University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: A preseason first-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection by Lindy’s and Street & Smith’s, receiving second-team preseason all-league honors from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele Publications ... Begins preseason camp listed as the starting ‘X’ wide receiver ... His 44-yard touchdown catch opened the scoring with just under nine minutes to go in the first quarter of the iHeartRadio Red-Blue Game ... Shared team-high honors with four catches in the second spring scrimmage, posting 41 yards, finishing with the same total on two receptions in the first scrimmage two weeks prior.

As A Junior (2017): In his first season with the program appeared in every contest, starting all but one ... Voted second-team all-Sun Belt Conference after pacing the team with 47 catches for 762 yards, three touchdown receptions and 799 all-purpose yards ... Also tied for third on the team in scoring ... Ranked seventh in the league and among the top 75 in the country with 63.50 receiving yards per game ... Ended the campaign among the top 10 on the school season record list in catches (sixth), yards receiving (third), yards per reception (16.21, seventh) and 100-yard receiving games (two, tied for second) ... Tied for the team lead with 11 plays of 20-plus yards, which included a squad-best three touchdowns of over 20 yards … Caught multiple passes in all but one game … Led South in receptions six times and receiving yards on six occasions … Had back-to-back 100-yard receiving games against Georgia State and Louisiana, recording a season-best 118 on six catches against the former and 110 on five receptions in the matchup with the latter … Posted a season-high seven catches for 88 yards — topping the Jags in both categories — in finale at New Mexico State ... Led USA with five catches for 66 yards against nationally-ranked Oklahoma State ... Had five receptions for 67 yards to lead the team in both categories at Louisiana Tech, providing the opening points on a 29-yard touchdown catch with just over nine minutes remaining in the first quarter ... Earned the coaches’ receiver award following Homecoming victory over ULM after collecting five catches for 59 yards ... Hauled in two passes for a game-high 85 yards in defeat of Alabama A&M, picking up the coaches’ “War Daddy” award afterward.

Junior College Highlights (2015-16): Originally signed a National Letter-of-Intent with Bethune-Cookman, but played two seasons at Ellsworth (Iowa) CC ... Was a first-team all-region and all-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference selection as a sophomore after recording 40 receptions for 594 yards and 11 touchdowns despite missing the last two games of the season ... Ranked fifth in the National Junior College Athletic Association in touchdown catches, and was among the top 40 in receptions, receiving yards, receiving yards per game and yards per catch ... Efforts helped the Reivers to 6-6 finish following a 55-32 victory over Rochester (Minn.) CC in the Graphic Edge Bowl ... Had career highs with eight receptions for 144 yards and three touchdowns against Fort Scott (Kan.) CC ... Also scored on three of his four catches — posting 69 yards — in victory over Iowa Central CC ... Had multiple touchdowns the next week with two scores at nationally-ranked Dodge City (Kan.) CC, ending up with three catches for 35 yards ... Scored in four straight contests from Oct. 8-29, including in back-to-back wins over Independence (Kan.) CC and Hutchinson (Kan.) CC ... Recorded six catches for 97 yards and a touchdown at nationally-ranked Butler (Kan.) CC during the final game of that stretch ... In his only appearance during the 2015 caught one pass for two yards.

High School Highlights: Played football and basketball and competed in track at Glades Central High ... Helped the Raiders advance to the second round of the state 4A playoffs his senior year.

Personal: Full name is Jamarius Joavan Way ... Born Nov. 25, 1996, in Belle Glade, Fla. ... Son of Xavier and Shawanna Evans ... Brother, Robert Way Jr., played linebacker at Bethune-Cookman ... Is the second of three boys ... Favorite movie is “Friday” ... Favorite book is “The Three Little Pigs” ... Favorite teams are the Pittsburgh Steelers and Boston Celtics ... Favorite athletes are Antonio Brown and Robert Way Jr. ... Favorite musical artist is Kodak Black ... Likes soul food ... Favorite subject is history ... Likes to play basketball and video games in his spare time ... Is majoring in interdisciplinary studies.