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1 Rakim Jarrett

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Position WR
  • Major Criminology & Criminal Justice
  • Hometown Palmer Park, MD
  • High School St. John’s College
  • Instagram Rakimjarrett
  • Twitter RakimJarrett
  • Opendorse rakim-jarrett

Biography


CAREER HONORS
  • 2022 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
  • 3x Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (2020, 2021 & 2022)
  • 2022 Pro Football Focus, Athlon Sports, Phil Steele & Lindy's Sports Preseason Second Team All-Big Ten
  • 2022 Pick Six Previews' Preseason First Team All-Big Ten
  • 2021 Pro Football Focus Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
  • 2021 Phil Steele Third Team All-Big Ten
  • 2021 Pro Football Focus Preseason All-Big Ten 
  • 2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/9/20)
  • PFF True Freshman of the Week (11/9/20)
  • 247Sports True Freshman of the Week (11/9/20)

JARRETT IN THE NEWS
Maryland’s Rakim Jarrett poised for a special junior season (The Athletic, July 28, 2022) 
• Wide receiver Rakim Jarrett is already proving staying home was the right call (Testudo Times, November 12, 2020)

As a Junior (2022): Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Stands 11th in program history in career receptions (119), 12th in career touchdowns (10) & 13th in career yards (1,552) ... Appeared in 11 games with seven starts … Caught 40 passes for 471 yards, averaged 11.78 yards per reception, and caught three touchdowns… Rushed three times for 15 yards ... Has tallied at least one reception in 25 straight games ...Tallied three receptions for 65 yards, including a 49-yard reception to set the Terps up with first and goal and give QB Taulia Tagovailoa the program passing record vs. No. 2 Ohio State (11/19) Caught three passes for 30 yards at #14 Penn State (11/12) ... Recorded a season-high eight receptions for 82 yards with a touch- down vs. Northwestern (10/22), a 30-yard catch to give the Terps the lead in the third quarter ... Hauled in ninth touchdown of career on a five-yard touchdown in the second quarter as part of five reception, 41-yard game in win over Michigan State (10/1) ... Caught a 48-yard touchdown pass in second quarter of Maryland's win over (9/17) to give the Terps a 17-13 lead in the second quarter ... Led the Terps with six catches for 110 yards in season opening win over Buffalo (9/3), the fifth 100-yard game of his career

As a Sophomore (2021): Started in all 13 games at wide receiver ... Led the Terps in every receiving category with 62 receptions for 829 yards and five touchdowns ... Stood seventh in the Big Ten in receptions, eighth in receiving yards and 10th in touchdowns ... His 62 receptions is tied with Stefon Diggs for the seventh-most in a single season in program history and his 829 yards is ninth in program history ... Had team-high six receptions for 60 yards in New Era Pinstripe Bowl win over Virginia Tech (12/29) ... Starred in bowl clinching win over Rutgers (11/27), catching seven passes for 111 yards ... Notched a career-best and game-best 10 receptions for 105 yards at #8 Michigan State (11/13) ... Notched a career-best and game-best 10 receptions for 105 yards at #8 Michigan State (11/13) ... Tied career-high with six receptions for 70 yards vs. #22 Penn State (11/6) ... Tallied five receptions for 88 yards in win over Indiana (10/30). Ranks 39th in country and fifth in Big Ten with five receiving touchdowns ... Caught four passes for 56 yards at Minnesota (10/23) ... Had a receiving touchdown in three-straight games (Kent State, 9/25; #5 Iowa, 10/1, at #7 Ohio State, 10/9) and five of six games this season (every one but at Illinois, 9/17) ... Scored a 43-yard touchdown at #7 Ohio State (10/9) ... Caught a touchdown for the second straight game vs. #5 Iowa (10/1) ... Scored a touchdown for the third time this season, catching a six-yard pass in the second quarter ... Caught a 26 yard pass to set up the game winning field goal as time expired to beat Illinois (9/17) as part of four reception, 70 yard game ... Posted six receptions for 67 yards with a touchdown in the win over Howard (9/11) ... Starred in Terps win over West Virginia (9/4), tallying six receptions for 122 yards including a 60-yard game-sealing touchdown in the fourth quarter to put the Terps up 30-21.

As a Freshman (2020): Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Started in all four games he appeared in ... Totaled 17 receptions for 252 yards and two touchdowns during freshman season ... Ranked fifth among all freshman wide receivers in the FBS in receptions per game (4.3) and sixth receiving yards per game (63) ...Grabbed five receptions for 39 yards vs. Rutgers (12/12) ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/9) ... PFF True Freshman of the Week (11/9) ... 247Sports True Freshman of the Week (11/8) ... Starred in win over Penn State (11/7), tallying five receptions for 144 yards and two touchdowns, a 62-yarder and a 42-yarder, both in the first quarter ... Third most receiving yards ever in a game by a Maryland freshman, trailing only Darrius Heyward-Bey (175, 2006) & Stefon Diggs (152, 2012) ... First Maryland freshman with an 100-yard game & two touchdowns since Stefon Diggs in 2012. ... First true freshman WR to start in first three games of season since Doug Patterson in 1997 ... Tallied six receptions for 68 yards in Maryland’s win vs. Minnesota (10/30) ...  Started in first game as a Terp at Northwestern (10/24), catching one pass

Before Maryland: Five star wide receiver ... Nation's No. 20 ranked recruit ... Nation's No. 2 ranked wide receiver ... 2019 DC Gatorade Player of the Year ... 2019 Washington Post All-Met Offensive Player of the Year ... 2020 Under Armour All-American ... Three-time First Team WCAC ... First Team Washington Post All-Met ... Caught 60 passes for 950 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019 ... In 2018, tallied 763 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns ... 2017 WCAC Champion.

Personal: Chose Maryland because he grew up a Maryland fan, and wants to see and help my hometown team win ... Says he picked the number "1" because he looked up to former Maryland greats Stefon Diggs and DJ Moore, who also wore #1 ... Nickname is "Rak" ... Chose Maryland over LSU, Alabama and Tennessee

JARRETT'S CAREER HIGHS
Receptions - 10 (at #13 Michigan State, 11/13/21)
Receiving Yards - 144 (at Penn State, 11/7/20)
Receiving Touchdowns - 2 (at Penn State, 11/7/20)
Long Reception - 62 (at Penn State, 11/7/20)
100-Yard Receiving Games - 5 (Last vs. Buffalo, 9/3/22)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 190 lbs
    5
  • 1

    2022Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 190 lbs
    1