Nate Mccollum

Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2024: 24 catches, 274 receiving yards.

WR · North Carolina · Sr. · #6

5′9″ · 185 lb · Mcdonough, GA

CFB Index 32 · #379 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNorth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 404 nationally · Signed with Georgia Tech

Statement game15 rec · 165 yds · 1 TDvs Minnesota (FBS) · W 31-13

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

McCollum looking pretty good so farr/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2024: 24 catches, 274 receiving yards.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2020.
Transferred from Georgia Tech to North Carolina in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at North Carolina, 1,521 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds vs Minnesota.Minnesota · W 31-132023

20203 games

Signed with Georgia Tech4-star out of Dutchtown

202310 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#404 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

2024

Freddie Kitchens

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Freddie Kitchens. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Georgia Tech3-7HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

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

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Freddie Kitchens · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

32Below cohort / limited sample #379 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#320 / 610 · 48th pct

13.8%

Yards / catch#349 / 610 · 43rd pct

11.4

EPA / target#430 / 610 · 30th pct

0.69

Catch rate#472 / 610 · 22nd pct

82.8%

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Rush yards#61 / 299 · 79th pct

Long catch#279 / 541 · 48th pct

Receptions#340 / 541 · 36th pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Rec yards#388 / 541 · 28th pct

274

Yards / catch#396 / 541 · 27th pct

11.4

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

13th → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

18th → 48th percentile

Catch rate

24th → 22nd percentile

TD rate

18th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

39th → 43rd percentile

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
Home6g	3.0	34.3	12.3	0.0
Road4g	1.5	17.0	8.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	27.3	8.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	27.5	14.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

32 · #379 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #379 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	24	274	11.4	0	--
2023	North Carolina	44	469	10.7	1	--
2022	Georgia Tech	60	655	10.9	3	--
2021	Georgia Tech	13	108	8.3	1	--
2020	Georgia Tech	2	15	7.5	0	--
Career		143	1,521	10.6	5	--

Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	5	40	448	--	--
2023	North Carolina	--	--	--	-1	--
2022	Georgia Tech	6	56	4	79	--
2021	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Georgia Tech	2	8	--	--	--
Career		13	104	452	78	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 19–17

at Minnesota

9 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Maginness — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · O. Hampton — 129 rush yds (30 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Charlotte · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.58N.McCollum rushed for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 14 · NC State · 3&17 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 18 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 48 yds to the PITT 27 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 20 yds to the UNC 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 12 yds to the UVA 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 24 yds to the UVA 26 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.77Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 10 yds to the PITT 49 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Duke · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.35Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 9 yds to the UNC 39
Week 14 · NC State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.22Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 9 yds to the UNC 44 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.12Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 13 yds Nate McCollum fumbled, recovered by GT Ahmari Harvey

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 19-17@ Minnesota	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Charlotte	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	W 45-10vs North Carolina Central	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Duke	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 6	L 24-34vs Pittsburgh	10	128	12.8	0	48	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 7	L 34-41vs Georgia Tech	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 9	W 41-14@ Virginia	4	57	14.3	0	24
Wk 10	W 35-11@ Florida State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 12	W 31-24vs Wake Forest	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 14	L 30-35vs NC State	4	31	7.8	0	18
Total		24	274	10.9	0	48

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