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Video Clips and Stats on Jalen Reagor’s Catchable Targets and Dropped Passes

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Apr 24th, 2020 · 11:58 AM EDT

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A few more Jalen Reagor stats and clips on a Friday morning.

We mentioned the poor quarterback play, with true freshman Max Duggan throwing passes for TCU this season. A good way to evaluate productivity is by looking at the amount of catchable passes that came in Reagor’s direction.

This is from Graham Barfield at Fantasy Points, using Pro Football Focus data:

None of that data really surprises me. You had Justin Jefferson playing from the slot, getting matchups against nickels, safeties, and linebackers and having a Heisman Trophy-winning, #1 overall pick throwing him passes. Laviska Shenault had Steven Montez, who was ranked as a top-15 quarterback on most draft boards, throwing him passes for the entirety of his college career.

K.J. Hamler was playing this season with first-year starter Sean Clifford, and had to go up against Big 10 defenses, so his ranking also makes sense. And if you’re running more downfield routes you’re much more likely to be on the receiving end of inaccurate passes.

Here’s a stat that goes back a bit further:

Just 61% of Jalen Reagor’s targets since 2018 were catchable

3rd lowest in this draft class pic.twitter.com/9unRX1wnfq

— PFF (@PFF) April 24, 2020

 

What about drops?

You’ve probably heard about that being a Reagor issue.

Here’s a number:

https://twitter.com/lounsberry_mike/status/1253538886480953344?s=20

We’d have to dig further into the tape to take a look at those drops specifically. Sometimes stuff is thrown at your knees when you’re coming out of a break, and those count as catchable passes but aren’t exactly easy to snag. Stuff like that is hard to log. I’ll keep looking through the film and see if we can find a drop montage anywhere out there.

The best I can do right now is this clip of inaccurate passes thrown towards him…

"Jalen Reagor has drops"
"Jalen Reagor didn't have 1k yards"
"Jalen Reagor is a gadget player"
"Jalen Reagor ain't a 1st round talent"

Give an average WR the worst catch rate in this league, and he's a janitor next year. @jalenreagor is the TRUTH! #EAGLES pic.twitter.com/NxQL8hcNK9

— NSN Chapo (@nsnchapo) April 20, 2020

And a good breakdown from Thomas Petersen here, with some of the Reagor drops shown near the end of the clip:

Jalen Reagor, TCU
+ Electric with ball
+ Athletic AF, good change of direction
+ Beautiful double moves
+ Good production despite bad QB play
+ Elite returner
– 13 % drops of on target throws
– Mostly used as gimmick player
– Poor block effort
– Route running needs work#Eagles pic.twitter.com/2Ejqoswgls

— Thomas R. Petersen (@thomasrp93) March 28, 2020