Player Dossier

2015-2019

Texas Tech

R.J. Turner

WR • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Natchitoches, LA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

R.J. Turner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UL Monroe

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UL Monroe • Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Player Story

R.J. Turner built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Natchitoches, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Texas Tech and UL Monroe. The clearest part of R.J. Turner's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7752

Natchitoches Central · Natchitoches, LA

Committed To
UL Monroe
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

R.J. Turner, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UL Monroe. R.J. Turner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,316
Receptions
144
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

R.J. Turner quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,316
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 41 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · UL Monroe
Top game
Oklahoma
Recruit profile
2-star · Natchitoches Central · UL Monroe
High school pipeline
Natchitoches Central · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2019 Receiving yards rank
654 receiving yards · WR 134th (top 14%) · Big 12 15th (top 10%) · National 140th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUL Monroe1117054.2
2016 Regular SeasonUL Monroe923433359.5
2017 Regular SeasonUL Monroe1039686678.7
2018 Regular SeasonUL Monroe1136526165.4
2019 Regular SeasonTexas Tech1045654366.7

Related Context

R.J. Turner played WR for UL Monroe and Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, R.J. Turner recorded 2,316 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UL Monroe.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

UL Monroe paired 686 primary output with 87.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 87.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UL Monroe, Texas Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2016 Regular Season · UL Monroe

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

48.1

Efficiency

87.7

Usage

12.8

Consistency

44.4

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern: 31. Oklahoma: 135. Georgia Southern: 73. Auburn: 20. Idaho: 40. Texas State: 33. Arkansas State: 10. South Alabama: 79. Georgia State: 12

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. Southern: 3 by 68.9. Oklahoma: 7 by 100. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. Auburn: 1 by 100. Idaho: 2 by 100. Texas State: 3 by 73.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 66.7. South Alabama: 3 by 100. Georgia State: 1 by 80

Split Comparison

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

Wins38.8 · Games = 4 · -16.9 vs Losses
Losses55.6 · Games = 5 · +16.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

100 vs South Alabama

Result
Sat 11/12@ Georgia StateW 37-231121212012
Sat 11/5vs South AlabamaW 42-3537926.326.30152
Sat 10/29@ Arkansas StateL 10-511101010010
Sat 10/15vs Texas StateW 40-343331111112
Sat 10/8vs IdahoL 31-342402020021
Sat 10/1@ AuburnL 7-581202020020
Sat 9/17@ Georgia SouthernL 21-2327336.536.50057
Sat 9/10@ Oklahoma100 receiving yardsL 17-59713519.319.30173
Sat 9/3vs SouthernW 38-2133110.310.30011

Player Story

R.J. Turner story

R.J. Turner built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Natchitoches, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Texas Tech and UL Monroe. The clearest part of R.J. Turner's career was his receiving role: 144 catches, 2,316 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns across 41 career games in the available record. That gives R.J. Turner'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. 1

    UL Monroe

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas Tech

    2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUL Monroe171004.3
2016 Regular SeasonUL Monroe43387.712.8416
2017 Regular SeasonUL Monroe68687.417.9253
2018 Regular SeasonUL Monroe52674.416.6-160
2019 Regular SeasonTexas Tech65475.914.9128

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma

Week 2 · L 17-59

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

135

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

135 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs App State

Week 10 · W 52-45 · Conference game

134

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

134 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Kansas State

Week 13 · L 27-30 · Conference game

141

Receiving Yards

93.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

141 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Georgia Southern

Week 10 · W 44-25 · Conference game

86

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Baylor

Week 7 · L 30-33 · Conference game

138

Receiving Yards

91.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

138 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · UL Monroe

686 primary output · 87.4 efficiency · 17.9 usage

78.7

#2

2019 Regular Season · Texas Tech

66.7

654 primary · 75.9 efficiency · 14.9 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UL Monroe

65.4

526 primary · 74.4 efficiency · 16.6 usage

Milestones

7

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games