Player Dossier

2013-2017

Rutgers

Janarion Grant

WR • 5'10" • 178 lbs • Trilby, FL, USA

Alpha targetPossession profile

Janarion Grant reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Janarion Grant built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Trilby, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Janarion Grant's career was his return-game role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.82

Acadiana · Lafayette, LA

Committed To
Louisiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Janarion Grant, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers. Janarion Grant reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,059
Receptions
98
Touchdowns
18
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2017 · Rutgers · Player Highlight

Janarion Grant college highlights at Rutgers.

Season
2017
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Janarion Grant quick answers

Latest team and position
Rutgers · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,059
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
Top game
Iowa
Recruit profile
3-star · Acadiana · Louisiana
High school pipeline
Acadiana · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
167 receiving yards · WR 518th (top 53%) · Big Ten 68th (top 32%) · National 691st (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 PostseasonRutgers12-0026.2
2013 Regular SeasonRutgers12218226.2
2014 Regular SeasonRutgers1125312057.3
2015 Regular SeasonRutgers1235352670.3
2016 Regular SeasonRutgers420210872
2017 Regular SeasonRutgers716167251.9

Related Context

Janarion Grant played WR for Rutgers. Across 5 tracked seasons, Janarion Grant recorded 26 passing yards, 344 rushing yards, and 1,059 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Rutgers paired 210 primary output with 68.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 53.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

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

Analysis workspace

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2017 Regular Season · Rutgers

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

23.9

Efficiency

53.4

Usage

25.7

Consistency

21.3

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington: 20. Eastern Michigan: 91. Morgan State: 2. Illinois: 49. Purdue: 5. Michigan: 0. Penn State: 0

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. Washington: 3 by 44.4. Eastern Michigan: 8 by 75.8. Morgan State: 1 by 13.3. Illinois: 3 by 100. Purdue: 1 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins18.7 · Games = 3 · -9.1 vs Losses
Losses27.8 · Games = 4 · +9.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Illinois

Result
Sat 11/11@ Penn StateL 6-35
Sat 10/28@ MichiganL 14-3514.2
Sat 10/21vs PurdueW 14-12155505
Sat 10/14@ IllinoisW 35-2434916.316.30033
Sat 9/16vs Morgan StateW 65-0122.5202
Sat 9/9vs Eastern MichiganHigh volumeL 13-1689111.411.40040
Sat 9/2vs WashingtonL 14-3032056.70113

Player Story

Janarion Grant story

Janarion Grant built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Trilby, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Janarion Grant's career was his return-game role: 3,445 return yards and 8 return touchdowns across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Rutgers. 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 26 passing yards, 344 rushing yards, and 1,059 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rutgers.

The arc is straightforward: Janarion Grant 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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    Rutgers

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 PostseasonRutgers186011.1
2013 Regular SeasonRutgers186011.10
2014 Regular SeasonRutgers31263.216.5294
2015 Regular SeasonRutgers35258.518.340
2016 Regular SeasonRutgers21068.731.9-142
2017 Regular SeasonRutgers16753.425.7-43

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Iowa

Week 4 · L 7-14 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Maryland

Week 14 · W 41-38 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

94.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 87.5 efficiency score.

#3

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 2 · L 13-16

91

Receiving Yards

91.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 75.8 efficiency score.

#4

vs Nebraska

Week 11 · L 14-31 · Conference game

58

Receiving Yards

91.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 96.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 2 · L 34-37

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Receiving Yards

86.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

65 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Rutgers

210 primary output · 68.7 efficiency · 31.9 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Rutgers

70.3

352 primary · 58.5 efficiency · 18.3 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Rutgers

57.3

312 primary · 63.2 efficiency · 16.5 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games