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Veasy played in 24 games with 13 starts and contributed 63 receptions for 797 yards receiving with nine touchdown catches during his two seasons at Cal from 2016-17 and made at least a single catch in each of his final 19 contests. Veasy also had one kick return for 25 yards to total 822 all-purpose yards as well as one tackle. Veasy had career highs of 38 receptions, 491 yards receiving and six touchdown catches as a 2017 senior with the latter leading the Golden Bears. His six touchdown receptions during his senior campaign included both Cal's first and final score at North Carolina and UCLA, respectively. Veasy arrived at Cal in January of 2016 following his emergence as one of California’s top junior college wide receivers as a 2015 sophomore at Golden West College where he earned first-team All-Region III and All-National Division of the Southern League in the Southern California Football Association honors by compiling 1,552 all-purpose yards for a squad that finished 8-3 overall and earned a spot in the Patriotic Bowl. He had 63 receptions for 1,036 yards receiving and 11 touchdown catches as a sophomore.
Veasy's Cal Career Game Highs
Receptions: 7 (at Colorado, 2017)
Receiving Yards: 111 (at Colorado, 2017)
Receiving TDs: 1 (nine times, last at UCLA, 2017)
Long Reception: 51 (at Colorado, 2017)
Kick Returns: 1 (vs. Washington, 2016)
Kick Return Yards: 25 (vs. Washington, 2016)
Long Kick Return: 25 (vs. Washington, 2016)
All-Purpose Yards: 111 (at Colorado, 2017)
Total TDs: 1 (nine times, last at UCLA, 2017)
Points: 6 (nine times, last at UCLA, 2017)
Tackles: 1 (at North Carolina, 2017)
After Cal
• Participated on the American Team roster for the 2018 Spiral Tropical Bowl
Cal Career (2016-17)
• Played in 24 games with 13 starts and contributed 63 receptions for 797 yards receiving with nine touchdown catches including at least a single reception in each of his final 19 contests
• Added one kick return for 25 yards for a total of 822 all-purpose yards and one tackle
• Posted career highs of 38 receptions, 491 yards receiving and six touchdown catches as a 2017 senior with the latter leading the Golden Bears
• Had career highs of seven catches and 111 yards receiving (also career-high all-purpose yards) as a senior at Colorado when he also had a career-long 51-yard reception
• Had a career-high-tying one touchdown catch nine times including on six occasions as a senior when he also added his first career tackle against North Carolina
Senior (2017)
• Had career highs of 38 receptions, 491 yards receiving and a team-high six touchdown catches while playing in all 12 games with 10 starts to co-lead the team's receivers
• Scored Cal's first touchdown of the 2017 season on a 10-yard reception from Ross Bowers in the first quarter of the season opener at North Carolina as well as the final touchdown on a six-yard catch from Bowers in the fourth quarter at UCLA
• Had career highs of seven receptions and 111 yards receiving at Colorado, as well as a career-long 51-yard catch and a career-high-tying single touchdown reception for one of the nine times in his collegiate career at Cal
• Had at least one catch in all 12 games, picking up other receiving numbers at Stanford (5-68), vs. USC (4-56, TD), at North Carolina (4-35, TD), vs. Oregon State (3-39, TD), at Oregon (3-37, TD), vs. Washington State (3-36), at UCLA (3-27, TD), vs. Weber State (2-30), vs. Arizona (2-10), vs. Ole Miss (1-18) and at Washington (1-14)
• Took the majority of starter reps at his position in spring ball with Demetris Robertson being limited due to Robertson's participation on the Cal track and field team
• Had four catches for 38 yards receiving in the spring game
Junior (2016)
• Played in 12 games with three starts and contributed 25 receptions, 306 yards receiving and three touchdown catches, as well as his lone career kick return for 25 yards to give him the highest kick return average on the team 331 all-purpose yards
• Registered three catches for a season-high 77 yards receiving and a career-high-tying one touchdown reception against Texas with the score a 29-yard connection with Davis Webb to cap the Bears' opening drive and including a 30-yard hookup to get the game-winning drive started in the fourth quarter
• Other receiving numbers came at Washington State (5-45, TD), vs. UCLA (3-29), at Oregon State (3-7), vs. Hawai'i (2-41, TD), vs. Stanford (2-33), at USC (2-28), at San Diego State (2-18), vs. Oregon (2-13) and vs. Washington (1-15)
• His 25-yard kick return came vs. Washington
• First Cal start came in the Pac-12 opener at Arizona State
• One of nine players who were mid-year enrollees in January and participated with the team during its spring practices along with fellow junior college transfers Rusty Becker and Dwayne Wallace, as well as freshmen Greyson Bankhead, Derrick Clark, Jake Curhan, Jordan Duncan, Max Gilliam and Melquise Stovall
• Had a team-high-tying five receptions for a team-high 56 yards for the Gold squad in a 38-37 loss to the Blue team in the spring game as well as one two-point conversion on a pass from Max Gilliam
Golden West College (Class of 2016)
• Earned first-team All-Region III and All-National Division of the Southern League in the Southern California Football Association honors in his lone junior college season as a 2015 sophomore after compiling 1,552 all-purpose yards for a squad that finished 8-3 overall and earned a spot in the Patriotic Bowl
• Recorded 63 receptions for 1,036 yards and 11 touchdown catches during his sophomore campaign to rank among the state’s top junior college players in receiving yards (No. 13), touchdown catches (No. 15), receptions (No. 16) and receiving yards per game (No. 16, 94.2 ypg), while adding 473 yards on 20 kick returns, 32 yards on two punt returns and 11 yards on a single rush
• Registered a single-game career best 11 receptions along with 117 yards receiving as a sophomore in the final game of his junior college career in the Patriotic Bowl against Mt. San Antonio, while his 168 yards receiving on six catches at Palomar were a single-game career best, and he had a career-high tying two touchdown catches in each game as well as against Los Angeles Harbor and Grossmont
• Equaled his single-game career best for all-purpose yards with 193 both vs. Ventura (141 receiving, 52 kick return) and Palomar (168 receiving, 25 kick return), while other single-game career bests all during his sophomore season included 96 kick return yards vs. Orange Coast, 32 punt return yards against Los Angeles Harbor and his lone career rush for 11 yards vs. Fullerton
• Wore No. 8
Faulkner (2013)
• Played his 2013 true freshman season at NAIA school Faulkner, where he had five catches for 75 yards receiving and three touchdowns in six games while adding one tackle
• Wore No. 82
Gadsden City HS (Class of 2013)
• Registered 23 catches for 637 yards receiving and nine touchdowns as a 2012 senior for a team that finished 6-5 overall and 4-3 in 6A Region 7 contests
• Focused on baseball for much of his prep career before growing six inches between his junior and senior year
Junior College Recruiting Notes (Class of 2016)
• Stars: 247Sports (3), 247Sports Composite (3), ESPN (3), Scout (3), Rivals (2)
• National Overall Player Ratings: Scout (56), 247Sports Composite (127), 247Sports (138)
• National Wide Receiver Ratings: ESPN (12), 247Sports (23), 247Sports Composite (24)
• Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports (84), 247Sports Composite (0.8359), ESPN (79), Rivals (5.3)
Other
• Full name is Jordan Thomas Veasy
• Born June 23, 1995
• Son of Kevin and Cassandra Veasy
• Attended Itawamba Community College during the 2014-15 school year but did not play football
• Major is American studies
Last Updated
March 20, 2018
