Quarterback, UCF (from Arkansas), 2019–⁠24

K.J. Jefferson

Number
No. 1
Height
6′3″
Weight
247 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Sardis, MS

K.J. Jefferson played quarterback at Arkansas (2019–⁠23) and UCF (2024).

Career highs

385passing yards, career highvs. Missouri State, 20225touchdown passes, career highat BYU, 2022130rushing yards, career highvs. Kansas, 20223rushing touchdowns, career highat Ole Miss, 2021

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2019Arkansas143145.21976.401
2020Arkansas204148.82957.230
2021Arkansas19829467.32,6769.1214
2022Arkansas20430068.02,6488.8245
2023Arkansas19029664.22,1077.1198
2024UCF6410859.31,0129.474
Career6901,07064.58,9358.47422

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2019Arkansas30581.9221
2020Arkansas28672.4219
2021Arkansas1466644.5649
2022Arkansas1586404.1932
2023Arkansas1614472.8226
2024UCF611933.2223
Career5842,0693.52349

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Arkansas1QBYr 1
2020Arkansas1QBYr 2
2021Arkansas1QBYr 3
2022Arkansas1QBYr 4
2023Arkansas1QBYr 5
2024UCF1QBSr. (Yr 6)6′3″247

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2019Arkansas60-0.12––-7.434%––
2021Arkansas4040.4174th (n=145)0.33164.749%0.580.40
2022Arkansas4460.4485th (n=250)0.32196.255%0.620.17
2023Arkansas4510.2837th (n=255)0.32127.357%0.340.13
2024UCF1620.2533rd (n=238)0.3040.644%0.330.28

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 UCF 5 games, 1,012 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29vs.New HampshireW 57–⁠37141642139
Sep 7vs.Sam HoustonW 45–⁠1412151690050
Sep 14atTCUW 35–⁠3413222303046
Sep 28vs.ColoradoL 21–⁠4820352842276
Oct 5atFloridaL 13–⁠24122216501−18
2023 Arkansas 12 games, 2,107 passing yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Western CarolinaW 56–⁠1318232463011
Sep 9vs.Kent StateW 28–⁠613191362048
Sep 16vs.BYUL 31–⁠3824352471121
Sep 23atLSUL 31–⁠3421312893248
Sep 30vs.Texas A&ML 22–⁠3491713211−3
Oct 7atOle MissL 20–⁠2725392502211
Oct 14atAlabamaL 21–⁠2414241502026
Oct 21vs.Mississippi StateL 3–⁠71931970138
Nov 4atFloridaW 39–⁠3620312552192
Nov 11vs.AuburnL 10–⁠4810161160050
Nov 18vs.Florida InternationalW 44–⁠2015281873090
Nov 24vs.MissouriL 14–⁠482220015
2022 Arkansas 11 games, 2,648 passing yards, 24 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.CincinnatiW 31–⁠2418262233062
Sep 10vs.South CarolinaW 44–⁠3018211621067
Sep 17vs.Missouri StateW 38–⁠2719313852140
Sep 24vs.Texas A&ML 21–⁠23121917120105
Oct 1vs.AlabamaL 26–⁠4913241551038
Oct 15atBYUW 52–⁠3529403675032
Oct 29atAuburnW 41–⁠2716242341045
Nov 5vs.LibertyL 19–⁠2123372842236
Nov 19vs.Ole MissW 42–⁠2717221683047
Nov 25atMissouriL 27–⁠2920272122138
Dec 28 ✦vs.KansasW 55–⁠53192928721130
2021 Arkansas 13 games, 2,676 passing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.RiceW 38–⁠1712211281189
Sep 11vs.TexasW 40–⁠2114191380173
Sep 18vs.Georgia SouthernW 45–⁠1013233663018
Sep 25vs.Texas A&MW 20–⁠107152122050
Oct 2atGeorgiaL 0–⁠3781365005
Oct 9atOle MissL 51–⁠5225353263185
Oct 16vs.AuburnL 23–⁠3821352282066
Oct 23vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 45–⁠310171944033
Nov 6vs.Mississippi StateW 31–⁠2819231911014
Nov 13atLSUW 16–⁠1318251421041
Nov 20atAlabamaL 35–⁠4222303263022
Nov 26vs.MissouriW 34–⁠1715192621058
Jan 1 ✦vs.Penn StateW 24–⁠1014199801110
2020 Arkansas 5 games, 295 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 26vs.GeorgiaL 10–⁠371230016
Oct 3atMississippi StateW 21–⁠14–––––0
Nov 14atFloridaL 35–⁠63–––––8
Dec 5atMissouriL 48–⁠5018332743032
Dec 12vs.AlabamaL 3–⁠5216180011
2019 Arkansas 3 games, 58 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Nov 2vs.Mississippi StateL 24–⁠5412320026
Nov 9vs.Western KentuckyL 19–⁠45615600132
Nov 23atLSUL 20–⁠56714105000

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

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