Dalen Cobb

Senior wide receiver for Georgia Southern. 2025: 57 catches, 506 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #1

5′9″ · 180 lb · Washington, GA

CFB Index 54 · #182 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Georgia Southern for 2026

The numbers

506

receiving yards · 2025

57 catches · 3 TD · 8.9 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 59 yds, 1 TD, at USC

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Georgia Southern. 2025: 57 catches, 506 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed with Georgia Southern in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

TD rate: 69th percentile.

The full scouting read

Dalen Cobb

WR · Georgia Southern · Sr · #1

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. This is his fourth year in the same receiving corps at Georgia Southern. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 81 rec yds, 6 receptions against Coastal Carolina — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Clay Helton — 27-25 over that span.

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Georgia Southern8-5HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2025Georgia Southern7-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #182 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (85th percentile). Strength: rush tds (85th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#250 / 798 · 69th pct

3.8%

Catch rate#305 / 798 · 62nd pct

70.9%

EPA / target#435 / 798 · 46th pct

0.39

Explosive rate#573 / 798 · 28th pct

6.3%

Yards / catch#614 / 798 · 23rd pct

9.2

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#78 / 558 · 85th pct

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Rush yards#56 / 287 · 80th pct

Rec yards#217 / 558 · 61st pct

506

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Long catch#332 / 558 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#512 / 558 · 8th pct

8.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

60th → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 28th percentile

Catch rate

76th → 62nd percentile

TD rate

62nd → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

48th → 23rd percentile

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

25%20 of his 79 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	47.2	10.7	0.3
Road6g	5.0	37.2	7.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	41.9	9.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	42.6	8.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #182 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #182 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #19 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.

One of 41 return threats in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Southern	57	506	8.9	3	--
2024	Georgia Southern	52	599	11.5	4	--
2023	Georgia Southern	40	601	15.0	2	--
2022	Georgia Southern	8	73	9.1	0	--
Career		157	1,779	11.3	9	--

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Southern	15	47	502	--	--
2024	Georgia Southern	8	25	78	--	--
2023	Georgia Southern	7	51	284	--	--
2022	Georgia Southern	--	--	--	--	--
Career		30	123	864	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 45–17

vs Maine

44 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 8 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Maine.

With J. French — 253 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 35.4 · 42 rush yds (6 car) · O. Arnold — 12 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 85 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Jacksonville State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.30JC French IV pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 23 yds to the JXST 28 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · USC · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.11JC French IV pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 14 yds to the USC 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · App State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.90(03:03) Shotgun #1 D.Cobb pass intercepted by #2 E.Johnson at ASU13, End Of Play
Week 2 · USC · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84JC French IV pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 13 yds for a TD (Tripp Bryant KICK)
Week 4 · Maine · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70JC French IV pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 25 yds for a TD (Tripp Bryant KICK)
Week 7 · Southern Miss · 3&16 · Q4 · EPA +2.65JC French IV pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 21 yds to the USM 13 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.63JC French IV pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 20 yds to the GASO 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Maine · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Dalen Cobb run for 3 yds for a TD (Tripp Bryant KICK)
Week 4 · Maine · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Dalen Cobb pass complete to Camden Brown for 44 yds to the ME 1 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · App State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53(11:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 J.French IV pass complete short middle to #1 D.Cobb caught at GSO50, for 11 yards to the APP44 (#7 J.Favors), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-42@ Fresno State	3	25	8.3	0	20
Wk 2	L 20-59@ USC	6	59	9.8	1	17
Wk 3	W 41-34vs Jacksonville State	6	70	11.7	0	23
Wk 4	W 45-17vs Maine	4	49	12.3	1	25
Wk 5	L 10-35@ James Madison	4	15	3.8	0	7
Wk 7	L 35-38vs Southern Miss	4	40	10.0	0	21
Wk 8	W 41-24vs Georgia State	7	43	6.1	1	12
Wk 9	L 24-34@ Arkansas State	4	32	8.0	0	10
Wk 11	W 25-23@ App State	8	57	7.1	0	14
Wk 12	W 45-40vs Coastal Carolina	6	81	13.5	0	43	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 13	L 10-45vs Old Dominion	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	W 29-10@ App State	5	35	7.0	0	13
Total		57	506	8.9	3	43

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Catch rate says one thing, EPA says another

checked · no story

7/203rd-down conversions

0.663rd-down EPA/target

0.30Other-downs EPA/target

14 of 20 caught on third down (70.0%) — EPA/target 0.66 vs 0.30 elsewhere (7 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Georgia Southern

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Georgia Southern

Returning around him