Avery Boyd

Former wide receiver at Georgia Tech. 2024: 25 catches, 316 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 240 lb · Tallahassee, FL

CFB Index 36 · #336 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceGeorgia Tech 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1264 nationally · Signed with Amos P. Godby

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Georgia Tech. 2024: 25 catches, 316 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Amos P. Godby in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia Tech, 397 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Amos P. Godby

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1264 national

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

2022–2024

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2024Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #336 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#24 / 610 · 96th pct

30.8%

Yards / catch#209 / 610 · 66th pct

13.2

TD rate#223 / 610 · 62nd pct

7.7%

Catch rate#236 / 610 · 61st pct

92.3%

EPA / target#302 / 610 · 51st pct

0.88

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#292 / 541 · 45th pct

12.6

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Receptions#324 / 541 · 39th pct

Rec yards#344 / 541 · 37th pct

316

Long catch#447 / 541 · 16th pct

Rush yards#272 / 299 · 9th pct

-2

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	29.4	15.0	0.4
Road5g	2.6	33.8	14.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	29.1	14.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.7	37.3	16.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #336 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #336 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Georgia Tech	25	316	12.6	2	--
2023	Georgia Tech	6	81	13.5	2	--
2022	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		31	397	12.8	4	--

Season	Team
2024	Georgia Tech	1	-2	--	--	--
2023	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	-2	--	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Georgia State · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Haynes King pass complete to Avery Boyd for 22 yds for a TD (Aidan Birr KICK)
Week 3 · VMI · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Haynes King pass complete to Avery Boyd for 33 yds for a TD (Aidan Birr KICK)
Week 2 · Syracuse · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Haynes King pass complete to Avery Boyd for 19 yds to the GT 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Haynes King pass complete to Avery Boyd for 28 yds to the LOU 25 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · NC State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Aaron Philo pass complete to Avery Boyd for 23 yds to the GT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.00Aaron Philo pass complete to Avery Boyd for 24 yds to the VT 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.72Zach Pyron pass complete to Avery Boyd for 25 yds to the ND 34 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Syracuse · 2&20 · Q4 · EPA +1.72Haynes King pass complete to Avery Boyd for 14 yds to the SYR 25
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +1.71Zach Pyron pass complete to Avery Boyd for 12 yds to the GT 38 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Syracuse · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.52Haynes King pass complete to Avery Boyd for 20 yds to the SYR 5 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-21vs Florida State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 1	W 35-12vs Georgia State	4	27	6.8	1	22
Wk 2	L 28-31@ Syracuse	4	56	14.0	0	20	Season-high 56 yds
Wk 3	W 59-7vs VMI	2	36	18.0	1	33
Wk 4	L 19-31@ Louisville	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 7	W 41-34@ North Carolina	2	19	9.5	0	11
Wk 8	L 13-31vs Notre Dame	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 9	L 6-21@ Virginia Tech	3	42	14.0	0	24
Wk 13	W 30-29vs NC State	4	45	11.3	0	23
Bowl	L 27-35@ Vanderbilt	3	24	8.0	0	20
Total		25	316	14.9	2	33

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

Avery Boyd

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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