Caleb Coombs

#16 · WR · Sr. · Jacksonville State5′11″ · 187 lb · Leesburg, VA · St. John's College

Caleb Coombs is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Jacksonville State.

Coombs moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 58 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 3, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jhari PattersonEast Carolina · 2024 · 88% season match
Talik KeatonMarshall · 2022 · 82% season match
Donny NavarroIllinois · 2021 · 82% season match
Nathaniel JosephEast Carolina · 2026 · 81% season match
Caullin LacySouth Alabama · 2021 · 80% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Jacksonville State	37	277	7.5	0	24
2024	Florida Atlantic	8	123	15.4	0	27
2023	Marshall	39	310	7.9	2	24
2022	Marshall	3	20	6.7	0	9
2021	Marshall	1	17	17.0	0	17
Career		88	747	8.5	2	27

Season	Team
2025	Jacksonville State	1	−11
2024	Florida Atlantic	--	--
2023	Marshall	--	--
2022	Marshall	1	−3
2021	Marshall	--	--
Career		2	−14

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17@ UCF	2	3	1.5	0	4
Wk 2	W 34-24vs Liberty	2	24	12.0	0	13
Wk 3	L 34-41@ Georgia Southern	6	58	9.7	0	16	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 4	W 45-10vs Murray State	5	47	9.4	0	21
Wk 5	L 25-42@ Southern Miss	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 7	W 29-27vs Sam Houston	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 8	W 38-25vs Delaware	5	29	5.8	0	24
Wk 10	W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	W 30-27@ UTEP	5	42	8.4	0	14
Wk 12	W 35-26vs Kennesaw State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 13	L 21-27@ Florida International	6	40	6.7	0	11
Wk 14	W 37-34vs Western Kentucky	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 15	L 15-19vs Kennesaw State	1	0	0.0	0	0
Total		37	277	7.5	0	24

Signature game

Week 4 · 2025

W 45-10

vs Murray State

5 rec · 47 yds

Dominant 35-point win at home against Murray State.

With G. Wimsatt — 188 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 50 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaghy — 42.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 4 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Liberty · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 13 yds to the LIB 47 for a
Week 8 · Delaware · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Caden Creel pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 24 yds to the JXST 45 for a
Week 3 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 15 yds to the JXST 45 for a
Week 4 · Murray State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.55Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 16 yds to the MUR 27 for a
Week 2 · Liberty · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.51Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 11 yds to the JXST 31 for a
Week 12 · Kennesaw State · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.47C.Creel pass complete short right to C.Coombs caught at Jax St45, for 14 yards to the Jax St45, End Of Play

4 more plays

Week 10 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.36C.Coombs rush right for 11 yards loss (R.Johnson)
Week 5 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Caden Creel pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 9 yds to the JXST 33
Week 8 · Delaware · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.07Caden Creel pass complete to Caleb Coombs for no gain to the DEL 48
Week 13 · Florida International · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA −1.02Creel to Coombs: a 1-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

37 rec · 277 yds · 0 TD

37 of 37 receptions matched to play-by-play

19 of 52 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5218% of team targets

Catch rate

71%37 of 52 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

37% of targets (7)

71%catch rate

Air -2.9 · YAC 8.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

37% of targets (7)

100%catch rate

Air 4.6 · YAC 1.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 14.2 · YAC 0.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

5% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 31.0 avg

71% catch rate on 52 targets · 18% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

27%14 of his 52 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2024Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 35 (#357 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

35Below cohort / limited sample #357 of 485 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#298 / 798 · 63rd pct

71.2%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#668 / 798 · 16th pct

0.16

Yards / catch#677 / 798 · 15th pct

8.1

Explosive rate#693 / 798 · 13th pct

3.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#212 / 558 · 62nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rec yards#375 / 558 · 33rd pct

277

Long catch#509 / 558 · 8th pct

Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct

Rush yards#281 / 287 · 2nd pct

-11

Yards / catch#546 / 558 · 2nd pct

7.5

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 in 2025. 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	19.3	7.2	0.0
Road6g	3.5	26.5	6.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	25.0	7.1	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	2.7	18.1	6.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

33.8%

328 pass / 642 run

Plays / game

69.3

14 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

331 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

37 catches and 1 carry in 13 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

35 · #357 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #357 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #33 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).