Receiver, East Texas A&M (from Ohio, Illinois State), 2018–⁠23

Jerome Buckner

Number
No. 3
Height
5′8″
Weight
170 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Columbus, OH

Jerome Buckner played receiver at Ohio (2018–⁠21), Illinois State (2022) and East Texas A&M (2023).

Career highs

7catches, career highvs. Syracuse, 2021129receiving yards, career highvs. SE Louisiana, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2018Ohio310434.7160
2019Ohio1832618.1251
2020Ohio2126.006
2021Ohio910912.1039
2022Illinois State816220.3041
2023*East Texas A&M2330213.1246
Career631,01516.1560

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2019Ohio–––10700
2021Ohio–––130
2023*East Texas A&M917602170
Career9176013900

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. 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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Ohio3WRYr 1
2019Ohio3WRYr 2
2020Ohio3WRYr 3
2021Ohio3WRYr 4
2022Illinois State3WRYr 5
2023East Texas A&M3WRJr. (Yr 6)5′8″170

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
2018Ohio33.05––9.1–
2019Ohio320.4941st (n=499)0.5415.75%
2020Ohio30.13––0.4–
2021Ohio130.34––4.4–
2022Illinois State (FCS)61.46––8.8–
2023East Texas A&M (FCS)340.6733rd (n=681)0.8022.76%

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

2023 East Texas A&M 9 games, 23 catches, 302 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 9atSacramento StateL 6–⁠34––––––
Sep 23atOld DominionL 9–⁠102110–––
Sep 30atStephen F. AustinL 27–⁠561130–––
Oct 7vs.McNeeseW 41–⁠1023612421
Oct 14atIncarnate WordL 11–⁠28248010–
Oct 21vs.NichollsL 7–⁠275290–––
Oct 28atHouston ChristianL 13–⁠1731601181
Nov 4atLamarL 21–⁠412200374–
Nov 11vs.SE LouisianaL 14–⁠5261291242–

No box score in the source for Nov 18 at Northwestern State, so that game is not listed.

2022 Illinois State 4 games, 8 catches, 162 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 17vs.Eastern IllinoisW 35–⁠71180–––
Oct 8atNorthern IowaW 23–⁠212330–––
Oct 15vs.South DakotaW 12–⁠102500–––
Oct 22atIndiana StateW 27–⁠213610–––
2021 Ohio 3 games, 9 catches, 109 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4vs.SyracuseL 9–⁠2971020–––
Sep 25atNorthwesternL 6–⁠35270–––
Oct 2atAkronW 34–⁠17–––––1
2020 Ohio 2 games, 2 catches, 12 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Nov 10vs.AkronW 24–⁠10160–––
Nov 28vs.Bowling GreenW 52–⁠10160–––
2019 Ohio 9 games, 18 catches, 326 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Rhode IslandW 41–⁠203480––3
Sep 7atPittsburghL 10–⁠204600––1
Sep 14atMarshallL 31–⁠331320––3
Sep 21vs.LouisianaL 25–⁠45140––2
Oct 5atBuffaloW 21–⁠202180–––
Oct 19vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠381511–––
Nov 6vs.Miami (OH)L 21–⁠242180–––
Nov 12vs.Western MichiganL 34–⁠372410–––
Nov 19atBowling GreenW 66–⁠242541––1
2018 Ohio 2 games, 3 catches, 104 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 15atVirginiaL 31–⁠452440–––
Nov 14vs.BuffaloW 52–⁠171601–––

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

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