Pearson Baldwin

#13 · TE · Sr. · Jacksonville State6′2″ · 225 lb · Springville, AL

Pearson Baldwin is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Jacksonville State.

Baldwin shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The three seasons at Jacksonville State span two head coaches: Rich Rodriguez and Charles Kelly. A game that shows it: 72 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Sam Houston — Week 7, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Cooper MathersWashington State · 2023 · 83% season match
Corey DychesCalifornia · 2024 · 78% season match
Princeton FantTennessee · 2021 · 71% season match
Jackson CanaanSan José State · 2024 · 71% season match
Gino CampiottiMassachusetts · 2023 · 69% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Jacksonville State	26	302	11.6	2	52
2024	Jacksonville State	2	31	15.5	0	16
2023	Jacksonville State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		28	333	11.9	2	52

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17@ UCF	2	11	5.5	0	6
Wk 2	W 34-24vs Liberty	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 3	L 34-41@ Georgia Southern	3	42	14.0	0	32
Wk 4	W 45-10vs Murray State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 5	L 25-42@ Southern Miss	3	11	3.7	0	6
Wk 7	W 29-27vs Sam Houston	5	72	14.4	0	23	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 8	W 38-25vs Delaware	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 10	W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 11	W 30-27@ UTEP	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 12	W 35-26vs Kennesaw State	2	60	30.0	0	52
Wk 13	L 21-27@ Florida International	3	40	13.3	1	20
Wk 14	W 37-34vs Western Kentucky	2	18	9.0	1	16
Bowl	W 17-13vs Troy	1	10	10.0	0	10
Total		26	302	11.6	2	52

Signature game

Week 14 · 2025

W 37-34

vs Western Kentucky

2 rec · 18 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Western Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With C. Creel — 204 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.0 · 143 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · C. Cook — 137 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 31 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Kennesaw State · 2nd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Creel to Baldwin: a 52-yard pass.
Week 7 · Sam Houston · 1st and 20 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Caden Creel pass complete to Pearson Baldwin for 19 yds to the SHSU 40
Week 4 · Murray State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Pearson Baldwin for 14 yds to the JXST 49 for a
Week 13 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Creel to Baldwin: a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.22Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Pearson Baldwin for 32 yds to the GASO 18 for a
Week 7 · Sam Houston · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.28Caden Creel pass complete to Pearson Baldwin for 17 yds to the SHSU 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · Delaware · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Caden Creel pass complete to Pearson Baldwin for 11 yds to the DEL 31 for a
Week 14 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 2 · Q2 · EPA +1.21Creel to Baldwin: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 14 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.21Creel to Baldwin: a 16-yard pass.
Week 7 · Sam Houston · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +0.98Caden Creel pass complete to Pearson Baldwin for 23 yds to the SHSU 23 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

26 rec · 302 yds · 2 TD

25 of 26 receptions matched to play-by-play

19 of 39 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

3914% of team targets

Catch rate

64%25 of 39 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

11% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 12.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

53% of targets (10)

60%catch rate

Air 4.9 · YAC 3.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

26% of targets (5)

20%catch rate

Air 15.6 · YAC 3.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

11% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 22.5 · YAC 29.0 avg

64% catch rate on 39 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

25%9 of his 36 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2024Jacksonville State9-5HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 49 (#74 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

49Rotational starter #74 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: long catch (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#379 / 798 · 53rd pct

11.7

Catch rate#425 / 798 · 45th pct

66.7%

Explosive rate#486 / 798 · 39th pct

8.3%

EPA / target#551 / 798 · 31st pct

0.29

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#27 / 175 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#59 / 175 · 66th pct

11.6

Rec yards#68 / 175 · 61st pct

302

Receptions#71 / 175 · 58th pct

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.4	21.2	13.4	0.2
Road6g	2.2	19.0	7.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	23.3	9.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	23.2	12.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

33.8%

328 pass / 642 run

Plays / game

69.3

14 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

331 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

26 catches in 13 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

49 · #74 of 156 TEs · 2025

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #6 of 10 Conference USA TEs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).