John Ross at Washington
Photo: Sgt. Scott Schmidt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Washington, 2013–⁠16

John Ross

Number
No. 1
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Long Beach, CA
Born
Nov 27, 1995, in Long Beach, California

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John Ross played receiver at Washington (2013–⁠16). The Cincinnati Bengals took Ross in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,150
Receiving yards, 2016 (Washington, 12–⁠2)
Best game
208 yards
At California, week 10, 2016: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 4
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2016
Drafted
No. 9
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Arizona State, 2016208receiving yards, career highat California, 20163receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at California, 2016

All-America: ESPN 2016

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Washington1620813.0157
2014Washington1737121.8491
2016Washington811,15014.21770
Career1141,72915.22291

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2013Washington3172014210
2014Washington389382–––
2016Washington174111–––
Career862,06944210

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Washington6396.5015
2014Washington6549.0132
2016Washington810212.8132
Career201959.8232

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Washington1

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Washington1WR
2014Washington1WR
2015Washington1WR
2016Washington1WR5′11″

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
2013Washington210.64––13.53%
2014Washington280.62––17.55%
2016Washington1320.6061st (n=489)0.5279.114%

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 Washington 14 games, 81 catches, 1,150 yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.RutgersW 48–⁠135902192–
Sep 10vs.IdahoW 59–⁠147672–––
Sep 17vs.Portland StateW 41–⁠31100110–
Sep 24atArizonaW 35–⁠284281128–
Sep 30vs.StanfordW 44–⁠64821245–
Oct 8atOregonW 70–⁠219943–––
Oct 22vs.Oregon StateW 41–⁠1741150124–
Oct 29atUtahW 31–⁠244482–––
Nov 5atCaliforniaW 66–⁠2762083115–
Nov 12vs.USCL 13–⁠2681541372–
Nov 19vs.Arizona StateW 44–⁠1812950–––
Nov 25atWashington StateW 45–⁠178801235–
Dec 2vs.ColoradoW 41–⁠104511243–
Dec 31 ✦vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠245280347–
2014 Washington 13 games, 17 catches, 371 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30atHawai’iW 17–⁠162961382–
Sep 6vs.Eastern WashingtonW 59–⁠522541369–
Sep 13vs.IllinoisW 44–⁠192741269–
Sep 27vs.StanfordL 13–⁠203160238–
Oct 11atCaliforniaW 31–⁠74118110–
Oct 18atOregonL 20–⁠453150360–
Oct 25vs.Arizona StateL 10–⁠241−20367–
Nov 1atColoradoW 38–⁠23–––236–
Nov 8vs.UCLAL 30–⁠44–––6207–
Nov 15atArizonaL 26–⁠27–––350–
Nov 22vs.Oregon StateW 37–⁠13–––382–
Nov 29atWashington StateW 31–⁠13–––12–
Jan 2 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateL 22–⁠30–––6176–
2013 Washington 13 games, 16 catches, 208 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Boise StateW 38–⁠64390241–
Sep 14atIllinoisW 34–⁠241404711
Sep 21vs.Idaho StateW 56–⁠01571––2
Sep 28vs.ArizonaW 31–⁠13–––16–
Oct 5atStanfordL 28–⁠3121502361
Oct 12vs.OregonL 24–⁠45180483–
Oct 19atArizona StateL 24–⁠531705135–
Oct 26vs.CaliforniaW 41–⁠173500360–
Nov 9vs.ColoradoW 59–⁠72210234–
Nov 15atUCLAL 31–⁠41–––226–
Nov 23atOregon StateW 69–⁠27170271–
Nov 29vs.Washington StateW 27–⁠17–––236–
Dec 27 ✦vs.BYUW 31–⁠16–––2121–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height5′10¾″
Weight188 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.22 s
10-yard split1.46 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump11′1″
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. 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, 36 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Cincinnati Bengals3000
2018Cincinnati Bengals13212107
2019Cincinnati Bengals8285063
2020Cincinnati Bengals22170
2021New York Giants9112241
2024Philadelphia Eagles1160
NFL career366396311

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2026UFLBirmingham Stallions

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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