#18

Penny Hart

Junior wide receiver for Georgia State. 2018: 49 catches, 669 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Georgia State · Jr. · #18

5′8″ · 180 lb · Buford, GA

Georgia State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2423 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

Career night11 rec · 190 yds · 3 TDat UL Monroe (FBS) · W 47-37

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Georgia State. 2018: 49 catches, 669 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia State, 2,960 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201513 games

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of King's Ridge Christian School

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2423 national

CFB

College

Georgia State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Trent Miles

Georgia State

2017–2018

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Georgia State6-7HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning

2016Georgia State3-9HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

2018Georgia State2-10HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (1st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#127 / 550 · 77th pct

669

Receptions#129 / 550 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#235 / 550 · 57th pct

13.7

Long catch#245 / 550 · 54th pct

Rec TDs#289 / 550 · 39th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

Rush yards#273 / 277 · 1st pct

-10

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	56.2	11.6	0.3
Road6g	3.5	55.3	15.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	65.8	13.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	45.7	13.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia State	49	669	13.7	2	--
2017	Georgia State	74	1,121	15.1	8	--
2016	Georgia State	8	61	7.6	1	--
2015	Georgia State	72	1,109	15.4	8	--
Career		203	2,960	14.6	19	--

Season	Team
2018	Georgia State	4	-10	299	158	1
2017	Georgia State	6	27	20	42	--
2016	Georgia State	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Georgia State	3	11	--	--	--
Career		13	28	319	200	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 24–20

vs Kennesaw State

5 rec · 46 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With B. Wright — 35 LONG · 100 PCT · 6 PTS · D. Ellington — 187 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 77 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-20vs Kennesaw State	5	46	9.2	1	18
Wk 2	L 7-41@ NC State	3	53	17.7	0	34
Wk 3	L 22-59@ Memphis	4	35	8.8	0	10
Wk 4	L 15-34vs Western Michigan	5	91	18.2	0	26
Wk 5	W 46-14vs UL Monroe	7	42	6.0	0	11
Wk 6	L 20-37@ Troy	6	128	21.3	0	51	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 8	L 35-51@ Arkansas State	4	58	14.5	0	17
Wk 9	L 34-37vs Coastal Carolina	6	118	19.7	1	36
Wk 10	L 30-40vs Texas State	4	31	7.8	0	14
Wk 11	L 22-36@ Louisiana	2	8	4.0	0	7
Wk 12	L 17-45@ App State	2	50	25.0	0	40
Wk 13	L 14-35vs Georgia Southern	1	9	9.0	0	9
Total		49	669	13.4	2	51

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