CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Played in 42 career games at Penn State, making 38 starts...Recorded 183 receptions for 2,757 yards and 25 touchdowns, including a long reception of 86 yards...Owned 38 career receptions of 20 or more yards, six career touchdown catches of 60 or more yards (86 at Maryland, 2021; 75 vs. Illinois, 2020; 70 vs. Illinois, 2020; 68 vs. Iowa, 2020; 60 at Indiana, 2020; 72 vs. Purdue, 2019) and 10 touchdown receptions of 40 or more yards...Recorded a catch in final 41 career games. Records Set: Ends career as Penn State's all-time leader in punt return average (17.8). Rankings: Finished career tied for second all-time at Penn State in career receptions and receiving touchdowns, and fourth in receiving yards...Ended career as one of 10 Nittany Lions to reach the 2,000 career receiving yards mark...Owned 11 career 100-yard receiving games, ranking second all-time at Penn State.
Season: Records Set: Owns the Penn State single season record for punt return average (24.6; 2020)...Tied the Penn State record with five touchdown catches in first three games, matching Joe Jurevicius (1997). 2021: Ranked second at Penn State in a single season in receptions (91), receiving yards (1,182) and receiving touchdowns (12)...Became the fourth Penn State wide receiver (6th instance) to record a 1,000-yard receiving season (1,182). 2020: Finished tied for 11th in a single season at Penn State for receiving touchdowns (8), 13th in receiving yardage (884), and tied for 17th in receptions (52)...Became first Penn State player with at least one touchdown reception in each of the first three games of a season since Allen Robinson in 2013 (vs. Syracuse, Eastern Michigan, UCF)...Had 238 receiving yards through first two games of season, most by a PSU receiver since Geno Lewis (271; 2014) and most by a PSU receiver in first two Big Ten games of a season since Allen Robinson (257; 2013).
Game: Records Set: Set the Penn State single-game receiving record with 242 yards against Maryland (11/7/21). 2021: With 10 catches against Auburn (9/18), became the first Penn State player with double-digit receptions in a game since Saquon Barkley (12 at Iowa in 2017) and first wide receiver with double-digit catches since DaeSean Hamilton (14 against Ohio State in 2014). 2020: Had three touchdown receptions against Ohio State (10/31), becoming first Penn State player with three touchdown receptions in a game since Pat Freiermuth vs. Michigan State in 2019 and the first PSU receiver to accomplish the feat since DaeSean Hamilton vs. Indiana in 2017...With an 81-yard punt return for a touchdown and a 100-yard receiving performance vs. Michigan State (12/12), he became one of three Big Ten players to have 100 receiving yards and a punt return for a touchdown in the same game since 2000 (Michigan's Steve Breaston, 2006 vs. Indiana; Wisconsin's Brandon Williams, 2005 vs. Indiana)...The 81-yard punt return was the eighth longest in program history and the longest since Bryant Johnson's 81-yarder vs. against Michigan State in 2002...With 75- and 70-yard touchdown receptions vs. Illinois (12/19), became the first Penn State player to have two catches of 70 or more yards in a game...Tallied 189 receiving yards vs. Illinois, which rank sixth in Penn State history and are the most in a game since Allen Robinson totaled 197 receiving yards in 2012 vs. Indiana.
2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned third-team All-America honors from the Associated Press and Phil Steele...Named a Reese's Senior Bowl All-American...Earned first-team All-Big Ten by the media and second-team All-Big Ten by the coaches...Also earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the media as a return specialist...Earned Pro Football Focus All-Big Ten first team honors...Was an AP second-team All-Big Ten honoree. Midseason: Named a Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalist...Selected Midseason All-America second team by The Athletic. Weekly: Selected to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll twice (10/2 vs. Indiana and 9/18 vs. Auburn)...Reese's Senior Bowl Player of the Week (11/6 vs. Maryland)...Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week (11/6 vs. Maryland)..Named to the PFF National Team of the Week after the Maryland game. Preseason: Named to the Biletnikoff Award, Maxwell Award, Paul Hornung Award and Reese's Senior Bowl Watch Lists...Selected a Big Ten Player To Watch...Selected for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Preseason Big Board.
Season: Made 12 starts...Tallied 91 receptions for 1,182 yards and 12 touchdowns.
at Wisconsin (9/4): Recorded third straight 100-yard receiving game with five catches for 102 yards and a touchdown...Hauled in a 49-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter...Added a 42-yard reception. Ball State (9/11): Corralled five catches for 65 yards and a touchdown...Scored on a 25-yard catch and run from Sean Clifford in the second quarter. Auburn (9/18): Recorded a career-high 10 catches for 78 yards and a touchdown...Made a 4-yard touchdown reception from Clifford in the first quarter...Completed his first-career pass to Tyler Warren for 22 yards...Had a 22-yard catch. Villanova (9/25): Tallied seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown...connected with Clifford on the team's first offensive play for a 52-yard touchdown. Indiana (10/2): Made eight grabs for 84 yards and two touchdowns...Tallied 8- and 30-yard touchdown receptions from Clifford...Logged 53 yards after catches. at Iowa (10/9): Tallied eight catches for 48 yards. Illinois (10/23): Posted 58 yards on six catches. at Ohio State (10/30): Tallied a career-high 11 catches for 127 yards...Recorded his first career rushing touchdown. at Maryland (11/6): Set the Penn State single-game receiving yardage record with 242 yards...Tied career-highs with 11 receptions and three touchdowns...Connected with Clifford on a career-long 86-yard touchdown reception. Michigan (11/13): Tallied nine catches for 61 yards. Rutgers (11/20): Had three catches for 52 yards with a touchdown. at Michigan State (11/27): Tallied eight catches for 137 yards and two touchdowns.
2020 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Phil Steele...Named All-Big Ten third team as a receiver by the coaches and media...Selected honorable mention All-Big Ten as a punt returner by the coaches and media...Garnered Pro Football Focus All-Big Ten second team honors...Earned Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team laurels. Midseason: Named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. Weekly: Named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following the Michigan State game (12/14).
Season: Made nine starts...Made 52 receptions for 884 yards (17.0 average) with eight touchdowns...Averaged 98.2 receiving yards per game...Caught at least one pass of 20 or more yards in eight of nine games...Had 15 total receptions of 20 or more yards...Tallied eight punt returns for 197 yards (24.6 average) with an 81-yard return for a touchdown...Led Penn State with 1,081 all-purpose yards (120.1 per game)...Named the Coaching Staff's Offensive Player of the Week four times (Ohio State, 10/31; Iowa, 11/21; Michigan State, 12/12; Illinois, 12/19)...Was the Coaching Staff's Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Michigan State (12/12).
Rankings: Led the Big Ten in receiving yardage (884, 19th nationally), was third in receptions (52, T-39th) and sat fourth in yards per reception (17.0; 43rd)...Was tied for the nation's lead in catches of 60-plus yards (4)...Led the Big Ten in catches of 20-plus (15, T-16th nationally) and 70-plus yards (2, T-3rd), tied for first in 50-plus (4, T-6th), was second in 40-plus (5, T-26th) and tied for second in 30-plus (6, T-37th).
at Indiana (10/24): Had four catches for 94 yards...Hauled in a 60-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter...Added a 21-yard catch in the first quarter. Ohio State (10/31): Tallied 144 yards and three touchdowns on eight catches...Hauled in touchdown receptions of 14, 21 and 20 yards...Second touchdown reception was a one-handed grab along the sideline...Hauled in four catches of 20 or more yards. Maryland (11/7): Hauled in a career-high nine receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown, marking his second straight 100-yard receiving game...Caught a 20-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter...Added an 11-yard punt return. at Nebraska (11/14): Caught two passes for 27 yards...Had a 21-yard reception in the third quarter...Added a 21-yard punt return. Iowa (11/21): Caught eight passes for 139 yards...Registered 171 all-purpose yards...Had two catches of 20-plus yards, including a 68-yard catch from Sean Clifford for a touchdown in the third quarter...Had two punt returns for 32 return yards. at Michigan (11/28): Made three receptions for 30 yards. at Rutgers (12/5): Had four receptions for 30 yards...Made a 20-yard reception. Michigan State (12/12): Had eight receptions for 108 yards...Ran back an 81-yard punt return for a touchdown the first of his career...Caught a 36-yard pass from Will Levis...Converted a 2-point conversion on a pass from Sean Clifford in the third quarter...Totaled 189 all-purpose yards. Illinois (12/19): Recorded a career-high 189 receiving yards on six receptions to go along with two touchdowns...Caught a career-long 75-yard touchdown reception on the first play of the game...Added a 70-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter...Had three catches that went for 20-plus yards...Returned a punt for 50-yards...Tallied a career-high 239 all-purpose yards.
2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Started all 13 games at wide receiver...Was third on the team in receptions (27), yardage (488) and touchdowns (5)...Returned two punts for 39 yards (19.5 average) with a long return of 30 yards…Named Coaching Staff’s Offensive Player of the Week two times (Buffalo, 9/7; Purdue, 10/5).
Rankings: Ranked No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 34 in the nation in yards per reception (18.07).
Idaho (8/31): Hauled in a 13-yard reception. Buffalo (9/7): Tallied four receptions for 109 yards...Caught two touchdowns, including a 28-yard reception in the first quarter and a 56-yard catch in the fourth quarter...Tabbed the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. Pittsburgh (9/14): Made two grabs for 21 yards. at Maryland (9/27): Caught three passes for 20 yards...Added a 30-yard punt return. Purdue (10/5): Hauled in two catches for 79 yards...Scored on a 72-yard pass, PSU's longest pass play of the season...Had a 4-yard rush...Tabbed the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. at Iowa (10/12): Caught two passes for 19 yards. Michigan (10/19): Caught a 37-yard pass in the first quarter. at Michigan State (10/26): Hauled in two receptions for 14 yards...Had a 9-yard punt return. at Minnesota (11/9): Caught three passes for 70 yards...Had a 49-yard grab in the fourth quarter. Indiana (11/16): Grabbed two receptions for 30 yards...Had a 21-yard catch in the second quarter. at Ohio State (11/23): Had a 6-yard catch. Rutgers (11/30): Hauled in a 44-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. vs. Memphis (12/28): Caught three passes for 26 yards...Hauled in a 4-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in eight games, including four starts...One of 16 true freshmen to make their collegiate debut...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance...One of 20 Nittany Lions to make their first career start...First five catches all resulted in first downs...Ten of 13 catches (77 percent) resulted in first downs.
Kent State (9/15): Made collegiate debut. at Indiana (10/20): Made first career catch, a 10-yard reception in the fourth quarter. Iowa (10/27): Caught two passes for 21 yards, including a 15-yard reception in the first quarter to help PSU convert on fourth down. at Michigan (11/3): Had two catches for 29 yards, including a 19-yard grab. Wisconsin (11/10): Earned first career start, becoming the first true freshman receiver to start since Saeed Blacknall in 2014...Made two grabs for 39 yards, including a 30-yard catch in the second quarter. at Rutgers (11/17): Set season highs with four catches for 58 yards...Made a season-long 35-yard grab in the second quarter. Maryland (11/24): Made a 22-yard catch in the third quarter. vs. Kentucky (1/1): Hauled in a 24-yard reception in the fourth quarter.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time letterman for head coach Tom Falzone at Nazareth Area High School...Spent junior year at The Peddie School in New Jersey...Served as a team captain as a senior...Claimed a first-team spot on USA Today’s All-USA Pennsylvania Football Team as a senior...Selected to the Pennsylvania Football Writers Class 4A all-state first team in 2015 and 2017...Named to the Pennsylvania Football News (PFN) All-Class 6A first team as a senior...Garnered Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) South Most Offensive Valuable Player honors in 2017...Claimed EPC South Division All-Star accolades as a wide receiver and in the secondary in 2015 and 2017...Was also an EPC South Division All-Star as a wideout in 2016...Named All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League first team offensive utility in 2016...Selected to the Big 33 Game...Named team MVP as a freshman...Set school receiving records for receptions (187), receiving yards (2,755) and receiving touchdowns (40) at Nazareth Area...Had 62 catches for 889 yards and 15 touchdowns as senior...Recorded 23 catches for 503 yards with three touchdowns to go along with 251 rushing yards and four touchdowns in five games before getting injured as a junior...Had 65 receptions for 1,174 yards and 16 touchdowns as a sophomore...Had one rushing touchdown, two kickoff return touchdowns and four interception returns for scores in 2015...Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN and Rivals and a three-star recruit by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 13 player in Pennsylvania and No. 65 wide receiver by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 139 overall prospect, No. 19 wide receiver, No. 4 player in Pennsylvania and No. 18 in the region by ESPN...Ranked the No. 164 overall prospect, No. 5 player in Pennsylvania and No. 29 wide receiver by Rivals...Also lettered in basketball and track & field...Won Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) state championships in the 4x100 relay and the long jump in 2016...Was Nazareth’s first PIAA individual champion since 1970...Won the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference crown in the 100 and 200 meters, as well as the 4x100 relay in 2018...Was an honor roll student.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jahan Waltè Dotson...Son of Robin and Al Dotson...Has one brother, Al...Hobbies include playing sports, playing video games and hanging out with friends...Majoring in telecommunications...Born March 22, 2000 in Newark, New Jersey.