Justin Hardy with the Atlanta Falcons, 2015
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2015. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, East Carolina, 2010–⁠14

Justin Hardy

Number
No. 2
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Vanceboro , NC
Born
Dec 18, 1991, in Vanceboro, North Carolina

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Justin Hardy played receiver at East Carolina (2010–⁠14). He won the 2014 Burlsworth Trophy. The Atlanta Falcons took Hardy in round 4, No. 107 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,494
Receiving yards, 2014 (East Carolina, 8–⁠5)
Best game
230 yards
At Tulane, week 7, 2013: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 107
Round 4, 2015 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Career highs

17catches, career highat Tulane, 2013230receiving yards, career highat Tulane, 20133receiving touchdowns, career highvs. SMU, 2014

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011East Carolina6465810.3658
2012East Carolina881,10512.61176
2013East Carolina1141,28411.3844
2014East Carolina1211,49412.31066
Career3874,54111.73576

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2012East Carolina201750
2013East Carolina202250
2014East Carolina24950
Career644950

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010East Carolina2WR
2011East Carolina2WR
2012East Carolina2WR
2013East Carolina2WR
2014East Carolina2WR6′0″

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
2013East Carolina1090.9065th (n=341)0.8198.312%
2014East Carolina1710.5961st (n=496)0.52101.616%

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

2014 East Carolina 13 games, 121 catches, 1,494 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Aug 30vs.North Carolina CentralW 52–⁠788721
Sep 6atSouth CarolinaL 23–⁠33111330–
Sep 13atVirginia TechW 28–⁠2144701
Sep 20vs.North CarolinaW 70–⁠416920–
Oct 4vs.SMUW 45–⁠24812032
Oct 11atSouth FloridaW 28–⁠171011402
Oct 23vs.UConnW 31–⁠211418613
Nov 1atTempleL 10–⁠2043504
Nov 13atCincinnatiL 46–⁠541518811
Nov 22vs.TulaneW 34–⁠6910403
Nov 28atTulsaW 49–⁠3298811
Dec 4vs.UCFL 30–⁠321214013
Jan 3 ✦vs.FloridaL 20–⁠281116013
2013 East Carolina 13 games, 114 catches, 1,284 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Aug 31vs.Old DominionW 52–⁠381619102
Sep 5vs.Florida AtlanticW 31–⁠134361–
Sep 14vs.Virginia TechL 10–⁠1563101
Sep 28atNorth CarolinaW 55–⁠316661–
Oct 5atMiddle TennesseeW 24–⁠178851–
Oct 12atTulaneL 33–⁠361723004
Oct 19vs.Southern MissW 55–⁠141012614
Nov 2atFlorida InternationalW 34–⁠13513612
Nov 9vs.TulsaW 58–⁠24109913
Nov 16vs.UABW 63–⁠1454714
Nov 23atNC StateW 42–⁠288831–
Nov 29atMarshallL 28–⁠5910880–
Dec 23 ✦vs.OhioW 37–⁠209660–
2012 East Carolina 13 games, 88 catches, 1,105 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 1vs.App StateW 35–⁠1363811
Sep 8atSouth CarolinaL 10–⁠4881111–
Sep 15atSouthern MissW 24–⁠1459211
Sep 22atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠2742503
Sep 29vs.UTEPW 28–⁠18119511
Oct 4atUCFL 20–⁠4051191–
Oct 13vs.MemphisW 41–⁠7613724
Oct 20atUABW 42–⁠35613212
Oct 27vs.NavyL 28–⁠566311–
Nov 3vs.HoustonW 48–⁠2854003
Nov 17atTulaneW 28–⁠2355513
Nov 23vs.MarshallW 65–⁠59161710–
Dec 22 ✦vs.LouisianaL 34–⁠4355912
2011 East Carolina 10 games, 64 catches, 658 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 3vs.South CarolinaL 37–⁠5611911–
Sep 10vs.Virginia TechL 10–⁠173310–
Sep 24vs.UABW 28–⁠237901–
Oct 1vs.North CarolinaL 20–⁠3510730–
Oct 8atHoustonL 3–⁠565660–
Oct 15atMemphisW 35–⁠175851–
Nov 5vs.Southern MissL 28–⁠487641–
Nov 12atUTEPL 17–⁠223301–
Nov 19vs.UCFW 38–⁠316361–
Nov 26atMarshallL 27–⁠347920–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2015
Height5′10¼″
Weight192 lb
Arm length32⅛″
Hand size10″
Wingspan77½″W
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill6.63 s
20-yard shuttle4.21 s

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

In the NFL

5 seasons, 60 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Atlanta Falcons9211940
2016Atlanta Falcons13212034
2017Atlanta Falcons10202213
2018Atlanta Falcons16141332
2019Atlanta Falcons12191950
NFL career60959469

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
2022–CFLOttawa Redblacks

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

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