Nate Mccollum

#6 · WR · Sr. · North Carolina5′9″ · 185 lb · Mcdonough, GA · Dutchtown

Nate Mccollum: WR · North Carolina · #6.

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Nate Mccollum

WR · North Carolina · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Played for four head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Geoff Collins, Brent Key, Mack Brown and Freddie Kitchens. The first one came in 2023: ACC Receiver Player of the Week. On tape: 128 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Pittsburgh, Week 6, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

North Carolina in the news

Gregory Kirwan commits to UNC247Sports Nov 3
Top-ranked wing commits to CarolinaOct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Fran Brown names UNC QB1Syracuse.com Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	24	274	11.4	0	48
2023	North Carolina	44	469	10.7	1	48
2022	Georgia Tech	60	655	10.9	3	56
2021	Georgia Tech	13	108	8.3	1	44
2020	Georgia Tech	2	15	7.5	0	10
Career		143	1,521	10.6	5	56

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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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	11.4	0	48

Signature game

Week 6 · 2024

L 24-34

vs Pittsburgh

10 rec · 128 yds

With J. Criswell — 269 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.9 · 14 rush yds (4 car) · T. Maginness — 38.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 44 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Charlotte · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.58N.McCollum rushed for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 14 · NC State · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 18 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 48 yds to the PITT 27 for a
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 20 yds to the UNC 47 for a
Week 9 · Virginia · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 12 yds to the UVA 47 for a
Week 9 · Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.24Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 24 yds to the UVA 26 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +1.77Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 10 yds to the PITT 49 for a
Week 5 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.35Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 9 yds to the UNC 39
Week 14 · NC State · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.22Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 9 yds to the UNC 44 for a
Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.12Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Nate McCollum for 13 yds Nate McCollum fumbled, recovered by GT Ahmari Harvey

Teams and coaches

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

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

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Geoff Collins and Brent Key · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 32 (#379 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

32Below cohort / limited sample #379 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Freddie Kitchens

Pass share

44.2%

391 pass / 493 run

Plays / game

68.0

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

420 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

24 catches and 5 carries in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

32 · #379 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Nate Mccollum

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

North Carolina in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

24 catches and 5 carries in 10 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2020 3 games

2023 10 games