Player Dossier

2014-2019

Florida

Van Jefferson

WR • 6'2" • 197 lbs • Brentwood, TN, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Van Jefferson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

51

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Ole Miss • Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Van Jefferson built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Brentwood, TN wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Van Jefferson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.9517

Ravenwood · Brentwood, TN

Committed To
Ole Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 25
Overall
No. 57
NFL Team
Los Angeles Rams

Van Jefferson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Florida. Van Jefferson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,159
Receptions
175
Touchdowns
16

Quick Answers

Van Jefferson quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,159
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Florida
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
4-star · Ravenwood · Ole Miss
High school pipeline
Ravenwood · 18 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 2 · Pick 25 · Los Angeles Rams
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2019 Receiving yards rank
657 receiving yards · WR 133rd (top 14%) · SEC 13th (top 6%) · National 139th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonOle Miss0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonOle Miss0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonOle Miss1249543371.6
2017 Regular SeasonOle Miss1042456160.3
2018 PostseasonFlorida11464070.3
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida1131439670.3
2019 PostseasonFlorida126129071.9
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida1243528671.9

Related Context

Van Jefferson played WR for Ole Miss and Florida. Across 6 tracked seasons, Van Jefferson recorded -3 passing yards, 47 rushing yards, and 2,159 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Ole Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Florida paired 657 primary output with 79.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 82.2 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 Ole Miss, Florida.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Win 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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2018 Postseason · Florida

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

45.7

Efficiency

82.2

Usage

19.2

Consistency

58.4

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 64. Charleston Southern: 34. Kentucky: 31. Colorado State: 62. Mississippi State: 29. LSU: 44. Vanderbilt: 65. Missouri: 33. South Carolina: 14. Idaho: 35. Florida State: 92

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. Michigan: 4 by 100. Charleston Southern: 4 by 56.7. Kentucky: 2 by 100. Colorado State: 2 by 100. Mississippi State: 4 by 48.3. LSU: 4 by 73.3. Vanderbilt: 3 by 100. Missouri: 4 by 55. South Carolina: 1 by 93.3. Idaho: 3 by 77.8. Florida State: 4 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins48.8 · Games = 9 · +16.8 vs Losses
Losses32 · Games = 2 · -16.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Michigan

Result
Sat 12/29@ MichiganW 41-154641616041
Sat 11/24@ Florida StateW 41-144922323139
Sat 11/17vs IdahoW 63-1033511.711.70121
Sat 11/10vs South CarolinaW 35-311141414014
Sat 11/3vs MissouriL 17-384338.38.30017
Sat 10/13@ VanderbiltW 37-2736521.721.70138
Sat 10/6vs LSUW 27-194441111026
Sat 9/29@ Mississippi StateW 13-64297.37.30012
Sat 9/15vs Colorado StateW 48-102623131138
Sat 9/8vs KentuckyL 16-2723115.515.50018
Sat 9/1vs Charleston Southern2+ TDW 53-64348.58.50213

Player Story

Van Jefferson story

Van Jefferson built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Brentwood, TN wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Van Jefferson's career was his receiving role: 175 catches, 2,159 receiving yards, 16 touchdowns, and 47 rushing yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 47 rushing yards, 5 tackles, and 28 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida and Ole Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Van Jefferson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ole Miss

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida

    2018-2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonOle Miss0
2015 Regular SeasonOle Miss00
2016 Regular SeasonOle Miss54374.816.8543
2017 Regular SeasonOle Miss45669.816.8-87
2018 PostseasonFlorida50382.219.247
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida50382.219.20
2019 PostseasonFlorida65779.116.6154
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida65779.116.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida State

Week 13 · W 41-14

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 1 · W 36-28 · Postseason

129

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

129 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Alabama

Week 3 · L 43-48 · Conference game

91

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Michigan

Week 1 · W 41-15 · Postseason

64

Receiving Yards

88.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ California

Week 3 · L 16-27

94

Receiving Yards

87.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

94 receiving yards with a 62.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Florida

657 primary output · 79.1 efficiency · 16.6 usage

71.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · Florida

71.9

657 primary · 79.1 efficiency · 16.6 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Ole Miss

71.6

543 primary · 74.8 efficiency · 16.8 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games