Sean Atkins

#38 · WR · Sr. · South Florida5′10″ · 186 lb · Viera, FL

Sean Atkins: WR · South Florida · #38.

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Sean Atkins

WR · South Florida · Sr · #38

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for three head coaches in six seasons at South Florida. All-AAC in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 125 receiving yards and 12 passing yards against Miami — Week 4, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

South Florida in the news

USF secures bowl eligibilityNov 1

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	South Florida	80	799	10.0	2	52
2023	South Florida	92	1,054	11.5	7	88
2022	South Florida	19	238	12.5	3	37
2021	South Florida	6	67	11.2	0	23
2020	South Florida	3	26	8.7	0	12
2019	South Florida	1	1	1.0	0	1
Career		201	2,185	10.9	12	88

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 4 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 No. 8 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 41-39vs San José State	11	104	9.5	0	42
Total		80	799	10.0	2	52

Signature game

Week 4 · 2024

L 15-50

vs Miami

11 rec · 125 yds · 12 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

With B. Brown — 254 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 62.5 · 27 rush yds (14 car) · A. Stokes — 48.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Rice · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.46Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 52 yds to the RICE 23 for a
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 35 yds to the USM 36 for a
Week 14 · Rice · 4th and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 16 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 4 · Miami · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 28 yds to the MIA 40 for a
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 4th and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 10 yds to the FAU 47 for a
Week 11 · Navy · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.16Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 18 yds to the NAVY 33 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Miami · 2nd and 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 · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Bryce Archie pass complete to Sean Atkins for 13 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 15 yds to the USF 45 for a
Week 4 · Miami · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.26Byrum Brown pass complete to Sean Atkins for 9 yds to the USF 48 for a

Teams and coaches

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 and Daniel Da Prato · Run-leaning

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

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#95 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

67Quality starter #95 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.6	63.8	9.0	0.0
Road6g	5.2	56.8	10.6	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

2024 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

Pass share

47.4%

439 pass / 488 run

Plays / game

71.3

13 games

Team sack rate

7.8%

477 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #95 of 466 WRs · 2024

Sean Atkins

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Style of play

Fans

South Florida in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Six seasons at South Florida

2023 13 games

2024 13 games