Kyric McGowan

Senior wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2021: 37 catches, 467 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 205 lb · Dalton, GA

CFB Index 48 · #205 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceGeorgia Tech 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1162 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Georgia Tech. 2021: 37 catches, 467 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2017.
Transferred from Northwestern to Georgia Tech in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 1,238 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 80 yds vs Wisconsin.Wisconsin · W 17-72020

20173 games

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Dalton

202110 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1162 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2018

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

2019–2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Johnson → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Northwestern9-5HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #205 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#79 / 655 · 87th pct

12.5%

Explosive rate#132 / 655 · 79th pct

18.8%

Yards / catch#282 / 655 · 57th pct

13.1

EPA / target#414 / 655 · 37th pct

0.55

Catch rate#470 / 655 · 28th pct

68.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#51 / 557 · 89th pct

Receptions#196 / 557 · 64th pct

Rec yards#232 / 557 · 58th pct

467

Yards / catch#333 / 557 · 40th pct

12.6

Long catch#389 / 557 · 29th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	47.4	15.7	0.8
Road5g	4.2	46.0	10.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	56.6	14.5	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	36.8	11.7	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #205 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #205 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Georgia Tech	37	467	12.6	7	--
2020	Northwestern	34	366	10.8	0	--
2019	Northwestern	13	102	7.8	0	--
2018	Northwestern	15	281	18.7	2	--
2017	Northwestern	3	22	7.3	0	--
Career		102	1,238	12.1	9	--

Season	Team
2021	Georgia Tech	--	--	3	9	--
2020	Northwestern	24	141	178	-8	--
2019	Northwestern	28	177	40	--	--
2018	Northwestern	3	34	313	--	--
2017	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
Career		55	352	534	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 45–17

vs Kennesaw State

6 rec · 91 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Kennesaw State.

With J. Yates — 254 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.9 · -8 rush yds (7 car) · J. Gibbs — 56 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +4.06Kyric McGowan 26 Yd pass from Jeff Sims (Brent Cimaglia Kick)
Week 11 · Boston College · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +3.75Jordan Yates pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 22 yds to the BC 43 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Clemson · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Jordan Yates pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 35 yds to the Clem 44 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Jordan Yates pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 39 yds for a TD (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 8 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Jeff Sims pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 36 yds for a TD, (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.65J.Yates pass complete to NIL 22. Catch made by K.McGowan at NIL 22. Gain of 22 yards. K.McGowan for 22 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 6 · Duke · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Jeff Sims pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 18 yds for a TD, (Brent Cimaglia KICK)
Week 3 · Clemson · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.30Jordan Yates pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 22 yds to the Clem 16 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · North Carolina · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.00Jeff Sims pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 8 yds to the NCaro 27 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Virginia · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Jeff Sims pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 5 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-22vs Northern Illinois	3	32	10.7	1	22
Wk 2	W 45-17vs Kennesaw State	6	91	15.2	2	39	Season-high 91 yds
Wk 3	L 8-14@ Clemson	4	82	20.5	0	35
Wk 4	W 45-22vs North Carolina	3	39	13.0	0	28
Wk 6	W 31-27@ Duke	3	39	13.0	1	18
Wk 8	L 40-48@ Virginia	7	86	12.3	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 17-26vs Virginia Tech	3	53	17.7	1	26
Wk 10	L 30-33@ Miami	3	10	3.3	0	7
Wk 11	L 30-41vs Boston College	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 12	L 0-55@ Notre Dame	4	13	3.3	0	7
Total		37	467	13.1	7	39

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