Player Dossier

2006-2009

Wyoming

Jesson Salyards

TE • 6'5" • Haxtun, CO, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Jesson Salyards reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

12

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Wyoming

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wyoming
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Jesson Salyards built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Haxtun, CO wearing No. 85, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Jesson Salyards' career was his receiving role: 36...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2003 · Rating 0.8667

John Curtis · New Orleans, LA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2003

Jesson Salyards, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Wyoming. Jesson Salyards reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
377
Receptions
36
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jesson Salyards quick answers

Latest team and position
Wyoming · TE
Career Receiving Yards
377
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Wyoming
Top game
New Mexico
Recruit profile
3-star · John Curtis
High school pipeline
Haxtun · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 85 · Class 2009
2009 Receiving yards rank
40 receiving yards · TE 194th (top 69%) · Mountain West 85th (top 70%) · National 1,153rd (top 68%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonWyoming2215042.7
2007 Regular SeasonWyoming81097043.3
2008 Regular SeasonWyoming921225171.3
2009 PostseasonWyoming3117053
2009 Regular SeasonWyoming3223053

Related Context

Jesson Salyards played TE for Wyoming. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jesson Salyards recorded 377 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Wyoming.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Wyoming paired 225 primary output with 63.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 58.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2007 Regular Season · Wyoming

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

12.1

Efficiency

58.7

Usage

5.6

Consistency

52.6

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 5. Utah State: 10. Boise State: 14. Ohio: 8. New Mexico: 6. San Diego State: 27. BYU: 4. Colorado State: 23

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 1 by 33.3. Utah State: 2 by 33.3. Boise State: 1 by 93.3. Ohio: 1 by 53.3. New Mexico: 1 by 40. San Diego State: 2 by 90. BYU: 1 by 26.7. Colorado State: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins7.7 · Games = 3 · -7.1 vs Losses
Losses14.8 · Games = 5 · +7.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Colorado State

Result
Fri 11/23@ Colorado StateL 28-361232323023
Sat 11/17vs BYUL 10-35144404
Sun 11/4@ San Diego StateL 24-2722713.513.50016
Sat 10/13vs New MexicoL 3-20166606
Sat 9/22@ OhioW 34-33188808
Sun 9/16@ Boise StateL 14-241141414014
Sat 9/8vs Utah StateW 32-182105506
Sat 9/1vs VirginiaW 23-3155505

Player Story

Jesson Salyards story

Jesson Salyards built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Haxtun, CO wearing No. 85, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Jesson Salyards' career was his receiving role: 36 catches, 377 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Jesson Salyards' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Wyoming

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20062007200820092009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonWyoming15506.2
2007 Regular SeasonWyoming9758.75.682
2008 Regular SeasonWyoming22563.918.8128
2009 PostseasonWyoming4084.45.9-185
2009 Regular SeasonWyoming4084.45.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ New Mexico

Week 6 · L 0-24 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

47

Receiving Yards

90.2 takeover

47 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.

#2

@ UNLV

Week 12 · L 14-22 · Conference game

43

Receiving Yards

87.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 95.6 efficiency score.

#3

vs Colorado State

Week 13 · L 20-31 · Conference game

51

Receiving Yards

81.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

51 receiving yards with a 68 efficiency score.

#4

vs North Dakota State

Week 3 · W 16-13

34

Receiving Yards

75.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 10 · L 24-27 · Conference game

27

Receiving Yards

73.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

27 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Wyoming

225 primary output · 63.9 efficiency · 18.8 usage

71.3

#2

2009 Postseason · Wyoming

53

40 primary · 84.4 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Wyoming

53

40 primary · 84.4 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games