Texas A&M | W 42–30 | – | – | – | 1 | 27 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Wisconsin | W 35–31 | – | – | – | 4 | 59 | – |
2022 LSU 3 games, 1 catch, 2 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. Southern | W 65–17 | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Mississippi State | W 31–16 | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Purdue | W 63–7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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