#38

Sean Atkins

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2024: 80 catches, 799 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · South Florida · Sr. · #38

5′10″ · 186 lb · Viera, FL

CFB Index 67 · #95 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSouth Florida 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2024: 80 catches, 799 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at South Florida, 2,185 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 169 yds vs Temple.Temple · W 27-232023

202313 games

All-AACsecond

202413 games

All-AACthird

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Florida

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Charlie Strong

South Florida

2020–2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

era →

2023–2024

Alex Golesh

South Florida

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2020South Florida1-8HC: Jeff Scott · Balanced

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #95 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (85th percentile). Concern: td rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#395 / 610 · 35th pct

86.7%

Yards / catch#457 / 610 · 25th pct

9.9

Explosive rate#493 / 610 · 19th pct

7.8%

EPA / target#496 / 610 · 19th pct

0.56

TD rate#508 / 610 · 17th pct

2.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#17 / 541 · 97th pct

Rec yards#79 / 541 · 85th pct

799

Long catch#229 / 541 · 56th pct

Rush yards#138 / 299 · 53rd pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#474 / 541 · 12th pct

10.0

Fumbles lost#217 / 221 · 1st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

53rd → 19th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 19th percentile

Catch rate

77th → 35th percentile

TD rate

49th → 17th percentile

Yards / catch

41st → 25th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.3	59.0	8.7	0.0
Road7g	6.0	63.6	10.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	64.0	10.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	58.5	8.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #95 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	80	799	10.0	2	--
2023	South Florida	92	1,054	11.5	7	--
2022	South Florida	19	238	12.5	3	--
2021	South Florida	6	67	11.2	0	--
2020	South Florida	3	26	8.7	0	--
2019	South Florida	1	1	1.0	0	--
Career		201	2,185	10.9	12	--

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	1	14	--	274	--
2023	South Florida	6	52	--	70	--
2022	South Florida	2	9	2	64	--
2021	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--
2020	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--
2019	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--
Career		9	75	2	408	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 48–3

vs Bethune-Cookman

4 rec · 42 yds

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With B. Brown — 152 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.5 · 74 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Stokes — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Rice · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.46Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 52 yds to the RICE 23 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 35 yds to the USM 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Rice · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 16 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 4 · Miami · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 28 yds to the MIA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 10 yds to the FAU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Navy · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.16Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 18 yds to the NAVY 33 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Miami · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Sean Atkins pass complete to Byrum Brown for 12 yds for a TD (John Cannon PAT BLOCKED)
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 13 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 15 yds to the USF 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Miami · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.26Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 9 yds to the USF 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Bethune-Cookman	4	42	10.5	0	18
Wk 2	L 16-42@ Alabama	4	35	8.8	0	12
Wk 3	W 49-24@ Southern Miss	5	87	17.4	0	35
Wk 4	L 15-50vs Miami	11	125	11.4	0	28	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 5	L 10-45@ Tulane	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 7	L 3-21vs Memphis	5	35	7.0	0	14
Wk 8	W 35-25vs UAB	4	14	3.5	0	6
Wk 10	W 44-21@ Florida Atlantic	6	57	9.5	1	16
Wk 11	L 7-28vs Navy	7	70	10.0	0	22
Wk 12	W 59-24@ Charlotte	6	32	5.3	0	15
Wk 13	W 63-30vs Tulsa	7	68	9.7	0	26
Wk 14	L 28-35@ Rice	7	110	15.7	1	52
Bowl	W 41-39@ San José State	11	104	9.5	0	42
Total		80	799	9.6	2	52

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

Sean Atkins

202313 games

202413 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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