J.J. Hester

Position:
WR
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-4
Weight:
200
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
Prev School:
University of Missouri

Season	GP-GS	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
2020*	REDSHIRTED
2021*	13-1	12	225	18.5	2	65
2022	3-0	1	13	13.0	0	13
2023	6-0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	12-6	14	315	22.5	1	90
Career	34-7	27	553	20.5	3	90

2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in all 12 of his games and made six starts … started six of his last seven contests … totaled 14 receptions for 315 receiving yards (22.5 yards per catch) and one touchdown … made a 50-yard reception at LSU (11/30) … registered four grabs for 112 yards (including a career-long 90-yard touchdown catch) vs. Maine (11/2) … his 90-yard reception vs. Maine was the longest catch by a Sooner in Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium history and tied for the second-longest reception in school history … notched four catches for 44 yards vs. South Carolina (10/19) … caught three passes for 86 yards (including a 60-yarder) at Auburn (9/28).

2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Missed much of season due to injury … played in each of last five contests at Oklahoma State (11/4), vs. West Virginia (11/11), at BYU (11/18), vs. TCU (11/24) and in Alamo Bowl vs. Arizona (12/28) … also saw action vs. Iowa State (9/30).

2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in each of first three games before sustaining an injury … made one catch for 13 yards vs. Kent State (9/10) … also played vs. UTEP (9/3) and at Nebraska (9/17).

2021 (MISSOURI)
Appeared in 13 games ... made first career start in Armed Forces Bowl vs. Army-West Point (Dec. 21) and caught three passes for 30 yards … registered 12 receptions on season for 225 yards and two touchdowns … led team in yards per reception (18.8) among players with at least 10 catches … produced a career-high 79 receiving yards against Southeast Missouri State (9/18) with help of a 65-yard touchdown … registered a 41-yard TD reception against North Texas (10/9).

2020 (MISSOURI)
Redshirted … did not play.

HIGH SCHOOL
The highest rated recruit in Missouri’s 2020 class … four-star prospect according to 247Sports and ESPN … No. 218 overall recruit, No. 36 wide receiver and No. 3 recruit in state of Oklahoma according to ESPN … registered 69 receptions for 1,404 yards and 13 touchdowns during his career at Booker T. Washington High School (20.3 yards per catch) according to MaxPreps (averaged 28.5 yards per reception as a senior) … also played strong safety and recorded six career interceptions (returned for 128 yards) … competed in track and field as a sprinter and long jumper.

PERSONAL
Major is sociology.