Sterling Galban

Former wide receiver at Massachusetts. 2024: 25 catches, 210 receiving yards.

WR · Massachusetts · Sr. · #7

5′10″ · 170 lb · Frisco, TX

CFB Index 30 · #410 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMassachusetts 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 992 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Massachusetts. 2024: 25 catches, 210 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2018.
Transferred from Massachusetts to East Tennessee State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Massachusetts, 317 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 58 yds at Northern Illinois.Northern Illinois · L 20-342024

2018

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Burnet

2022

Entered the portal

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#992 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Don Brown

Massachusetts

2024

Shane Montgomery

Massachusetts

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Don Brown → Shane Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2024Massachusetts2-10HC: Shane Montgomery · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

30Below cohort / limited sample #410 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

Explosive rate#480 / 610 · 21st pct

8.3%

EPA / target#494 / 610 · 19th pct

0.57

Yards / catch#520 / 610 · 15th pct

8.5

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Receptions#324 / 541 · 39th pct

Rec yards#452 / 541 · 16th pct

210

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 7th pct

Yards / catch#523 / 541 · 3rd pct

8.4

Long catch#524 / 541 · 3rd pct

Rush yards#291 / 299 · 3rd pct

-7

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.0	17.0	7.5	0.0
Road6g	2.5	20.8	7.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	24.1	9.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	10.2	5.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

30 · #410 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #410 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Massachusetts	25	210	8.4	0	--
2023	Jacksonville State	10	107	10.7	1	--
Career		35	317	9.1	1	--

Season	Team
2024	Massachusetts	1	-7	18	21	--
2023	Jacksonville State	6	23	--	49	--
Career		7	16	18	70	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 35–31

vs Central Connecticut

5 rec · 41 yds

Edged out Central Connecticut at home in a shootout.

With T. Phommachanh — 287 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.3 · 43 rush yds (8 car) · T. Harding — 2 rec · 72 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.00Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for 21 yds to the MASS 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for 19 yds to the EMU 14 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.41Sterling Galban run for a loss of 7 yards to the MASS 39
Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.78Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for 10 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Central Connecticut · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.71Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for 10 yds to the MASS 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Toledo · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA -1.29Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for a loss of 3 yards to the MASS 46
Week 10 · Mississippi State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.25AJ Hairston pass complete to Sterling Galban for 9 yds to the MASS 34
Week 4 · Central Connecticut · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.18Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for 17 yds to the CCSU 24 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.04AJ Hairston pass complete to Sterling Galban for 8 yds to the MASS 44
Week 5 · Miami (OH) · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.78Taisun Phommachanh pass complete to Sterling Galban for no gain to the M-OH 38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week