#85

David Larkins

Senior tight end for App State. 2025: 25 catches, 218 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · App State · Sr. · #85

6′5″ · 250 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 43 · #93 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to App State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs CharlotteKidd Brewer StadiumApp State by 17.5

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Catch rate: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

218

receiving yards · 2025

25 catches · 2 TD · 8.7 per catch

Swing playSwung App State from 22% to 45% to win.Marshall at App State · 26-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for App State. 2025: 25 catches, 218 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2021.

The full story, with sources

David Larkins

TE · App State · Sr · #85

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. David Larkins has played for two head coaches in four seasons at App State. One game to point at: 72 rec yds, 6 receptions against Arkansas State — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning

2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #93 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#107 / 798 · 87th pct

79.3%

EPA / target#460 / 798 · 42nd pct

0.37

Explosive rate#547 / 798 · 31st pct

6.9%

Yards / catch#647 / 798 · 19th pct

8.6

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#62 / 175 · 64th pct

Receptions#78 / 175 · 55th pct

Rec yards#99 / 175 · 43rd pct

218

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#144 / 175 · 18th pct

8.7

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

24%7 of his 29 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	24.0	7.7	0.3
Road4g	1.5	18.5	14.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.4	14.1	12.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	5.0	39.7	7.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #93 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #93 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #7 of 16 Sun Belt TEs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	App State	25	218	8.7	2	--
2024	App State	5	18	3.6	1	--
2023	App State	13	99	7.6	3	--
2022	App State	3	30	10.0	0	--
Career		46	365	7.9	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Lindenwood

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Swann — 293 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · R. Dubinion — 194 rush yds (25 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60(00:57) Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short middle to #85 D.Larkins caught at MAR05, for 19 yards to the MAR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:53, 1ST DOWN #90 D.De Freitas kick attempt good (H: #37 I.Ratliff, LS: #47 J.Poff)
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.57(02:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short middle to #85 D.Larkins caught at APP50, for 26 yards to the ASU32 (#6 A.McGhee), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Charlotte · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.24AJ Swann pass complete to David Larkins for 17 yds to the CLT 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.20(10:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short right to #85 D.Larkins caught at APP42, for 12 yards to the APP45 (#95 S.Mitchell; #0 T.Yowe), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Georgia Southern · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.90(04:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 A.Swann pass complete short left to #85 D.Larkins caught at GSO00, for 1 yard to the GSO00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:51 PENALTY GSO Holding declined #5 A.Swann pass attempt failed
Week 13 · Marshall · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.49(13:44) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short left to #85 D.Larkins caught at APP35, for 5 yards to the APP35 (#7 J.Parker), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Oregon State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.48JJ Kohl pass complete to David Larkins for 11 yds to the APP 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34(00:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short middle to #85 D.Larkins caught at APP45, for 9 yards to the APP49 (#25 A.Alexander; #17 C.Boti)
Week 7 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.34JJ Kohl pass complete to David Larkins for 40 yds to the GAST 9 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.21(00:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short middle to #85 D.Larkins caught at ASU30, for 12 yards to the ASU27 (#15 B.Greil), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-11@ Charlotte	3	27	9.0	0	17
Wk 2	W 20-13vs Lindenwood	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	L 22-38@ Southern Miss	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 5	L 14-47@ Boise State	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 6	W 27-23vs Oregon State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 7	W 41-20@ Georgia State	1	40	40.0	0	40
Wk 11	L 23-25vs Georgia Southern	5	20	4.0	1	8
Wk 13	W 26-24vs Marshall	4	27	6.8	1	19
Wk 14	L 29-30vs Arkansas State	6	72	12.0	0	26	Season-high 72 yds
Bowl	L 10-29vs Georgia Southern	3	14	4.7	0	7
Total		25	218	10.5	2	40

The tight end room · App State

#4Izayah CummingsTE · Sr.374 receiving yards · 2025
#85David LarkinsTE · Sr.218 receiving yards · 2025
#87Dillon GallowayTE · So.14 receiving yards · 2025
#44Jared GibbleTE · Sr.2 receiving yards · 2025
#7Darrin FugittTE · Sr.2 games · 2026

5 more on the roster · App State team page

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

David Larkins

2021

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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