Senior wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2025: 8 catches, 150 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Lutz, FL
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
8 catches · 2 TD · 18.8 per catch
Backed by 9 rec · 116 yds -- top 1% catches game. -- Best game: 3 rec, 87 yds, 1 TD, vs Gardner-Webb
Swing playSwung Florida International from 55% to 76% to win.Monmouth at Florida International · 45-42
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2025: 8 catches, 150 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Dean Patterson
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Butch Davis, Mike MacIntyre and Brent Key. All-Conference USA in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt on tape: 87 rec yds, 3 receptions against Gardner-Webb, Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long catch (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (97th percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 32.8 | 18.2 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 19.0 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 28.2 | 11.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Florida International | 50 | 685 | 13.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 28 | 423 | 15.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 16 | 249 | 15.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 105 | 1,541 | 14.7 | 10 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida International | 5 | 24 | -- | 76 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 1 | 1 | 24 | 103 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 3 | 15 | 21 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 40 | 45 | 182 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 24–21
vs Clemson
1 rec · 6 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With H. King — 211 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 103 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · M. Nichols — 46 AVG · 48 LONG · 2 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 1 | 84 | Season-high 87 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 24-21vs Clemson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 1 | 37 | |
| Bowl | L 21-25@ BYU | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 8 | 150 | 16.5 | 2 | 84 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Georgia Tech
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #41
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Elijah Spencer’s 2024 season.
Matches Elijah on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyndon Fuselier’s path through Lamar.
Kyndon Fuselier
Matches Kyndon on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Spencer's senior season at Minnesota (2024).
Matches Elijah on
Player DNA