#19

Payton Mangrum

Senior wide receiver for East Carolina. 2025: 10 catches, 182 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · East Carolina · Sr. · #19

5′11″ · 201 lb · Greenville, SC

Returning to East Carolina for 2026

How he plays

Yards / catch: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

182

receiving yards · 2025

10 catches · 1 TD · 18.2 per catch

The play that turned itSwung East Carolina from 44% to 95% to win.Memphis at East Carolina · 31-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for East Carolina. 2025: 10 catches, 182 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to South Carolina in 2020.
Transferred from South Carolina to East Carolina in 2025.

His career, year by year

Payton Mangrum

WR · East Carolina · Sr · #19

Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 46 rec yds, 1 receptions against Florida Atlantic — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy

2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (95th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#29 / 558 · 95th pct

18.2

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Long catch#285 / 558 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Rec yards#489 / 558 · 13th pct

182

Rush yards#256 / 287 · 10th pct

-3

Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

26%5 of his 19 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.2	19.7	17.1	0.2
Road5g	0.6	12.8	21.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	0.8	11.8	14.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.0	22.2	26.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	East Carolina	10	182	18.2	1	--
2024	South Carolina	3	27	9.0	0	--
2023	South Carolina	2	31	15.5	0	--
2022	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2021	South Carolina	1	44	44.0	1	--
Career		16	284	17.8	2	--

Season	Team
2025	East Carolina	1	-3	--	--	--
2024	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2023	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2022	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2021	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	-3	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 23–17

vs Pittsburgh

1 REC

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With A. Smith — 4 rec · 156 yds · 2 TD · C. Ditta — 177 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.7 · -17 rush yds (10 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Campbell · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.73Katin Houser pass complete to Payton Mangrum for 35 yds to the CAM 32 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Tulsa · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Katin Houser pass complete to Payton Mangrum for 18 yds to the TLSA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.08(08:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 K.Houser pass complete short left to #19 P.Mangrum caught at ECU44, for 46 yards to the FAU25 (#27 T.Reid), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Memphis · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Payton Mangrum 31 Yd pass from Katin Houser (Nick Mazzie Kick)
Week 4 · BYU · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Katin Houser pass complete to Payton Mangrum for 18 yds to the ECU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Temple · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.78(02:43) No Huddle-Shotgun #19 P.Mangrum rush right for 3 yards loss to the ECU48 (#33 C.Ordonez)
Week 3 · Coastal Carolina · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.76Katin Houser pass complete to Payton Mangrum for 15 yds to the CCU 19 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Memphis · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.62(02:09) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 K.Houser pass complete short middle to #19 P.Mangrum caught at ECU40, for 12 yards to the ECU40, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.16(14:55) Shotgun #17 C.Ditta pass complete short right to #19 P.Mangrum caught at ECU38, for 0 yards to the ECU44 (#21 S.Harrison; #24 C.Lindsey)
Week 1 · NC State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.33Katin Houser pass complete to Payton Mangrum for 3 yds to the NCSU 42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week