Senior running back for Georgia State. 2021: 186 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Tallahassee, FL
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1282 nationally · Signed with Georgia State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Georgia State. 2021: 186 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
Destin Coates
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Georgia State to Florida A&M — the move that set up everything since. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Sun Belt again in 2021. One game to point at: 83 rush yds against Charlotte — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia State, 1,614 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Elliott.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 23-25 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / carry (17th 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).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 45.7 | 9.2 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 16.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 31.0 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia State | 46 | 186 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 164 | 745 | 4.5 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 82 | 546 | 6.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia State | 32 | 137 | 4.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 324 | 1,614 | 5.0 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia State | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 215 | 6.9 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-43vs Army | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-59@ North Carolina | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-9vs Charlotte | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | 64 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 24-34@ Auburn | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-45vs App State | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-21@ UL Monroe | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 46 | 186 | 5.6 | 1 | 64 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Mulbah Car’s 2021 season.
Matches Mulbah on
Differs from Mulbah on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Christian Turner’s path through Indiana.
Matches Christian on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to John Gentry's senior season at Utah State (2021).
Matches John on
Differs from John on
Player DNA