LV Bunkley-Shelton

Former wide receiver at Georgia Southern. 2024: 30 catches, 322 receiving yards.

WR · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 210 lb · Gardena, CA

CFB Index 36 · #340 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceGeorgia Southern 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 148 nationally · Signed with Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Georgia Southern. 2024: 30 catches, 322 receiving yards.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arizona State in 2020.
Transferred from Oklahoma to Georgia Southern in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 897 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 76 yds vs Colorado.Colorado · W 35-132021

20204 games

Signed with Arizona State4-star out of Junipero Serra

20226 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#148 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

2022–2024

Clay Helton

Georgia Southern

era →

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

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Arizona State2-2HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Georgia Southern8-5HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #340 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#205 / 610 · 66th pct

1.01

Explosive rate#341 / 610 · 44th pct

13.3%

Yards / catch#408 / 610 · 33rd pct

10.7

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#268 / 541 · 50th pct

Rec yards#339 / 541 · 37th pct

322

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Long catch#436 / 541 · 19th pct

Yards / catch#444 / 541 · 18th pct

10.7

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	34.6	11.0	0.0
Road7g	2.0	21.3	10.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	25.6	9.7	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	28.6	11.7	0.0

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 · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #340 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #340 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Georgia Southern	30	322	10.7	0	--
2023	Oklahoma	3	33	11.0	0	--
2022	Oklahoma	2	24	12.0	0	--
2021	Arizona State	33	418	12.7	2	--
2020	Arizona State	11	100	9.1	0	--
Career		79	897	11.4	2	--

Season	Team
2024	Georgia Southern	--	--	--	22	--
2023	Oklahoma	--	--	25	-5	--
2022	Oklahoma	2	5	14	8	--
2021	Arizona State	--	--	7	28	--
2020	Arizona State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	5	46	53	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 28–14

vs James Madison

2 rec · 21 yds

With J. French — 215 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 69.0 · 8 rush yds (7 car) · J. White — 134 rush yds (23 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Marshall · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.67Dexter Williams II pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 19 yds to the MRSH 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Old Dominion · 2&18 · Q2 · EPA +3.35JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 23 yds to the ODU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Carolina State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.45JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 16 yds to the SCST 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Boise State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.19JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 14 yds to the BOIS 1 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.10JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 27 yds to the CCU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Sam Houston · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.01JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 6 yds to the SHSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Nevada · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.78JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 10 yds to the GASO 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Ole Miss · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.73JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 7 yds to the MISS 37 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · James Madison · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.57JC French pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 15 yds to the JMU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Marshall · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.54Dexter Williams II pass complete to LV Bunkley-Shelton for 5 yds to the MRSH 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 45-56vs Boise State	3	22	7.3	14
Wk 2	W 20-17@ Nevada	1	10	10.0	10
Wk 3	W 42-14vs South Carolina State	2	30	15.0	16
Wk 4	L 13-52@ Ole Miss	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 5	W 38-21@ Georgia State	3	28	9.3	15
Wk 7	W 24-23vs Marshall	6	66	11.0	34	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 8	W 28-14vs James Madison	2	21	10.5	15
Wk 9	L 19-47@ Old Dominion	2	32	16.0	23
Wk 10	W 34-30@ South Alabama	2	13	6.5	7
Wk 13	W 26-6@ Coastal Carolina	3	43	14.3	27
Wk 14	W 29-20vs App State	3	34	11.3	20
Bowl	L 26-31@ Sam Houston	2	16	8.0	10
Total		30	322	10.5	34

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

LV Bunkley-Shelton

20204 games

20226 games

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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