Receiver, Houston (from UCLA), 2017–⁠21

Jaylen Erwin

Lettered 2021 (school media guide)

Number: No. 15
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 180 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Jaylen Erwin played receiver at UCLA (2017–⁠20) and Houston (2021).

7catches, career highat Arizona, 2019

Receiving

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

339

188

4–⁠83–⁠412–⁠2AP 17

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2019	UCLA	32	339	10.6	2	39
2020	UCLA	1	22	22.0	0	22
2021	Houston	14	188	13.4	1	35
Career		47	549	11.7	3	39

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	UCLA	15	WR	RS
2018	UCLA	15	WR	Fr.
2019	UCLA	15	WR	So.
2020	UCLA	15	WR	Jr.
2021	Houston	15	WR	Sr.	5′11″	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
2019	UCLA	50	0.26	11th (n=499)	0.54	12.8	5%
2020	UCLA	2	0.49	–	–	1.0	–
2021	Houston	18	0.73	–	–	13.1	–

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

2021 Houston 8 games, 14 catches, 188 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 4	vs.Texas Tech	L 21–⁠38	1	5	0	5
Sep 25	vs.Navy	W 28–⁠20	1	6	0	6
Oct 1	atTulsa	W 45–⁠10	2	28	0	15
Oct 7	atTulane	W 40–⁠22	4	48	0	19
Oct 30	vs.SMU	W 44–⁠37	1	6	0	6
Nov 13	atTemple	W 37–⁠8	2	51	1	35
Nov 19	vs.Memphis	W 31–⁠13	1	16	0	16
Nov 27	atUConn	W 45–⁠17	2	28	0	16

2020 UCLA 1 game, 1 catch, 22 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Nov 7	atColorado	L 42–⁠48	1	22	0	22

2019 UCLA 12 games, 32 catches, 339 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Aug 29	atCincinnati	L 14–⁠24	3	37	0	39
Sep 7	vs.San Diego State	L 14–⁠23	3	29	0	18
Sep 14	vs.Oklahoma	L 14–⁠48	2	15	1	8
Sep 21	atWashington State	W 67–⁠63	3	51	0	36
Sep 28	atArizona	L 17–⁠20	7	63	0	13
Oct 5	vs.Oregon State	L 31–⁠48	2	47	0	30
Oct 17	atStanford	W 34–⁠16	2	15	0	9
Oct 26	vs.Arizona State	W 42–⁠32	2	3	0	4
Nov 2	vs.Colorado	W 31–⁠14	4	22	0	10
Nov 16	atUtah	L 3–⁠49	1	17	0	17
Nov 23	atUSC	L 35–⁠52	1	10	0	10
Nov 30	vs.California	L 18–⁠28	2	30	1	19