Jakobi Meyers

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Jakobi Meyers
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Meyers in 2019
No. 16 – Las Vegas Raiders
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1996-11-09) November 9, 1996 (age 27)
Lithonia, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Arabia Mountain
(Lithonia, Georgia)
College: NC State (2015–2018)
Undrafted: 2019
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Receptions:306
Receiving yards:3,565
Receiving touchdowns:16
Passing yards:100
Player stats at PFR

Jakobi Meyers (born November 9, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at NC State and signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

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Early life

Meyers attended and played high school football at Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia, Georgia. [1]

College career

Meyers played at NC State from 2015 to 2018. [2] Initially recruited as a quarterback, Meyers transitioned to receiver following his freshman year in which he redshirted and was a key member of the scout team. In the 2017 season, Meyers had three games on the year going over 100 receiving yards: 112 against Florida State, 105 against Clemson, and 101 against North Carolina. [3] [4] [5] In the 2018 season, he had five games going over the 100-yard mark: 161 against James Madison, 125 against Florida State, 117 against Wake Forest, 111 against North Carolina, and 163 against East Carolina. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] In the 2018 season, his 92 receptions ranked second and his 1,047 receiving yards ranked fourth in the ACC. [11]

During his collegiate career, Meyers had 168 receptions for 1,932 yards and nine touchdowns. After his junior season, he entered the 2019 NFL Draft. [12] Meyers’ 92 receptions in 2018 broke Torry Holt's single season receptions record for NC State. [13]

College statistics

SeasonTeamGPReceiving
RecYdsAvgTD
2015 NC State Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2016 NC State 71315812.20
2017 NC State 126372711.55
2018 NC State 12921,04711.44
Career 311681,93211.59

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1+5⁄8 in
(1.87 m)		203 lb
(92 kg)		32 in
(0.81 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)		4.63 s1.56 s2.66 s4.23 s7.07 s37 in
(0.94 m)		9 ft 10 in
(3.00 m)		13 reps
All values from NFL Combine [14]

New England Patriots

2019

Meyers signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2019. [15] [16] He debuted in the Patriots' preseason opener against the Detroit Lions, recording a game-high six catches for 69 yards and two touchdowns in a Patriots 31–3 win. [17] In the Patriot's second preseason game, against the Tennessee Titans, Meyers again had a game-high six catches for 82 yards; he also had a two-point conversion reception in the 22–17 win for New England. [18] In Week 1, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, in his regular-season debut, Meyers had one reception for 22 yards in a 33–3 win. [19] Overall, Meyers recorded 26 receptions for 359 receiving yards as a rookie. [20]

2020

In Week 9 of the 2020 season, against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football , he recorded a career-high with 12 receptions for 169 yards, including a 20-yard catch to set up Nick Folk's game-winning 51-yard field goal as the Patriots won 30–27. [21] In Week 10 against the Baltimore Ravens on NBC Sunday Night Football , Meyers led the Patriots with five catches for 59 yards and recorded a 24-yard passing touchdown to running back Rex Burkhead during the 23–17 win. [22] In Week 15 against the Miami Dolphins, Meyers recorded seven catches for 111 yards during the 22–12 loss. [23] In Week 17 against the New York Jets, Meyers recorded 5 catches for 57 yards and a 19-yard passing touchdown on a reverse trick play to quarterback Cam Newton, very similar to his passing touchdown earlier in the season. The Patriots won 28–14. [24] Meyers finished the season with 59 receptions for 729 yards, and while he had yet to record the first touchdown reception of his career, he did throw two touchdown passes. [25]

2021

Meyers scored his first receiving touchdown in Week 10 on an 11-yard pass from Brian Hoyer in the fourth quarter of a 45–7 win over the Cleveland Browns. At the time, Meyers held the modern NFL record for the most receptions (134) and receiving yards (1,560) to start a career without scoring a touchdown. [26] Meyers caught his second touchdown in Week 17 of the season on a 4-yard pass from Mac Jones, adding to an already productive outing, catching all eight of his targets for 73 yards against the Jacksonville Jaguars. After a 70-yard outing in the season finale against the Dolphins, Meyers finished his third season with multiple career highs, as well as leading the team in receptions (83) and receiving yards (866). [27] [28]

2022

On March 13, 2022, the Patriots placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Meyers. [29] Meyers signed the second-round tender on June 13, 2022, worth $3.9 million. [30]

At the end of a tied Week 15 game against the Las Vegas Raiders, on the last play of the game, Meyers threw a backwards lateral targeted towards Mac Jones after taking a prior lateral from teammate Rhamondre Stevenson. The pass was off the mark and intercepted by Chandler Jones, allowing the Raiders to win on a walk-off touchdown in the 30–24 loss. Post-game, Meyers said in response to his play: “I was trying to do too much…Trying to be a hero, I guess”. [31] The play was later nicknamed the Lunatic Lateral.

Meyers finished the season as the team's leading receiver with 67 catches for 804 yards and six touchdowns. [32] [33]

Las Vegas Raiders

On March 16, 2023, Meyers signed a three-year contract with the Raiders. [34]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGamesReceivingRushingPassingFumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgFumLost
2019 NE 1512635913.8350————————————00
2020 NE 1495972912.4350294.57022100.04320158.311
2021 NE 17168386610.4392199.09022100.04500118.811
2022 NE 14136780412.04862-11-5.570———————22
2023 LV 16167180711.43384246.01722366.71210113.900
Career 76553063,56511.748169313.41726785.710030158.344

Postseason

YearTeamGamesReceivingFumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2021 NE 116406.719000
Career 116406.719000

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