Ted Hurst

Former wide receiver at Georgia State. 2025: 71 catches, 1,004 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Georgia State · Sr. · #1

6′3″ · 185 lb · Savannah, GA

CFB Index 81 · #26 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Tampa Bay — Rd 3, Pick 20, #84 overall

The numbers

1,004

receiving yards · 2025

71 catches · 6 TD · 14.1 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 165 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game. -- Best game: 10 rec, 172 yds, 2 TD, vs Murray State

Swing playSwung Georgia State from 40% to 69% to win.Vanderbilt at Georgia State · 36-32

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Georgia State. 2025: 71 catches, 1,004 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Drafted round 3 by the Tampa Bay in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Yards / catch: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Two seasons at Georgia State, 1,965 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #84 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds at Coastal Carolina.Coastal Carolina · L 27-402025

202412 games

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltsecond

202511 games

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltfirst

2026

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 3, pick 84

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia State

2024–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #84

Tampa Bay · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2025)

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa Bay2026 NFL rookie season

#84Rd 3 · Pick 20

Tampa Bay2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dell McGee, all pass-leaning offenses — 4-20 over that span.

2024Georgia State3-9HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning

2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #26 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (80th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile). Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#157 / 798 · 80th pct

14.4

EPA / target#321 / 798 · 60th pct

0.48

Explosive rate#343 / 798 · 56th pct

11.1%

TD rate#380 / 798 · 52nd pct

2.6%

Catch rate#686 / 798 · 14th pct

56.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#19 / 558 · 97th pct

Rec yards#23 / 558 · 96th pct

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Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Long catch#89 / 558 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#192 / 558 · 65th pct

14.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

97th → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

98th → 56th percentile

Catch rate

78th → 14th percentile

TD rate

94th → 52nd percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 80th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%36 of his 117 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.8	103	15.9	0.7
Road5g	6.0	77.2	11.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	85.2	13.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	6.8	98.6	14.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #26 of 485 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia State	71	1,004	14.1	6	--
2024	Georgia State	56	961	17.2	9	--
Career		127	1,965	15.5	15	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 37–21

vs Murray State

10 rec · 172 yds · 2 TD

With R. Chandley — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · D. Murray Jr. — 37 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 7 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · South Alabama · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.81(07:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 C.Brown pass complete short middle to #1 T.Hurst caught at GSU39, for 70 yards to the USA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:15, 1ST DOWN #92 L.Rickman kick attempt good (H: #93 B.Gaines, LS: #97 S.Radnoti)
Week 3 · Murray State · 2&20 · Q3 · EPA +3.82Dennis Murray Jr. pass complete to Ted Hurst for 37 yds to the MUR 17 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Murray State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.56TJ Finley pass complete to Ted Hurst for 52 yds to the MUR 4 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · James Madison · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.30TJ Finley pass complete to Ted Hurst for 52 yds to the JMU 21 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Old Dominion · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.24No Huddle-Shotgun #11 C.Veilleux pass complete deep right to #1 T.Hurst caught at ODU31, for 29 yards to the ODU31 (#33 D.Iles), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.23(10:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Finley pass complete deep right to #1 T.Hurst caught at GSU40, for 41 yards to the MU43 (#1 B.Trotter), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Murray State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Cameran Brown pass complete to Ted Hurst for 16 yds for a TD (Braeden McAlister KICK)
Week 11 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.92No Huddle-Shotgun #8 C.Brown pass complete deep right to #1 T.Hurst caught at Chants19, for 57 yards to the Chants08 (#2 J.Wayne), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Murray State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79TJ Finley pass complete to Ted Hurst for 1 yd for a TD (Braeden McAlister KICK)
Week 7 · App State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Cameran Brown pass complete to Ted Hurst for 20 yds to the APP 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week