Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Texas State
Jafus Gaines
WR • 5'11" • Houston, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Jafus Gaines reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Prairie View A&M
Player Story
Jafus Gaines built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 80, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Jafus Gaines' career was his receiving role: 82...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jafus Gaines, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Texas State. Jafus Gaines reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 951
- Receptions
- 82
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Jafus Gaines quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 951
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- Prairie View A&M
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lee County
- High school pipeline
- Lee County · 27 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 80 · Class 2015
- 2015 Receiving yards rank
- 521 receiving yards · WR 212th (top 23%) · Sun Belt 20th (top 13%) · National 231st (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas State | 11 | 14 | 114 | 0 | 35.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas State | 3 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 30 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas State | 7 | 22 | 289 | 4 | 52.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 42 | 521 | 2 | 75 |
Related Context
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Jafus Gaines played WR for Texas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jafus Gaines recorded 18 rushing yards, 951 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Texas State paired 521 primary output with 78.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 78.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Prairie View A&M
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2015 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
43.4
Efficiency
78.4
Usage
16.3
Consistency
67.2
Best Game by takeover score
Prairie View A&M
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 3. Prairie View A&M: 92. Southern Miss: 78. Houston: 60. Louisiana: 13. South Alabama: 30. Georgia Southern: 38. New Mexico State: 43. Georgia State: 36. UL Monroe: 28. Idaho: 59. Arkansas State: 41
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. Florida State: 1 by 20. Prairie View A&M: 4 by 100. Southern Miss: 8 by 65. Houston: 6 by 66.7. Louisiana: 1 by 86.7. South Alabama: 2 by 100. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. New Mexico State: 3 by 95.6. Georgia State: 5 by 48. UL Monroe: 2 by 93.3. Idaho: 6 by 65.6. Arkansas State: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins50 · Games = 3 · +8.8 vs Losses
Losses41.2 · Games = 9 · -8.8 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
Prairie View A&M
Best efficiency game
100 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | @ Arkansas State | L 17-55 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Idaho | L 31-38 | — | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 0 | 20 |
| Fri 11/20 | vs UL Monroe | W 16-3 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Georgia State | L 19-41 | — | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 7.20 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs New Mexico State | L 21-31 | — | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 0 | 23 |
| Thu 10/29 | @ Georgia Southern | L 13-37 | — | 2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs South Alabama | W 36-18 | — | 2 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Louisiana | L 27-49 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sun 9/27 | @ Houston | L 14-59 | — | 6 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Southern MissHigh volume | L 50-56 | — | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Prairie View A&M | W 63-24 | — | 4 | 92 | 19.4 | 23 | 1 | 49 |
| Sun 9/6 | @ Florida State | L 16-59 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Player Story
Jafus Gaines story
Jafus Gaines built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 80, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Jafus Gaines' career was his receiving role: 82 catches, 951 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 18 rushing yards across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Texas State. 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 18 rushing yards and 971 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas State.
The arc is straightforward: Jafus Gaines 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
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Texas State
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2012201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas State | 114 | 48.8 | 9.6 | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas State | 27 | 43.4 | 11.3 | -87 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas State | 289 | 63.9 | 15.8 | 262 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas State | 521 | 78.4 | 16.3 | 232 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Prairie View A&M
Week 2 · W 63-24
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
92
Receiving Yards
91.3 takeover
92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Week 1 · W 65-0
119
Receiving Yards
84.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
119 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Southern Miss
Week 3 · L 50-56
78
Receiving Yards
78.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
78 receiving yards with a 65 efficiency score.
#4
vs Idaho
Week 7 · W 38-7 · Conference game
34
Receiving Yards
74.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Idaho
Week 13 · L 31-38 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
71 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 65.6 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Texas State
521 primary output · 78.4 efficiency · 16.3 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · Texas State
52.9
289 primary · 63.9 efficiency · 15.8 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Texas State
35.3
114 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 9.6 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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