Former wide receiver at South Carolina. 2024: 19 catches, 223 receiving yards, 1 TD.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Donaldsonville, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former wide receiver at South Carolina. 2024: 19 catches, 223 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Gage Larvadain
Moves the chains on third down. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Chuck Martin and Shane Beamer. 2023 brought the first one: MAC Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 79 rec yds, 2 receptions against Akron, Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Carolina, 919 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (4th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 30.4 | 14.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 14.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 35.2 | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 13.7 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina | 19 | 223 | 11.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 43 | 696 | 16.2 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 919 | 14.8 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina | 2 | 15 | 6 | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 59 | -- | 55 | -- |
| Career | 7 | 74 | 6 | 61 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024
W 44–20
vs Texas A&M
1 REC
Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas A&M.
With L. Sellers — 244 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.5 · 106 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · R. Sanders — 144 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 50-7vs Akron | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | 44 | Season-high 79 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 3-27vs Ole Miss | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-27@ Alabama | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-9@ Oklahoma | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-20vs Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-7@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-30vs Missouri | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-12vs Wofford | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-14@ Clemson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bowl | L 17-21@ Illinois | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 19 | 223 | 11.0 | 1 | 44 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mookie Cooper’s 2021 season.
Matches Mookie on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Terrace Marshall’s path through LSU.
Jermaine Jackson
Dai'Jean Dixon
Matches Terrace on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Giles Jackson's junior season at Washington (2022).
Matches Giles on
Player DNA