Jesse Watson

WR · #10 · Purdue · SO · 5'9" · 175 · St. Louis, MO

WR-SL depth chart, 2nd

80 2025 receiving yards
8 of 28 2025 catches
2 2025 TDs
2 Explosive plays
13 Career games (0 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Purdue1208-28 80 10.0 2
2024 Purdue101-2 16 16.0 0

2025 Percentile vs WRs

Receiving yards per game 6.7 19
Yards per catch 10.0 24
Catch rate 28.6% 3
Receiving TDs 2 54

Around Jesse

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Ryan Browne QB · 2,153 pass yds · 12g
RB Fame Ijeboi RB · 441 rush yds · 11g · at MINN
WR-X Xavier Townsend WR · 243 rec yds · 10g · at ISU
WR-Z Bisi Owens WR · no college stats
WR-SL Asaad Waseem WR · 699 rec yds · 12g · at FAU
TE George Burhenn TE · 94 rec yds · 4g

The situation

Purdue 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 9.8% 23
Red zone TD rate 57.8% 7
Line yards per carry 2.3 31
Sack rate allowed 4.8% 76

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1 BALL 4 1
W2Southern Illinois Salukis 2 1 5
W3 USC 2 1 20 1
W4 @ ND 5 2 28 1
W6 ILL 3
W8 @ NW 3 2 14
W11 OSU 3 1 7 1 1
W12 @ WASH 1
W14 IND 5 1 6

Recruiting

2024 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2024 board
#1220 Caleb Groce WR · Pell City
#1220 Shae Terry CB · Riverdale Baptist
#1252 Jesse Watson WR · East St. Louis PUR
#1252 Charlton Luniewski IOL · Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy MSU
#1252 Enoch Watson QB · American Leadership Academy BYU
WRs in the class
#155 Ta'Erik Tate Gilmer
#156 Caleb Groce Pell City
#157 Jesse Watson East St. Louis PUR
#158 Arkese Parks Robinson USF
#159 Tyrone Jackson Archbishop Riordan BSU
2025 · 19th pctile of WRs
Recruit · 59th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.