#15

Shamar Sandgren

Former wide receiver at South Alabama. 2024: 19 catches, 208 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · South Alabama · Sr. · #15

6′0″ · 177 lb · Savannah, GA

CFB Index 29 · #420 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSouth Alabama 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 98 nationally · Joined South Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at South Alabama. 2024: 19 catches, 208 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at South Alabama, 208 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2023

Signed with South Alabama3-star out of Itawamba C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#98 national

CFB

College

South Alabama

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Below cohort / limited sample #420 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#157 / 563 · 71st pct

95.0%

EPA / target#366 / 563 · 35th pct

0.77

TD rate#365 / 563 · 34th pct

5.0%

Yards / catch#384 / 563 · 32nd pct

10.9

Explosive rate#412 / 563 · 25th pct

10.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#402 / 541 · 24th pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Yards / catch#428 / 541 · 20th pct

10.9

Rec yards#455 / 541 · 16th pct

208

Long catch#524 / 541 · 3rd 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 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.5	16.0	11.3	0.2
Road6g	2.2	24.0	11.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	23.5	10.2	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	1.2	16.8	13.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #420 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #420 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Alabama	19	208	10.9	1	--
Career		19	208	10.9	1	--

Season	Team
2024	South Alabama	--	--	116	--	--
Career		--	--	116	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 87–10

vs Northwestern State

2 rec · 11 yds

Dominant 77-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With G. Lopez — 257 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.2 · 4 rush yds (1 car) · J. Pritchett — 2 rec · 22 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Shamar Sandgren 21 Yd pass from Gio Lopez (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 12 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Gio Lopez pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 20 yds to the UL 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.44Gio Lopez pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 16 yds to the ULM 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Bishop Davenport pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 17 yds to the WMU 23 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.25Gio Lopez pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 14 yds to the USA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.22Bishop Davenport pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 13 yds to the USA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.15Gio Lopez pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 9 yds to the NWST 43
Week 5 · LSU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.02Gio Lopez pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 8 yds to the USA 47
Week 4 · App State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +0.79Gio Lopez pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 13 yds to the USA 23 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · LSU · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.72Bishop Davenport pass complete to Shamar Sandgren for 8 yds to the LSU 35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 38-52vs North Texas	3	37	12.3	1	21
Wk 2	L 20-27@ Ohio	3	35	11.7	0	15
Wk 3	W 87-10vs Northwestern State	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 4	W 48-14@ App State	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 5	L 10-42@ LSU	3	23	7.7	0	8
Wk 8	W 25-9vs Troy	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	W 46-17vs UL Monroe	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 12	W 24-22@ Louisiana	3	41	13.7	0	20	Season-high 41 yds
Wk 13	W 35-14@ Southern Miss	1	10	10.0	0	10
Bowl	W 30-23@ Western Michigan	2	22	11.0	0	17
Total		19	208	11.2	1	21

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