Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 7 | — |
| Success rate | 85.7% | — |
| Explosive run rate | 42.9% | — |
| Stuffed at the line | 0.0% | — |
| First downs | 5 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 2 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 2 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 54 | — |
| Target share | 26.2% | 48th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 68.5% | 188th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 48.1% | 269th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 8.7 | 209th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 13.0% | 200th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 16.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 18 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where Mickens's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted59 targets charted
2025 charting · Louisiana Tech
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Mickens’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted16 targets charted
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Louisiana Tech#73 · 6-2 | 8 | 82% | 43 | 618 | 4 | 26.2% |
| 2025 | Louisiana Tech#80 · 8-5 | 10 | 39% | 20 | 177 | 1 | 12.6% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jalen Mickens's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Jalen Mickens's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Northwestern State | W 80–6 | 9.2 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 1 | 75 |
| 2 | @ LSU | L 14–45 | 7.5 | · | · | · | · | · | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 1 | 67 |
| 3 | @ Baylor | L 19–36 | 7.6 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 |  Army | W 31–29 | 6.8 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 |  Louisiana | W 32–31 | 8.6 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | @ UL Monroe | W 24–0 | 6.2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 |  Old Dominion | W 26–0 | 8.4 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | @ South Alabama | W 35–20 | 7.2 | 0 | 25 | · | 0 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | 27 |
| 2026 · 8 games | 7.7 | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 2 | 28 | 43 | 618 | 14.4 | 4 | 75 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 7 | — |
| Yards | 95 | 509th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 13.6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 266th / 683 |
| Long | 28 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 43 | 39th / 2089 |
| Yards | 618 | 37th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.4 | 125th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 69th / 914 |
| Long | 75 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 1 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Northwestern State | ✓ WR | 58 | ~40 (26–49) | 6 | · | 69% |
| Wk 2 · LSU | ✓ WR | 55 | ~48 (32–55) | 9 | · | 87% |
| Wk 3 · Baylor | ✓ WR | 78 | ~62 (41–75) | 10 | · | 79% |
| Wk 5 · Army | ✓ WR | 57 | ~50 (33–57) | 10 | · | 88% |
| Wk 6 · Louisiana | ✓ WR | 77 | ~67 (44–77) | 14 | 1 | 87% |
| Wk 7 · UL Monroe | ✓ WR | 65 | ~52 (34–63) | 5 | · | 80% |
| Wk 8 · Old Dominion | ✓ WR | 80 | ~68 (45–80) | 10 | · | 85% |
| Wk 9 · South Alabama | — | 55 | ~45 (30–55) | 5 | · | 82% |
| Season | 7 GS | 525 | 432 (362–503) | 69 | 1 | 82% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Louisiana Tech roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jalen Mickens | WR | SO | 43 | 618 | 4 | 24% | +0.65 |
| 6 | Marcus Calwise Jr. | WR | JR | 19 | 247 | 2 | 12% | +0.82 |
| 86 | Talyn Shettron | WR | JR | 18 | 243 | 1 | 12% | +0.51 |
| Jay Wilkerson | WR | 6 | 47 | 1 | 4% | +0.12 | ||
| Luke Watkins | WR | 3 | 42 | 2 | 4% | +0.13 | ||
| 3 | Dedrick Latulas | WR | JR | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4% | +0.73 |
| 8 | David Pierro | WR | SR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5% | -0.92 |
| 88 | Johnnie Thiel IV | WR | FR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3% | +1.03 |
| 17 | Dane Benedix | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Brayden Curry | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Carter Harris | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Johnny Casey Jr. | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Chase Grosfeld | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Louisiana Tech depth chart →