Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019UTEP
Jess Trussell
TE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Arlington, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Jess Trussell reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Purdue • UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Player Story
Jess Trussell built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a tight end from Arlington, TX wearing No. 84, spending time with Purdue and UTEP. The clearest part of Jess Trussell's career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jess Trussell, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Purdue. Jess Trussell reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 177
- Receptions
- 13
Quick Answers
Jess Trussell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 177
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Nevada
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Martin · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Gainesville · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 84 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 177 receiving yards · TE 98th (top 27%) · Conference USA 69th (top 33%) · National 678th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 8 | 13 | 177 | 0 | 64.4 |
Related Context
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Jess Trussell played TE for Purdue and UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jess Trussell recorded 177 receiving yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Purdue paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 75 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, UTEP.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
22.1
Efficiency
75
Usage
12.8
Consistency
40
Best Game by takeover score
Nevada
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston Christian: 13. Texas Tech: 13. Nevada: 53. Southern Miss: 33. UTSA: 9. Louisiana Tech: 10. UAB: 4. New Mexico State: 42
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. Houston Christian: 1 by 86.7. Texas Tech: 1 by 86.7. Nevada: 3 by 100. Southern Miss: 3 by 73.3. UTSA: 1 by 60. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 66.7. UAB: 1 by 26.7. New Mexico State: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13 · Games = 1 · -10.4 vs Losses
Losses23.4 · Games = 7 · +10.4 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
Nevada
Best efficiency game
100 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | @ New Mexico State | L 35-44 | — | 2 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ UAB | L 10-37 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 10/27 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 21-42 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 10/6 | vs UTSA | L 16-26 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Southern Miss | L 13-31 | — | 3 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| Sun 9/22 | vs Nevada | L 21-37 | — | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 0 | 37 |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Texas Tech | L 3-38 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sun 9/1 | vs Houston Christian | W 36-34 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Jess Trussell story
Jess Trussell built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a tight end from Arlington, TX wearing No. 84, spending time with Purdue and UTEP. The clearest part of Jess Trussell's career was his receiving role: 13 catches and 177 receiving yards across 9 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jess Trussell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Purdue
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
UTEP
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 177 | 75 | 12.8 | 177 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nevada
Week 4 · L 21-37
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
53
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ New Mexico State
Week 13 · L 35-44
42
Receiving Yards
69 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Southern Miss
Week 5 · L 13-31 · Conference game
33
Receiving Yards
69 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
#4
@ Texas Tech
Week 2 · L 3-38
13
Receiving Yards
53 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Houston Christian
Week 1 · W 36-34
13
Receiving Yards
48.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Purdue
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2019 Regular Season · UTEP
64.4
177 primary · 75 efficiency · 12.8 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Purdue
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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