Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024UCF
KJ Jefferson
QB • 6'3" • 247 lbs • Sardis, MS, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
KJ Jefferson is a balanced quarterback profile with 25.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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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: 2022 Postseason · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Arkansas • UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
KJ Jefferson built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a quarterback from Sardis, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Arkansas and UCF. The clearest part of KJ Jefferson's career was his passing role: 8,935...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
KJ Jefferson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Arkansas. KJ Jefferson is a balanced quarterback profile with 25.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 11,004
- Passing yards
- 8,935
- Rushing yards
- 2,069
- Touchdowns
- 97
Quick Answers
KJ Jefferson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 11,004
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Arkansas
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · North Panola · Arkansas
- High school pipeline
- North Panola · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2024 Total offense rank
- 1,205 total offense · QB 131st (top 34%) · Big 12 20th (top 11%) · National 152nd (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 3 | 255 | 197 | 58 | 2 | 54.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas | 5 | 362 | 295 | 67 | 5 | 23.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Arkansas | 13 | 208 | 98 | 110 | 1 | 75.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas | 13 | 3,132 | 2,578 | 554 | 26 | 75.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Arkansas | 11 | 417 | 287 | 130 | 4 | 79.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas | 11 | 2,871 | 2,361 | 510 | 29 | 79.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 12 | 2,554 | 2,107 | 447 | 21 | 72.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 5 | 1,205 | 1,012 | 193 | 9 | 59.9 |
Related Context
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KJ Jefferson played QB for Arkansas and UCF. Across 6 tracked seasons, KJ Jefferson recorded 8,935 passing yards, 2,069 rushing yards, and -8 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Arkansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Arkansas paired 3,288 primary output with 69.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 61.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 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 Arkansas, UCF.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Arkansas
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
212.8
Efficiency
61.3
Usage
35.2
Consistency
74.5
Best Game by takeover score
LSU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Carolina: 257. Kent State: 184. BYU: 268. LSU: 337. Texas A&M: 129. Ole Miss: 261. Alabama: 176. Mississippi State: 135. Florida: 347. Auburn: 166. Florida International: 277. Missouri: 17
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Carolina: 28 by 72.3. Kent State: 32 by 66.2. BYU: 48 by 58. LSU: 47 by 62.4. Texas A&M: 35 by 48.5. Ole Miss: 56 by 50.9. Alabama: 38 by 57.2. Mississippi State: 47 by 49.6. Florida: 48 by 68.6. Auburn: 31 by 64.1. Florida International: 43 by 67.3. Missouri: 4 by 70.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins266.3 · Games = 4 · +80.1 vs Losses
Losses186.1 · Games = 8 · -80.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
LSU
Best efficiency game
72.3 vs Western Carolina
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs Missouri | L 14-48 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 70.8 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Florida International3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 44-20 | 15 | 28 | 187 | 53.6 | 3 | 0 | 67.3 | 15 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs AuburnDual-threat | L 10-48 | 10 | 16 | 116 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 64.1 | 15 | 50 | 3.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Florida3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 39-36 | 20 | 31 | 255 | 64.5 | 2 | 1 | 68.6 | 17 | 92 | 5.40 | 1 | 25 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Mississippi State | L 3-7 | 19 | 31 | 97 | 61.3 | 0 | 1 | 49.6 | 16 | 38 | 2.40 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Alabama | L 21-24 | 14 | 24 | 150 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 57.2 | 14 | 26 | 1.90 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ole Miss | L 20-27 | 25 | 39 | 250 | 64.1 | 2 | 2 | 50.9 | 17 | 11 | 0.60 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Texas A&M | L 22-34 | 9 | 17 | 132 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 | 48.5 | 18 | -3 | -0.20 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ LSU3+ TD | L 31-34 | 21 | 31 | 289 | 67.7 | 3 | 2 | 62.4 | 16 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs BYU | L 31-38 | 24 | 35 | 247 | 68.6 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 13 | 21 | 1.60 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Kent State | W 28-6 | 13 | 19 | 136 | 68.4 | 2 | 0 | 66.2 | 13 | 48 | 3.70 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Western Carolina3+ TD | W 56-13 | 18 | 23 | 246 | 78.3 | 3 | 0 | 72.3 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 1 | 17 |
Player Story
KJ Jefferson story
KJ Jefferson built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a quarterback from Sardis, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Arkansas and UCF. The clearest part of KJ Jefferson's career was his passing role: 8,935 passing yards, 74 touchdown passes, 1,070 attempts, and 2,069 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2,069 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives KJ Jefferson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Arkansas
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120212022202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 255 | 60.8 | 31 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas | 362 | 35.9 | 13.8 | 107 |
| 2021 Postseason | Arkansas | 3,340 | 70.9 | 24.4 | 2,978 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas | 3,340 | 70.9 | 24.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Arkansas | 3,288 | 69.4 | 30.8 | -52 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas | 3,288 | 69.4 | 30.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 2,554 | 61.3 | 35.2 | -734 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 1,205 | 66 | 25.7 | -1,349 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado
Week 5 · L 21-48 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
360
Total Offense
86.7 takeover
360 total offense with 60 efficiency.
#2
@ LSU
Week 4 · L 31-34 · Conference game
337
Total Offense
85.2 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
337 total offense with 62.4 efficiency.
#3
@ Florida
Week 10 · W 39-36 · Conference game
347
Total Offense
83 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
347 total offense with 68.6 efficiency.
#4
@ Ole Miss
Week 6 · L 51-52 · Conference game
411
Total Offense
82.2 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
411 total offense with 70 efficiency.
#5
vs Kansas
Week 1 · W 55-53 · Postseason
417
Total Offense
79.9 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
417 total offense with 81.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Arkansas
3,288 primary output · 69.4 efficiency · 30.8 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Arkansas
79.1
3,288 primary · 69.4 efficiency · 30.8 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Arkansas
75.5
3,340 primary · 70.9 efficiency · 24.4 usage
Milestones
13
250+ passing yards
12
300+ total offense
21
3+ TD games
34
Above avg efficiency
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