Player Dossier

2020-2025

Kentucky

Javian Hester

WR • 6'5" • 203 lbs • Tulsa, OK, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Missouri • Oklahoma • Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Player Story

Javian Hester built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 4, spending time with Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Javian Hester's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8974

Booker T. Washington · Tulsa, OK

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Javian Hester, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma. Javian Hester reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
670
Receptions
35
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Javian Hester quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · WR
Career Receiving Yards
670
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 19 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma
Top game
Auburn
Recruit profile
4-star · Booker T. Washington · Missouri
High school pipeline
Silverado · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
117 receiving yards · WR 594th (top 55%) · SEC 114th (top 41%) · National 912th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri0-00-
2021 PostseasonMissouri7330058.9
2021 Regular SeasonMissouri79195258.9
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma1113051.7
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma714315172
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky48117448.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Missouri to OklahomaP4 to P481.2Apr 28, 2022

Javian Hester played WR for Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Javian Hester recorded 670 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oklahoma.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Oklahoma paired 315 primary output with 83.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 69.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Oklahoma, Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

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

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

29.3

Efficiency

69.6

Usage

8.9

Consistency

57.8

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 23. Florida: 29. Vanderbilt: 59. Louisville: 6

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. Tennessee: 4 by 38.3. Florida: 1 by 100. Vanderbilt: 2 by 100. Louisville: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins29 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses29.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

Best efficiency game

100 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 11/29@ LouisvilleL 0-41166606
Sat 11/22@ VanderbiltL 17-4525929.529.50141
Sun 11/9vs FloridaW 38-71292929129
Sat 10/25vs Tennessee2+ TDL 34-564235.85.80213

Player Story

Javian Hester story

Javian Hester built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 4, spending time with Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The clearest part of Javian Hester's career was his receiving role: 35 catches, 670 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Javian Hester'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

    Missouri

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oklahoma

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Kentucky

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri0
2021 PostseasonMissouri22585.76.4225
2021 Regular SeasonMissouri22585.76.40
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma1386.74.8-212
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma0-13
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma31583.314.6315
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky11769.68.9-198

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Auburn

Week 5 · W 27-21 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

86

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Maine

Week 10 · W 59-14

112

Receiving Yards

91.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Southeast Missouri State

Week 3 · W 59-28

79

Receiving Yards

74.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 11 Vanderbilt

Week 13 · L 17-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Receiving Yards

74.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 2 · W 33-3

13

Receiving Yards

67.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma

315 primary output · 83.3 efficiency · 14.6 usage

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#2

2021 Postseason · Missouri

58.9

225 primary · 85.7 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Missouri

58.9

225 primary · 85.7 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games