Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Rutgers
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.
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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- 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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Janarion Grant Rutgers Highlights
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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Postseason | Rutgers | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 26.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rutgers | 12 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 26.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 11 | 25 | 312 | 0 | 57.3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 12 | 35 | 352 | 6 | 70.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rutgers | 4 | 20 | 210 | 8 | 72 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 7 | 16 | 167 | 2 | 51.9 |
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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.
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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
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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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Postseason | Rutgers | 18 | 60 | 11.1 | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rutgers | 18 | 60 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 312 | 63.2 | 16.5 | 294 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 352 | 58.5 | 18.3 | 40 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rutgers | 210 | 68.7 | 31.9 | -142 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 167 | 53.4 | 25.7 | -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
105
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
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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
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100+ receiving yards
3
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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