Khaleb Hood

Senior wide receiver for Georgia Southern. 2023: 101 catches, 948 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #7

5′10″ · 180 lb · Mcdonough, GA

CFB Index 82 · #33 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceGeorgia Southern 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Georgia Southern. 2023: 101 catches, 948 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 2,683 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 131 yds vs James Madison.James Madison · W 45-382022

202213 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202313 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

2022–2023

Clay Helton

Georgia Southern

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #33 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (87th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#83 / 639 · 87th pct

94.8%

EPA / target#335 / 639 · 48th pct

0.73

TD rate#335 / 639 · 48th pct

5.2%

Explosive rate#407 / 639 · 36th pct

11.3%

Yards / catch#507 / 639 · 21st pct

9.8

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#3 / 566 · 100th pct

101

Rec yards#42 / 566 · 93rd pct

948

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#109 / 566 · 78th pct

Rush yards#86 / 294 · 70th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Long catch#334 / 566 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#509 / 566 · 10th pct

9.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

36th → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 36th percentile

Catch rate

73rd → 87th percentile

TD rate

16th → 48th percentile

Yards / catch

32nd → 21st 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.7	77.2	9.7	0.5
Road7g	7.9	69.3	8.8	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.0	74.7	9.3	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	7.5	70.8	9.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #33 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Southern	101	948	9.4	5	--
2022	Georgia Southern	86	919	10.7	3	--
2021	Georgia Southern	41	497	12.1	0	--
2020	Georgia Southern	15	224	14.9	2	--
2019	Georgia Southern	7	95	13.6	0	--
Career		250	2,683	10.7	10	--

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Southern	3	23	--	182	--
2022	Georgia Southern	3	7	20	65	--
2021	Georgia Southern	13	77	296	38	--
2020	Georgia Southern	4	22	198	122	1
2019	Georgia Southern	3	37	--	--	--
Career		26	166	514	407	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 34–0

vs The Citadel

5 rec · 45 yds

Dominant 34-point win at home against The Citadel.

With D. Brin — 244 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.3 · -1 rush yds (3 car) · J. White — 125 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

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Week 4 · Ball State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 21 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 9 · Georgia State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.27Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 24 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 5 · Coastal Carolina · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.13Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 43 yds to the CCU 9 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 16 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.03Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 38 yds to the TXST 25 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · App State · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.03JC French pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 25 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 5 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 12 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 2 · UAB · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.48Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 21 yds to the UAB 39 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Old Dominion · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.35Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 14 yds to the GASO 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · James Madison · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Davis Brin pass complete to Khaleb Hood for 12 yds to the JMU 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs The Citadel	5	45	9.0	0	24
Wk 2	W 49-35vs UAB	8	70	8.8	1	25
Wk 3	L 14-35@ Wisconsin	7	61	8.7	0	16
Wk 4	W 40-3@ Ball State	7	107	15.3	1	35
Wk 5	W 38-28vs Coastal Carolina	12	131	10.9	1	43	Season-high 131 yds
Wk 7	L 13-41@ James Madison	10	78	7.8	0	19
Wk 8	W 38-28vs UL Monroe	8	98	12.3	0	24
Wk 9	W 44-27vs Georgia State	9	91	10.1	1	24
Wk 10	L 24-45@ Texas State	7	67	9.6	0	38
Wk 11	L 33-38@ Marshall	7	46	6.6	0	15
Wk 12	L 17-20vs Old Dominion	4	28	7.0	0	14
Wk 13	L 27-55@ App State	10	95	9.5	1	25
Bowl	L 21-41@ Ohio	7	31	4.4	0	12
Total		101	948	9.2	5	43

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

Khaleb Hood

202213 games

202313 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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