Kobe Paysour is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at North Carolina.
Paysour moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at North Carolina. One game to point at: 101 receiving yards and 6 receptions against California — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
Money down · 3rd-down role
Money down
11 of 15 caught on third down (73.3%) — EPA/target 0.74 vs 0.13 elsewhere (8 conversions).
Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 35 | 438 | 12.5 | 1 | 44 |
| 2024 | North Carolina | 21 | 365 | 17.4 | 0 | 36 |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 22 | 282 | 12.8 | 3 | 77 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 29 | 324 | 11.2 | 4 | 49 |
| Career | 107 | 1,409 | 13.2 | 8 | 77 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 9-34@ UCF | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-38vs Clemson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-21@ California | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 0 | 37 | Season-high 101 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 16-17vs No. 16 Virginia | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-10@ Syracuse | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 44 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-15vs Stanford | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | L 12-28@ Wake Forest | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-32vs Duke | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-42@ NC State | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 35 | 438 | 12.5 | 1 | 44 |
Week 8 · 2025
L 18-21
at California
6 rec · 101 yds
With T. Maginness — 42 yards per punt · 6 punts · 5 inside the 20 · G. Lopez — 167 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.7 · 11 rush yds (5 car)
The plays that mattered most
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
5818% of team targetsCatch rate
60%35 of 58 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
60% catch rate on 58 targets · 18% of the team's targets · 0% catch rate on 10 deep targets (20+ air yds).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 45.2 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 51.4 | 12.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.7 | 60.0 | 13.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Pass share
51.1%
355 pass / 340 run
Plays / game
57.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #278 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #39 of 64 ACC WRs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Bill Belichick. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
