Jehu Chesson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Michigan, 2012–⁠16

Jehu Chesson

Lettered 2013–⁠16 (school media guide)

Number
No. 86
Height
6′3″
Hometown
St. Louis, MO
Born
Dec 29, 1993, in Monrovia

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Jehu Chesson played receiver at Michigan (2012–⁠16). The Kansas City Chiefs took Chesson in round 4, No. 139 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
764
Receiving yards, 2015 (Michigan, 10–⁠3)
Best game
207 yards
At Indiana, week 11, 2015: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 139
Round 4, 2017 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

10catches, career highat Indiana, 2015207receiving yards, career highat Indiana, 20154receiving touchdowns, career highat Indiana, 2015

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Michigan1522114.7158
2014Michigan1415411.0028
2015Michigan5076415.3964
2016Michigan3550014.3240
Career1141,63914.41264

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2013Michigan2360
2015Michigan41661
Career62021

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Michigan210.502
2015Michigan815519.4266
2016Michigan12635.3117
Career2221910.0366

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Michigan86WR
2013Michigan86WR
2014Michigan86WR
2015Michigan86WR
2016Michigan86WR6′3″

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
2013Michigan180.79––14.2–
2014Michigan230.17––3.85%
2015Michigan890.7685th (n=465)0.5368.010%
2016Michigan660.3521st (n=489)0.5222.97%

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

2016 Michigan 13 games, 35 catches, 500 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Hawai’iW 63–⁠334302111
Sep 10vs.UCFW 51–⁠14484035–
Sep 17vs.ColoradoW 45–⁠28––––25
Sep 24vs.Penn StateW 49–⁠10118018–
Oct 1vs.WisconsinW 14–⁠75520248
Oct 8atRutgersW 78–⁠0234130–
Oct 22vs.IllinoisW 41–⁠83440175
Oct 29atMichigan StateW 32–⁠23229023−2
Nov 5vs.MarylandW 59–⁠35112140–
Nov 12atIowaL 13–⁠14230029–
Nov 19vs.IndianaW 20–⁠10212011–
Nov 26atOhio StateL 27–⁠302110914
Dec 30 ✦vs.Florida StateL 32–⁠334310152
2015 Michigan 13 games, 50 catches, 764 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atUtahL 17–⁠2432209–
Sep 12vs.Oregon StateW 35–⁠71140144
Sep 19vs.UNLVW 28–⁠711201236
Sep 26vs.BYUW 31–⁠0217012–
Oct 3atMarylandW 28–⁠044101666
Oct 10vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠02260276
Oct 17vs.Michigan StateL 23–⁠274580231
Oct 31atMinnesotaW 29–⁠2633321322
Nov 7vs.RutgersW 49–⁠16336116–
Nov 14atIndianaW 48–⁠4110207464–
Nov 21atPenn StateW 28–⁠1646903920
Nov 28vs.Ohio StateL 13–⁠428111121–
Jan 1 ✦vs.FloridaW 41–⁠75118145–
2014 Michigan 7 games, 14 catches, 154 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.App StateW 52–⁠14222019–
Sep 6atNotre DameL 0–⁠31330016–
Sep 13vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠10220016–
Sep 20vs.UtahL 10–⁠26218015–
Sep 27vs.MinnesotaL 14–⁠30227018–
Oct 4atRutgersL 24–⁠26234028–
Nov 8atNorthwesternW 10–⁠91303–
2013 Michigan 9 games, 15 catches, 221 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 14vs.AkronW 28–⁠241331332
Sep 21atUConnW 24–⁠21223017−1
Oct 5vs.MinnesotaW 42–⁠13333022–
Oct 12atPenn StateL 40–⁠431909–
Nov 2atMichigan StateL 6–⁠29382058–
Nov 9vs.NebraskaL 13–⁠171909–
Nov 16atNorthwesternW 27–⁠19114014–
Nov 30vs.Ohio StateL 41–⁠42110010–
Dec 28 ✦vs.Kansas StateL 14–⁠312804–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′2⅞″
Weight204 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump11′0″
Bench press10 reps
3-cone drill6.70 s
20-yard shuttle4.09 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 12 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Redskins.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Kansas City Chiefs62180
2018Washington Redskins6170
NFL career123250

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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