Nick DeGennaro

#11 · WR · Sr. · James Madison6′1″ · 196 lb · Old Bridge, NJ · Hun School

Nick DeGennaro is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at James Madison.

DeGennaro beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Mike Locksley and Bob Chesney. The first career honor came in 2024: All-America (NCAA). On tape: 106 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Old Dominion, Week 8, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Treon SibleyLiberty · 2023 · 84% season match
Reggie Roberson Jr.SMU · 2020 · 74% season match
Luke GrimmKansas · 2023 · 74% season match
Jeff ForemanArkansas State · 2023 · 73% season match
Taysir MackPittsburgh · 2021 · 72% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	James Madison	28	500	17.9	5	76
2020	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
Career		28	500	17.9	5	76

Season	Team
2025	James Madison	1	5
2020	Maryland	--	--
Career		1	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-28@ Louisville	3	31	10.3	0	19
Wk 4	W 31-13@ Liberty	3	40	13.3	0	25
Wk 5	W 35-10vs Georgia Southern	2	26	13.0	0	14
Wk 8	W 63-27vs Old Dominion	3	106	35.3	2	65	Season-high 106 yds
Wk 10	W 52-20@ Texas State	3	101	33.7	2	76	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 58-10vs App State	3	31	10.3	0	13
Wk 13	W 24-20vs Washington State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 14	W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina	3	47	15.7	0	27
Wk 15	W 31-14vs Troy	2	24	12.0	0	14
Bowl	L 34-51@ No. 5 Oregon	5	90	18.0	1	47
Total		28	500	17.9	5	76

Signature game

Week 8 · 2025

W 63-27

vs Old Dominion

3 rec · 106 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With A. Barnett — 295 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 153 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · M. Sluka — 35 rush yds (5 car) · 18 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Texas State · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +6.88Barnett III to DeGennaro: a 76-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.24Barnett II to DeGennaro: a 65-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Oregon · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +4.05DeGennaro to Ellis: a 50-yard pass.
Week 1 · Oregon · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.90Barnett III to DeGennaro: a 47-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · App State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Barnett III to DeGennaro: a 13-yard pass.
Week 10 · Texas State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Barnett III to DeGennaro: a 19-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 5 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Alonza Barnett III pass complete to Nick DeGennaro for 12 yds to the JMU 45 for a
Week 8 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Barnett II to DeGennaro: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Texas State · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Barnett III to DeGennaro: a 6-yard touchdown pass.
Week 14 · Coastal Carolina · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.15Barnett III to DeGennaro: a 13-yard pass.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%7 of his 30 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#219 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

50Rotational starter #219 of 485 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (98th percentile). Strength: catch rate (92nd percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#15 / 798 · 98th pct

0.98

Catch rate#60 / 798 · 92nd pct

83.3%

Yards / catch#102 / 798 · 87th pct

15.2

Explosive rate#113 / 798 · 85th pct

16.7%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#32 / 558 · 94th pct

17.9

Long catch#40 / 558 · 93rd pct

Rec TDs#96 / 558 · 78th pct

Rec yards#225 / 558 · 60th pct

500

Receptions#303 / 558 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#190 / 287 · 32nd 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 in 2025. 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	38.2	14.9	0.4
Road5g	3.4	61.8	18.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	46.8	13.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	52.2	18.5	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Pass share

39.7%

385 pass / 584 run

Plays / game

69.2

14 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

360 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

28 catches, 1 pass attempt and 1 carry in 10 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #219 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #219 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #24 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Selector Grid · 2024

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Starter

The No. 1,448 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Sun Belt as a senior.