Senior wide receiver for Georgia State. 2025: 14 catches, 129 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 220 lb · Atlanta, GA
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
14 catches · 2 TD · 9.2 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 37 yds, 1 TD, at Vanderbilt
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Georgia State. 2025: 14 catches, 129 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Leo Blackburn
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Brent Key and Dell McGee. The receipt: 37 rec yds, 3 receptions against Vanderbilt — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 22.0 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 19.4 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 32.0 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 20 | 234 | 11.7 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 37–21
vs Murray State
3 rec · 36 yds · 1 TD
With R. Chandley — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · T. Hurst — 10 rec · 172 yds · 2 TD
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 7-63@ Ole Miss | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-38vs Memphis | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-21vs Murray State | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-70@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | 19 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 20-41vs App State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-41@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 14 | 129 | 7.0 | 2 | 21 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia State
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Georgia State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #106 · 2026 recruiting class #84
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Reece Vander Zee’s 2025 season.
Matches Reece on
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ian Duarte’s path through Idaho State.
Matches Ian on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Grayson Barnes's junior season at West Virginia (2025).
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Player DNA