Senior wide receiver for Virginia Tech. 2025: 16 catches, 267 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′2″ · 196 lb · Mount Airy, NC
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
16 catches · 2 TD · 16.7 per catch
Best game: 5 rec, 77 yds, 2 TD, vs Old Dominion
Statement game11 rec · 166 yds · 1 TDvs Virginia (FBS) · L 30-31
Top 1% catches game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Virginia Tech. 2025: 16 catches, 267 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Donavon Greene
Beats you over the top. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Brent Pry. The receipt on tape: 94 rec yds, 3 receptions against South Carolina, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → Brent Pry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (94th percentile). Concern: catch rate (28th 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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 40.2 | 15.1 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 53.0 | 18.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 44.5 | 16.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 267 | 16.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 23 | 380 | 16.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 37 | 642 | 17.4 | 6 | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 29 | 582 | 20.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 13 | 249 | 19.2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 118 | 2,120 | 18.0 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | 21 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | 238 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | 259 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 23–21
at NC State
2 rec · 12 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
With T. Stewart — 174 rush yds (15 car) · N. Veltsistas — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-24@ South Carolina | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | 37 | Season-high 94 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 20-44vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 3 | L 26-45vs Old Dominion | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 2 | 23 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 4 | W 38-6vs Wofford | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-21@ NC State | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-30vs Wake Forest | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Total | 16 | 267 | 16.3 | 2 | 37 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Virginia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Virginia Tech
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia Tech · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #27 · 2026 recruiting class #30
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chas Nimrod’s 2025 season.
Matches Chas on
Differs from Chas on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cam Vaughn’s path through West Virginia.
Matches Cam on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Stephon Johnson Jr.'s graduate season at Houston (2025).
Matches Stephon on
Differs from Stephon on
Player DNA