#16

Caleb Coombs

Senior wide receiver for Jacksonville State. 2025: 37 catches, 277 receiving yards.

WR · Jacksonville State · Sr. · #16

5′11″ · 187 lb · Leesburg, VA

CFB Index 35 · #357 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Jacksonville State for 2026

The numbers

277

receiving yards · 2025

37 catches · 7.5 per catch

Best game: 5 rec, 47 yds, vs Murray State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Jacksonville State. 2025: 37 catches, 277 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2021.
Transferred from Florida Atlantic to Jacksonville State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 63rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Caleb Coombs

WR · Jacksonville State · Sr · #16

Moves the chains on third down. Caleb Coombs has played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 58 rec yds, 6 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2024Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-leaning

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #357 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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).

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%

Splits & context

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
Road7g	3.1	23.0	6.0	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

43.2%

79 pass / 104 run

Plays / game

61.0

3 games

Team sack rate

4.5%

88 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #357 of 485 WRs

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 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

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 — 1 PTS · 42 AVG · 4 IN 20

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Liberty · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 13 yds to the LIB 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Delaware · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Caden Creel pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 24 yds to the JXST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Georgia Southern · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 15 yds to the JXST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Murray State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.55Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 16 yds to the MUR 27 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Liberty · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.51Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 11 yds to the JXST 31 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kennesaw State · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.47(04:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 C.Creel pass complete short right to #9 C.Coombs caught at Jax St45, for 14 yards to the Jax St45, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Middle Tennessee · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.36(14:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Coombs rush right for 11 yards loss to the MTSU24 (#46 R.Johnson)
Week 5 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Caden Creel pass complete to Caleb Coombs for 9 yds to the JXST 33
Week 8 · Delaware · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.07Caden Creel pass complete to Caleb Coombs for no gain to the DEL 48
Week 13 · Florida International · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA -1.02(11:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 C.Creel pass complete short right to #9 C.Coombs caught at FIU32, for 1 yard loss to the FIU32 (#35 J.Taylor)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 29-27@ 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	6.6	0	24

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Jacksonville State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Jacksonville State

Returning around him

50% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: +7 net (21 in / 14 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jhari Patterson’s 2024 season.

Jhari Patterson

88%match

East Carolina · 2024

Talik Keaton

Marshall · 2022

82%

Caleb Coombs

Marshall · 2023

82%

Donny Navarro

Illinois · 2021

82%

Caullin Lacy

South Alabama · 2021

80%

Matches Jhari on

Total EPA (college ability)

Reception volume

EPA / play (adj)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Damoriea Vick’s path through Southeast Missouri State.

Damoriea Vick

99%match

Southeast Missouri State · 2023

Cee Jay Powell

Louisiana Tech · 2020

97%

Xavier Smith

Florida A&M · 2022

96%

Phoenix Sproles

James Madison · 2023

95%

Miller Forristall

Alabama · 2020

94%

Matches Damoriea on

Yards per reception

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Will Nixon's graduate season at Syracuse (2025).

Will Nixon

80%match

Syracuse · 2025

Ulysses Bentley IV

Ole Miss · 2024

All-AAC

78%

Lawrance Toafili

Florida State · 2024

77%

Chris Tyree

Virginia · 2024

75%

Jacob Gill

Iowa · 2025

75%

Matches Will on

Total EPA (college ability)

Recruiting rating

Yards / reception

Differs from Will on

Weight (lower)

Reception volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Caleb Coombs

Jhari Patterson

East Carolina · 2024

88%

Caleb Coombs

Jacksonville State · 2025

82%

Tanner Knue

Eastern Michigan · 2023

80%

Noah Smith

Sam Houston · 2024

79%

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

Caleb Coombs

2021

20244 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

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