
Receiver, East Carolina, 2013–16
Zay Jones
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Austin, TX
- Born
- Mar 30, 1995, in Dallas, Texas
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Zay Jones played receiver at East Carolina (2013–16). The Buffalo Bills took Jones in round 2, No. 37 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: Sporting News 2016; Walter Camp 2016; ESPN 2016
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | East Carolina | 62 | 604 | 9.7 | 5 | 59 |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 81 | 830 | 10.2 | 5 | 41 |
| 2015 | East Carolina | 98 | 1,099 | 11.2 | 5 | 36 |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 156 | 1,731 | 11.1 | 8 | 77 |
| Career | 397 | 4,264 | 10.7 | 23 | 77 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | East Carolina | 4 | 98 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 25 | 475 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | East Carolina | 1 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Career | 30 | 596 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | East Carolina | 7 | WR | |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 7 | WR | |
| 2015 | East Carolina | 7 | WR | |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 7 | WR | 6′1″ |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | East Carolina | 223 | 0.52 | 50th (n=489) | 0.52 | 116.6 | 23% |
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.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 15–16).
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅛″ |
| Weight | 201 lb |
| Arm length | 32½″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 77¾″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.45 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 sW |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ |
| Broad jump | 11′1″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.79 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.01 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
9 seasons, 107 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 27 | 316 | 2 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 56 | 652 | 7 |
| 2019 | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 27 | 216 | 0 |
| 2020 | Las Vegas Raiders | 11 | 14 | 154 | 1 |
| 2021 | Las Vegas Raiders | 15 | 47 | 546 | 1 |
| 2022 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 82 | 823 | 5 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 9 | 34 | 321 | 2 |
| 2024 | Arizona Cardinals | 6 | 8 | 84 | 0 |
| 2025 | Arizona Cardinals | 6 | 12 | 183 | 0 |
| NFL career | 107 | 307 | 3,295 | 18 | |
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.
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