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Jahan Dotson

Wide Receiver, Atlanta Falcons · #4.

Player facts

Team: Atlanta Falcons
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 4
Born: Mar 22, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Nazareth, PA, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 184 lbs
College: Penn State
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Regular Season	8	18	149	18.6	1	36	7	0	0	0.0	0
Last 5 Games	8	18	149	17.9	1	36	7	0	0	0.0	0
Career	129	231	1,668	12.9	13	61	82	3	6	2.0	13

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	22 targets	-0.17	46%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs BAL	L 30-23 OT	2	4	54	27.0	0	36	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Oct 5	@ NO	W 45-24	2	3	54	27.0	1	31	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 24	@ GB	W 35-14	1	3	11	11.0	0	11	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CAR	L 34-3	2	4	11	5.5	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ PIT	L 20-13	1	4	19	19.0	0	19	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jahan Waltè Dotson ( jə-HAHN; born March 22, 2000) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the Washington Commanders in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft. Dotson was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024, and became a Super Bowl champion that season.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jahan Dotson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Dotson was born on March 22, 2000, in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange, before moving to Pennsylvania. He attended Nazareth Area High School in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. He transferred to Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey for his junior year, but then returned to Nazareth High School for his senior year in 2017. He set school career records at Nazareth for most receptions (187), most receiving yards (2,755), and most touchdowns (40).

Dotson originally committed to play college football at UCLA but later rescinded his commitment to play for Penn State.

College career

Dotson appeared in eight games for the Penn State Nittany Lions as a freshman in the 2018 season and made four starts, recording 13 receptions for 203 yards.

As a sophomore in the 2019 season, Dotson started all 13 games and had 27 receptions for 488 yards and five touchdowns.

In the 2020 season, as a junior, Dotson was Penn State's leading receiver. Against the Ohio State Buckeyes, Dotson recorded eight catches for 144 yards and three touchdowns. Against Michigan State, Dotson became the third Big Ten player since 2000 to have a punt return touchdown and 100 receiving yards in the same game. Dotson finished the 2020 season with 884 receiving yards and eight touchdowns, and was named third-team All-Big Ten for the season.

As a senior in the 2021 season, Dotson recorded 11 receptions for 242 yards and 3 touchdowns in Penn State's win over Maryland, breaking Deon Butler's school record for receiving yards in a game.

In December 2021, announced his intention to enter the 2022 NFL draft. In May 2022, he graduated from Penn State with a degree in telecommunications.

Dotson finished his Penn State career second in school history in both career (183) and single-season (91 in 2021) receptions, fourth in career receiving yards (2,757), second in single-season receiving yards (1,182 in 2021), and second in both career (25) and single-season (12 in 2021) touchdowns.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jahan Dotson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹