Devin Carter

Senior wide receiver for West Virginia. 2023: 27 catches, 501 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · West Virginia · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 214 lb · Clayton, NC

CFB Index 47 · #233 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceWest Virginia 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 739 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for West Virginia. 2023: 27 catches, 501 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2018.
Transferred from NC State to West Virginia in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at West Virginia, 2,377 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 140 yds at Boston College.Boston College · L 24-452019

2018

Signed with NC State3-star out of Clayton

202310 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#739 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #233 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (97th percentile). Concern: td rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#6 / 639 · 99th pct

34.3%

Yards / catch#21 / 639 · 97th pct

19.0

EPA / target#85 / 639 · 87th pct

1.12

Catch rate#476 / 639 · 26th pct

74.3%

TD rate#475 / 639 · 25th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#29 / 566 · 95th pct

18.6

Rec yards#207 / 566 · 64th pct

501

Long catch#262 / 566 · 53rd pct

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Receptions#316 / 566 · 43rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

23rd → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

68th → 99th percentile

Catch rate

3rd → 26th percentile

TD rate

33rd → 25th percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 97th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	30.2	15.5	0.2
Road5g	3.6	70.0	21.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	51.4	17.8	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	48.8	18.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #233 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #233 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	West Virginia	27	501	18.6	2	--
2022	NC State	25	406	16.2	2	--
2021	NC State	31	556	17.9	6	--
2020	NC State	28	447	16.0	2	--
2019	NC State	32	456	14.2	0	--
2018	NC State	1	11	11.0	0	--
Career		144	2,377	16.5	12	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +5.42Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 45 yds for a TD (Michael Hayes KICK)
Week 10 · BYU · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +4.17Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 38 yds to the BYU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Houston · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 49 yds to the HOU 20 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Houston · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 21 yds to the HOU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · TCU · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 30 yds to the TCU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Houston · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 19 yds to the HOU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UCF · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 14 yds to the UCF 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Penn State · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.92G.Greene pass complete to WVU 32. Catch made by D.Carter at WVU 32. Gain of 22 yards. Tackled by T.Rojas; Z.Fisher at PSU 46.
Week 9 · UCF · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Garrett Greene pass complete to Devin Carter for 14 yds to the UCF 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Devin Carter 7 Yd pass from Garrett Greene (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 15-38@ Penn State	6	90	15.0	0	37
Wk 3	W 17-6vs Pittsburgh	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 20-13vs Texas Tech	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 5	W 24-21@ TCU	1	30	30.0	0	30
Wk 7	L 39-41@ Houston	5	116	23.2	0	49	Season-high 116 yds
Wk 8	L 34-48vs Oklahoma State	3	54	18.0	1	45
Wk 9	W 41-28@ UCF	3	47	15.7	0	19
Wk 10	W 37-7vs BYU	3	56	18.7	0	38
Wk 11	L 20-59@ Oklahoma	3	67	22.3	1	32
Wk 12	W 42-21vs Cincinnati	1	20	20.0	0	20
Total		27	501	18.4	2	49

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

Devin Carter

2018

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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