Antonio Gandy-Golden

#11 · WR · Sr. · Liberty6′4″ · 220 lb · Dallas, GA · Paulding County

Antonio Gandy-Golden: WR · Liberty · #11.

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Antonio Gandy-Golden

WR · Liberty · Sr · #11

Beats you over the top. The two seasons at Liberty span two head coaches: Turner Gill and Hugh Freeze. One game to point at: 181 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Hampton — Week 4, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Liberty	79	1,396	17.7	10	73
2018	Liberty	71	1,037	14.6	10	50
Career		150	2,433	16.2	20	73

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-24vs No. 22 Syracuse	6	119	19.8	0	56
Wk 2	L 14-35@ Louisiana	6	70	11.7	0	26
Wk 3	W 35-17vs Buffalo	8	174	21.8	2	55	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 62-27vs Hampton	4	181	45.3	2	73	Season-high 181 yds
Wk 5	W 17-10vs New Mexico	6	144	24.0	1	51	144-yard receiving day
Wk 6	W 20-13@ New Mexico State	4	40	10.0	0	17
Wk 8	W 59-44vs Maine	9	149	16.6	0	33	149-yard receiving day
Wk 9	L 34-44@ Rutgers	5	68	13.6	1	29
Wk 10	W 63-21@ Massachusetts	6	137	22.8	1	60	137-yard receiving day
Wk 11	L 24-31@ BYU	10	162	16.2	1	41	162-yard receiving day
Wk 13	L 27-55@ Virginia	6	60	10.0	1	14
Wk 14	W 49-28vs New Mexico State	4	29	7.3	0	11
Bowl	W 23-16vs Georgia Southern	5	63	12.6	1	19
Total		79	1396	17.7	10	73

Signature game

Week 3 · 2019

W 35-17

vs Buffalo

8 rec · 174 yds · 2 TD

With S. Calvert — 325 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.8 · A. Alves — 38 yards per punt · 4 punts · 57 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Hampton · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.93Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 73 yds for a TD, (Alex Probert KICK)
Week 10 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.76Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 60 yds for a TD (Alex Probert KICK)
Week 3 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 55 yds for a TD, (Alex Probert KICK)
Week 3 · Buffalo · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.84Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 36 yds for a TD, (Alex Probert KICK)
Week 4 · Hampton · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.75Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 29 yds for a TD, (Alex Probert KICK)
Week 9 · Rutgers · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 29 yds for a TD, (Alex Probert KICK)

4 more plays

Week 4 · Hampton · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.59Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 60 yds to the Hampt 3 for a
Week 11 · BYU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 41 yds for a TD (Alex Probert KICK)
Week 5 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 42 yds to the NMex 33 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.06Stephen Calvert pass complete to Antonio Gandy-Golden for 51 yds to the NMex 8 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Liberty6-6HC: Turner Gill · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (91st percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#64 / 728 · 91st pct

17.7

Explosive rate#209 / 728 · 71st pct

15.9%

TD rate#216 / 728 · 70th pct

7.2%

EPA / target#315 / 728 · 57th pct

0.57

Catch rate#653 / 728 · 10th pct

57.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#4 / 556 · 99th pct

1396

Receptions#18 / 556 · 97th pct

Rec TDs#25 / 556 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#61 / 556 · 89th pct

17.7

Long catch#83 / 556 · 84th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

54th → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

80th → 71st percentile

Catch rate

12th → 10th percentile

TD rate

76th → 70th percentile

Yards / catch

73rd → 91st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	133	22.5	0.8
Road6g	6.2	89.5	14.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	113	20.7	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	101	14.4	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

51.7%

451 pass / 422 run

Plays / game

67.2

13 games

Team sack rate

6.0%

486 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

79 catches in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Antonio Gandy-Golden

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Impact starter

Four seasons at Liberty, drafted

2016

2020