Receiver, Ole Miss (from Louisville), 2020–⁠24

Jordan Watkins

Number
No. 11
Height
5′11″
Weight
190 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Louisville, KY
Born
Feb 15, 2002

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Jordan Watkins played receiver at Louisville (2020–⁠21) and Ole Miss (2022–⁠24). The San Francisco 49ers took Watkins in round 4, No. 138 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
906
Receiving yards, 2024 (Ole Miss, 10–⁠3)
Best game
254 yards
At Arkansas, week 10, 2024: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 138
Round 4, 2025 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

9catches, career highat Alabama, 2023254receiving yards, career highat Arkansas, 20245receiving touchdowns, career highat Arkansas, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020Louisville8577.1013
2021Louisville3552915.1476
2022Ole Miss4044911.2261
2023Ole Miss5374114.0368
2024Ole Miss4990618.5975
Career1852,68214.51876

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2020Louisville101810–––
2021Louisville12808850
2022Ole Miss–––14680
2023Ole Miss–––121141
2024Ole Miss–––3240
Career112090372911

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2020Louisville310000
2022Ole Miss110000
2024Ole Miss110000
Career530000

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.PosClassHtWt
2020Louisville11WRYr 1
2021Louisville11WRYr 2
2022Ole Miss11WRYr 3
2023Ole Miss11WRYr 4
2024Ole Miss11WRSr. (Yr 5)5′11″190

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
2020Louisville91.12––10.1–
2021Louisville450.9787th (n=410)0.6743.56%
2022Ole Miss500.5429th (n=683)0.7126.96%
2023Ole Miss660.9469th (n=681)0.8062.48%
2024Ole Miss690.9859th (n=581)0.9267.88%

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

2024 Ole Miss 12 games, 49 catches, 906 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 7vs.Middle TennesseeW 52–⁠31280–––
Sep 14atWake ForestW 40–⁠61751–––
Sep 21vs.Georgia SouthernW 52–⁠133361–––
Sep 28vs.KentuckyL 17–⁠20–––––2
Oct 5atSouth CarolinaW 27–⁠35720–––
Oct 12atLSUL 26–⁠293250–––
Oct 26vs.OklahomaW 26–⁠144590–––
Nov 2atArkansasW 63–⁠3182545–––
Nov 9vs.GeorgiaW 28–⁠104680–––
Nov 23atFloridaL 17–⁠248700––1
Nov 29vs.Mississippi StateW 26–⁠145390–––
Jan 2 ✦vs.DukeW 52–⁠2071802–––
2023 Ole Miss 12 games, 53 catches, 741 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.MercerW 73–⁠761110––3
Sep 9atTulaneW 37–⁠205600––1
Sep 16vs.Georgia TechW 48–⁠2341191–––
Sep 23atAlabamaL 10–⁠249570–––
Sep 30vs.LSUW 55–⁠4951031––1
Oct 7vs.ArkansasW 27–⁠207860––2
Oct 28vs.VanderbiltW 33–⁠73440––1
Nov 4vs.Texas A&MW 38–⁠355471––1
Nov 11atGeorgiaL 17–⁠522340–––
Nov 18vs.UL MonroeW 35–⁠36730––1
Nov 23atMississippi StateW 17–⁠7170–––
Dec 30 ✦vs.Penn StateW 38–⁠25–––––2
2022 Ole Miss 12 games, 40 catches, 449 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.TroyW 28–⁠102200–––
Sep 10vs.Central ArkansasW 59–⁠3––––––
Sep 17atGeorgia TechW 42–⁠02450––3
Sep 24vs.TulsaW 35–⁠27240––4
Oct 1vs.KentuckyW 22–⁠192490–––
Oct 8atVanderbiltW 52–⁠2871171––1
Oct 15vs.AuburnW 48–⁠344430––1
Oct 22atLSUL 20–⁠455570––2
Oct 29atTexas A&MW 31–⁠28–––––1
Nov 19atArkansasL 27–⁠424280–––
Nov 24vs.Mississippi StateL 22–⁠248410––2
Dec 28 ✦vs.Texas TechL 25–⁠424451–––
2021 Louisville 12 games, 35 catches, 529 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 6vs.Ole MissL 24–⁠434350–––
Sep 11vs.Eastern KentuckyW 30–⁠31110–––
Sep 17vs.UCFW 42–⁠354460–––
Sep 25atFlorida StateW 31–⁠235611128–
Oct 2atWake ForestL 34–⁠374600–––
Oct 9vs.VirginiaL 33–⁠344490–––
Oct 23vs.Boston CollegeW 28–⁠142300––3
Oct 30atNC StateL 13–⁠282831––2
Nov 6vs.ClemsonL 24–⁠304410––1
Nov 13vs.SyracuseW 41–⁠32731––1
Nov 18atDukeW 62–⁠221191––1
Nov 27vs.KentuckyL 21–⁠522210–––
2020 Louisville 6 games, 10 returns, 181 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 19vs.MiamiL 34–⁠47130341–
Oct 9atGeorgia TechL 27–⁠46–––232–
Oct 24vs.Florida StateW 48–⁠16–––245–
Nov 14atVirginiaL 17–⁠31150363–
Nov 20vs.SyracuseW 30–⁠04340–––
Dec 12vs.Wake ForestW 45–⁠212150–––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025
Height5′11¼″
Weight196 lb
Arm length29⅜″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan72½″
40-yard dash4.37 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump9′11″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 3 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025San Francisco 49ers22260
2026 (so far)San Francisco 49ers12600
NFL career34860

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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