Landon Parker

Former wide receiver at Troy. 2024: 27 catches, 350 receiving yards.

WR · Troy · Sr. · #1

6′3″ · 205 lb · Concord, NC

CFB Index 37 · #319 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTroy 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Troy. 2024: 27 catches, 350 receiving yards.

Transferred from Wofford to Troy in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Troy, 478 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 83 yds vs Texas State.Texas State · L 17-382024

20236 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Troy

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Jon Sumrall

Troy

2024

Gerad Parker

Troy

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jon Sumrall → Gerad Parker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #319 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: epa / target (89th percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#68 / 610 · 89th pct

1.30

Explosive rate#107 / 610 · 82nd pct

22.2%

Yards / catch#219 / 610 · 64th pct

13.0

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#272 / 541 · 50th pct

13.0

Receptions#302 / 541 · 43rd pct

Rec yards#313 / 541 · 42nd pct

350

Long catch#447 / 541 · 16th pct

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.8	43.2	16.6	0.0
Road6g	2.7	29.5	10.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	32.0	13.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	38.0	11.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #319 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Troy	27	350	13.0	0	--
2023	Troy	8	128	16.0	1	--
Career		35	478	13.7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 34–12

vs Florida A&M

1 rec · 23 yds

Dominant 22-point win at home against Florida A&M.

With D. Ross — -1 rush yds (1 car) · W. Crowder — 295 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · 19 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Florida A&M · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Goose Crowder pass complete to Landon Parker for 23 yds to the FAMU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Southern Miss · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 20 yds to the USM 39 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Arkansas State · 2&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 32 yds to the ARST 1 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Iowa · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 15 yds to the TROY 46 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Landon Parker for 22 yds to the TXST 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Arkansas State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.23Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 17 yds to the ARST 1 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · South Alabama · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 7 yds to the TROY 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia Southern · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.79Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 8 yds to the TROY 37 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia Southern · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.71Matthew Caldwell pass complete to Landon Parker for 11 yds to the GASO 37 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas State · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.68Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Landon Parker for 5 yds to the TXST 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 26-28vs Nevada	2	27	13.5	23
Wk 2	L 17-38@ Memphis	1	1	1.0	1
Wk 3	L 21-38@ Iowa	2	26	13.0	15
Wk 4	W 34-12vs Florida A&M	1	23	23.0	23
Wk 6	L 17-38vs Texas State	5	83	16.6	33	Season-high 83 yds
Wk 8	L 9-25@ South Alabama	2	13	6.5	7
Wk 9	L 31-34@ Arkansas State	3	62	20.7	32
Wk 12	W 28-20@ Georgia Southern	4	35	8.8	11
Wk 13	L 30-51@ Louisiana	4	40	10.0	14
Wk 14	W 52-20vs Southern Miss	3	40	13.3	20
Total		27	350	12.6	33

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

Landon Parker

20236 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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