#82

Aaron Bedgood

Senior wide receiver for Liberty. 2023: 21 catches, 220 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Liberty · Sr. · #82

5′8″ · 165 lb · Richmond Hill, GA

CFB Index 41 · #291 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLiberty 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Liberty. 2023: 21 catches, 220 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3462 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Liberty, 365 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 43 yds at Western Kentucky.Western Kentucky · W 42-292023

20194 games

Signed with Coastal Carolina2-star out of Richmond Hill

202314 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3462 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

2021–2022

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

2023

Jamey Chadwell

Liberty

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Jamey Chadwell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #291 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (88th percentile). Strength: td rate (80th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#77 / 639 · 88th pct

95.0%

TD rate#121 / 639 · 80th pct

10.0%

EPA / target#265 / 639 · 59th pct

0.83

Yards / catch#370 / 639 · 42nd pct

11.5

Explosive rate#558 / 639 · 12th pct

5.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#1 / 294 · 100th pct

552

Rush TDs#1 / 294 · 99th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Receptions#397 / 566 · 29th pct

Yards / catch#442 / 566 · 21st pct

10.5

Rec yards#466 / 566 · 18th pct

220

Long catch#502 / 566 · 10th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	1.6	16.2	9.5	0.1
Road6g	1.3	15.0	9.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.1	11.6	8.9	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	1.9	19.9	10.3	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #291 of 497 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #291 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Liberty	21	220	10.5	2	--
2022	Coastal Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Coastal Carolina	5	69	13.8	2	--
2019	Coastal Carolina	8	76	9.5	1	--
Career		34	365	10.7	5	--

Season	Team
2023	Liberty	58	552	463	--	--
2022	Coastal Carolina	8	45	--	--	--
2021	Coastal Carolina	1	4	42	9	1
2019	Coastal Carolina	4	60	--	--	--
Career		71	661	505	9	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 31–13

at Jacksonville State

23 rush yds (5 car)

With K. Salter — 177 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.6 · 31 rush yds (10 car) · Q. Cooley — 163 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.76Aaron Bedgood run for 49 yds for a TD (Nick Brown KICK)
Week 1 · Oregon · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.55Aaron Bedgood run for 33 yds to the ORE 44 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Jacksonville State · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Kaidon Salter pass complete to Aaron Bedgood for 29 yds for a TD (Nick Brown KICK)
Week 14 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Aaron Bedgood run for 33 yds to the NMSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Aaron Bedgood run for 6 yds for a TD (Nick Brown KICK)
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.23Aaron Bedgood run for 5 yds for a TD (Nick Brown KICK)
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.97Kaidon Salter pass complete to Aaron Bedgood for 15 yds to the LIB 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.82Kaidon Salter pass complete to Aaron Bedgood for 18 yds to the LIB 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Massachusetts · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.73Aaron Bedgood run for 12 yds to the LIB 37 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 1&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.69Kaidon Salter pass complete to Aaron Bedgood for 4 yds for a TD (Nick Brown KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-24vs Bowling Green	2	30	15.0	0	19
Wk 2	W 33-17vs New Mexico State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 55-27@ Buffalo	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 38-6@ Florida International	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 6	W 21-16vs Sam Houston	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	W 31-13@ Jacksonville State	2	41	20.5	1	29
Wk 8	W 42-35vs Middle Tennessee	2	18	9.0	0	11
Wk 9	W 42-29@ Western Kentucky	3	43	14.3	0	18	Season-high 43 yds
Wk 10	W 56-30vs Louisiana Tech	2	19	9.5	1	15
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Old Dominion	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 12	W 49-25vs Massachusetts	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 13	W 42-28@ UTEP	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 14	W 49-35vs New Mexico State	2	33	16.5	0	18
Bowl	L 6-45@ Oregon	2	2	1.0	0	4
Total		21	220	9.7	2	29

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Aaron Bedgood

20194 games

202314 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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