
Receiver, Alabama, 2018–20
Jaylen Waddle
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 182 lb
- Class (2020)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Houston, TX
- Born
- Nov 25, 1998, in Houston, Texas
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Jaylen Waddle played receiver at Alabama (2018–20). The Miami Dolphins took Waddle in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, career highat Missouri, 2020161receiving yards, career highvs. Georgia, 20203receiving touchdowns, career highat Auburn, 2019Honors
- 2018SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2019SEC Special Teams Player of the Year
- 2019First-team All-SEC
- 2019National leader in punt return average (24.4)
- 2020Second-team All-SEC
Team titles: SEC champions, 2018 and 2020; National champions, 2020
All-America: FWAA 2019; Sporting News 2019; Athlon Sports 2019; CBS Sports 2019; Phil Steele 2019; Sports Illustrated 2019; USA Today 2019
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Alabama | 51 | 1.16 | 99th (n=497) | 0.53 | 59.0 | 5% |
| 2019 | Alabama | 40 | 1.10 | 98th (n=499) | 0.54 | 44.2 | 5% |
| 2020 | Alabama | 35 | 1.37 | 99th (n=346) | 0.55 | 47.9 | 10% |
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
2020 Alabama 6 games, 28 catches, 591 yards, 4 TD
2019 Alabama 13 games, 33 catches, 560 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 42–3 | 5 | 90 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 62–10 | 2 | 52 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 14 | at | W 47–23 | 1 | 12 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 49–7 | 3 | 43 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 59–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 12 | at | W 47–28 | 3 | 48 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 35–13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 48–7 | 5 | 39 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | L 41–46 | 3 | 22 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 16 | at | W 38–7 | 1 | 35 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 66–3 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| Nov 30 | at | L 45–48 | 4 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 132 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 35–16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
2018 Alabama 15 games, 45 catches, 848 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 51–14 | 3 | 66 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 57–7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 15 | at | W 62–7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 45–23 | 3 | 21 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 56–14 | 3 | 138 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 6 | at | W 65–31 | 4 | 49 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 13 | vs. | W 39–10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 20 | at | W 58–21 | 4 | 117 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 3 | at | W 29–0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 24–0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 50–17 | 6 | 90 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 52–21 | 3 | 73 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 35–28 | 4 | 113 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | W 45–34 | 2 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Jan 7 ✦ | vs. | L 16–44 | 2 | 25 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2021 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′9½″ |
| Weight | 180 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 74⅝″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.37 sW |
| Broad jump | 10′2″ |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 83 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 104 | 1,015 | 6 |
| 2022 | Miami Dolphins | 17 | 75 | 1,356 | 8 |
| 2023 | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 72 | 1,014 | 4 |
| 2024 | Miami Dolphins | 15 | 58 | 744 | 2 |
| 2025 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 64 | 910 | 6 |
| 2026 (so far) | Denver Broncos | 5 | 18 | 204 | 1 |
| NFL career | 83 | 391 | 5,243 | 27 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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