Former wide receiver at Georgia. 2025: 26 catches, 358 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 215 lb · Binghamton, NY
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
26 catches · 1 TD · 13.8 per catch
Best game: 4 rec, 59 yds, 1 TD, vs Alabama
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Georgia. 2025: 26 catches, 358 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Buzz vs Tape
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
Also worth knowing:
“Georgia will officially be without starting OLB Gabe Harris in the Sugar Bowl. But WR Colbie Young is probable, as is Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy.”
Colbie Young
Moves the chains on third down. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mario Cristobal and Kirby Smart. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: ACC Receiver Player of the Week. The receipt: 76 rec yds, 7 receptions against Austin Peay — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia, 1,446 receiving yards — drafted at #140 overall by Cincinnati.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirby Smart.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Cincinnati2026 NFL rookie season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (91st percentile). Strength: catch rate (90th percentile). Concern: rec tds (24th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 38.7 | 15.5 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 63.0 | 15.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 46.0 | 12.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #315 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 43–35
vs Ole Miss
1 rec · 36 yds
Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.
With G. Stockton — 289 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 59 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Bell — 19 rush yds (2 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Marshall | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-6vs Austin Peay | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 15 | Season-high 76 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41@ Tennessee | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 45 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs Alabama | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 38 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-14vs Kentucky | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10@ Auburn | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-35vs Ole Miss | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Bowl | L 34-39vs Ole Miss | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 31 | |
| Total | 26 | 358 | 15.6 | 1 | 45 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Justin Marshall’s 2021 season.
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Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jarrod Barnes’s path through Central Arkansas.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dominick Mazotti's senior season at San José State (2023).
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Player DNA