Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2019Florida
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.
Impact Production
95
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 12 | 49 | 543 | 3 | 71.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 10 | 42 | 456 | 1 | 60.3 |
| 2018 Postseason | Florida | 11 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 70.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida | 11 | 31 | 439 | 6 | 70.3 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 12 | 6 | 129 | 0 | 71.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 12 | 43 | 528 | 6 | 71.9 |
Related Context
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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
2019 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 79.1 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: Virginia
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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2019 Postseason · Florida
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
54.8
Efficiency
79.1
Usage
16.6
Consistency
53.1
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 129. Miami: 14. UT Martin: 94. Kentucky: 93. Tennessee: 31. Towson: 16. Auburn: 10. LSU: 73. Georgia: 31. Vanderbilt: 36. Missouri: 82. Florida State: 48
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. Virginia: 6 by 100. Miami: 1 by 93.3. UT Martin: 4 by 100. Kentucky: 7 by 88.6. Tennessee: 4 by 51.7. Towson: 2 by 53.3. Auburn: 1 by 66.7. LSU: 8 by 60.8. Georgia: 2 by 100. Vanderbilt: 3 by 80. Missouri: 6 by 91.1. Florida State: 5 by 64
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins55.3 · Games = 10 · +3.3 vs Losses
Losses52 · Games = 2 · -3.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
100 vs Virginia
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | @ Virginia100 receiving yards | W 36-28 | — | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 53 |
| Sun 12/1 | vs Florida State2+ TD | W 40-17 | — | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 9.60 | 2 | 19 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Missouri | W 23-6 | — | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Vanderbilt | W 56-0 | — | 3 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Georgia | L 17-24 | — | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 1 | 23 |
| Sun 10/13 | @ LSUHigh volume · 2+ TD | L 28-42 | — | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 9.10 | 2 | 20 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Auburn | W 24-13 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Towson | W 38-0 | — | 2 | 16 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Tennessee | W 34-3 | — | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Kentucky | W 29-21 | — | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs UT Martin | W 45-0 | — | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 1 | 69 |
| Sat 8/24 | vs Miami | W 24-20 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
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.
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Ole Miss
2014-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Florida
2018-2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 543 | 74.8 | 16.8 | 543 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 456 | 69.8 | 16.8 | -87 |
| 2018 Postseason | Florida | 503 | 82.2 | 19.2 | 47 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida | 503 | 82.2 | 19.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 657 | 79.1 | 16.6 | 154 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 657 | 79.1 | 16.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Florida State
Week 13 · W 41-14
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
92
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
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#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
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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