Player Dossier

2005-2009

South Florida

Jessie Hester

WR • 6'0" • Belle Glade, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Jessie Hester reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Jessie Hester built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a wide receiver from Belle Glade, FL wearing No. 87, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Jessie Hester's career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2001 · Rating 0.9839

Richland Northeast · Columbia, SC

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2001

Jessie Hester, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · South Florida. Jessie Hester reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,226
Receptions
107
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Jessie Hester quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,226
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · South Florida
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
5-star · Richland Northeast · Clemson
High school pipeline
Natick · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 87 · Class 2009
2009 Receiving yards rank
192 receiving yards · WR 406th (top 51%) · Big East 35th (top 32%) · National 551st (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2005 Regular SeasonSouth Florida4337043
2006 Regular SeasonSouth Florida0-00-
2007 PostseasonSouth Florida12441067.9
2007 Regular SeasonSouth Florida1231377467.9
2008 PostseasonSouth Florida13122075.1
2008 Regular SeasonSouth Florida1353557375.1
2009 PostseasonSouth Florida7230059
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Florida713162159

Related Context

Jessie Hester played WR for South Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jessie Hester recorded -11 rushing yards, 1,226 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

South Florida paired 579 primary output with 74.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 80.3 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: UConn

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

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2009 Postseason · South Florida

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

27.4

Efficiency

80.3

Usage

16.6

Consistency

67.2

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 30. Cincinnati: 41. West Virginia: 4. Rutgers: 13. Louisville: 43. Miami: 16. UConn: 45

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 2 by 100. Cincinnati: 3 by 91.1. West Virginia: 1 by 26.7. Rutgers: 1 by 86.7. Louisville: 5 by 57.3. Miami: 1 by 100. UConn: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins25.7 · Games = 3 · -3.1 vs Losses
Losses28.8 · Games = 4 · +3.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 1/2@ Northern IllinoisW 27-32301515015
Sun 12/6@ UConnL 27-2924522.522.50036
Sat 11/28vs MiamiL 10-311161616016
Sat 11/21vs LouisvilleW 34-225438.68.60011
Fri 11/13@ RutgersL 0-311131313013
Sat 10/31vs West VirginiaW 30-19144404
Thu 10/15vs CincinnatiL 17-3434113.713.70128

Player Story

Jessie Hester story

Jessie Hester built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a wide receiver from Belle Glade, FL wearing No. 87, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Jessie Hester's career was his receiving role: 107 catches, 1,226 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jessie Hester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Florida

    2005-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20052006200720072008200820092009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 Regular SeasonSouth Florida3781.710.5
2006 Regular SeasonSouth Florida0-37
2007 PostseasonSouth Florida41876.815.5418
2007 Regular SeasonSouth Florida41876.815.50
2008 PostseasonSouth Florida57974.921.3161
2008 Regular SeasonSouth Florida57974.921.30
2009 PostseasonSouth Florida19280.316.6-387
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Florida19280.316.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rutgers

Week 12 · L 16-49 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

110

Receiving Yards

91.1 takeover

110 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#2

@ Auburn

Week 2 · W 26-23

64

Receiving Yards

90.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.

#3

@ UConn

Week 14 · L 27-29 · Conference game

45

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Cincinnati

Week 7 · L 17-34 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

83 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 8 · L 27-30 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

81.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · South Florida

579 primary output · 74.9 efficiency · 21.3 usage

75.1

#2

2008 Regular Season · South Florida

75.1

579 primary · 74.9 efficiency · 21.3 usage

#3

2007 Postseason · South Florida

67.9

418 primary · 76.8 efficiency · 15.5 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games