#12

Stephen Gosnell

Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 28 catches, 506 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #12

6′2″ · 198 lb · Pilot Mountain, NC

CFB Index 45 · #237 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceVirginia Tech 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 967 nationally · Signed with East Surry

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 28 catches, 506 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Surry in 2020.
Transferred from North Carolina to Virginia Tech in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 992 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 75 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · W 30-132023

2020

Recruited3-star out of East Surry

20227 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#967 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

2022–2024

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: J.C. Price → Brent Pry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #237 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (96th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (96th percentile). Concern: catch rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#26 / 610 · 96th pct

18.6

Explosive rate#27 / 610 · 96th pct

30.6%

EPA / target#343 / 610 · 44th pct

0.83

TD rate#484 / 610 · 20th pct

2.8%

Catch rate#560 / 610 · 8th pct

75.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#53 / 541 · 90th pct

18.1

Rec yards#199 / 541 · 63rd pct

506

Long catch#268 / 541 · 50th pct

Receptions#290 / 541 · 45th pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

100th → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

86th → 96th percentile

Catch rate

98th → 8th percentile

TD rate

93rd → 20th percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 96th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.8	28.5	16.2	0.0
Road6g	2.8	55.8	19.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	40.7	17.6	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	44.2	18.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

45 · #237 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #237 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	28	506	18.1	1	--
2023	Virginia Tech	22	347	15.8	3	--
2022	Virginia Tech	9	128	14.2	0	--
2021	North Carolina	2	11	5.5	0	--
Career		61	992	16.3	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–14

vs Marshall

2 rec · 54 yds

With P. Moore — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 46 LONG · J. Lane — 4 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Marshall · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Kyron Drones pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 49 yds to the MRSH 17 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Miami · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Kyron Drones pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 21 yds to the MIA 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Kyron Drones pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 21 yds to the ODU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Stanford · 1&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Kyron Drones pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 9 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
Week 5 · Miami · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.21Kyron Drones pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 8 yds to the MIA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Boston College · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.16Kyron Drones pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 15 yds to the BC 1 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Collin Schlee pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 44 yds to the SYR 3 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.08Collin Schlee pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 48 yds to the SYR 7 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Syracuse · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Collin Schlee pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 7 yds to the VT 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Syracuse · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.04Collin Schlee pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 13 yds to the SYR 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-34@ Vanderbilt	3	72	24.0	0	44
Wk 2	W 31-14vs Marshall	2	54	27.0	0	49
Wk 3	W 37-17@ Old Dominion	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 4	L 23-26vs Rutgers	2	23	11.5	0	12
Wk 5	L 34-38@ Miami	4	53	13.3	0	21
Wk 6	W 31-7@ Stanford	3	53	17.7	1	24
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Boston College	3	40	13.3	0	20
Wk 9	W 21-6vs Georgia Tech	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 10	L 31-38@ Syracuse	5	118	23.6	0	48	Season-high 118 yds
Wk 13	L 28-31@ Duke	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Virginia	2	17	8.5	0	9
Bowl	L 10-24vs Minnesota	1	9	9.0	0	9
Total		28	506	17.9	1	49

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