Lideatrick Griffin

Senior wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2023: 50 catches, 658 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Mississippi State · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 180 lb · Philadelphia, MS

CFB Index 63 · #110 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceMississippi State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 271 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

Statement game7 rec · 256 yds · 1 TDat South Carolina (FBS) · L 30-37

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

LIFE, DEATH, AND TULU GRIFFIN TDSr/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2023: 50 catches, 658 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2020.
Transferred from Mississippi State to Mississippi State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Mississippi State, 1,490 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 256 yds at South Carolina.South Carolina · L 30-372023

20204 games

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of Philadelphia

202213 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

202312 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#271 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

2023

Greg Knox

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Greg Knox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #110 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (93rd percentile). Strength: rush tds (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#255 / 639 · 60th pct

15.3%

TD rate#267 / 639 · 58th pct

6.8%

Yards / catch#283 / 639 · 56th pct

12.7

Catch rate#308 / 639 · 52nd pct

83.1%

EPA / target#343 / 639 · 46th pct

0.72

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#20 / 294 · 93rd pct

Rush TDs#13 / 294 · 89th pct

Receptions#105 / 566 · 81st pct

Rec yards#125 / 566 · 78th pct

658

Long catch#126 / 566 · 77th pct

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#260 / 566 · 53rd pct

13.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

48th → 60th percentile

Catch rate

67th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

67th → 58th percentile

Yards / catch

60th → 56th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.2	41.2	9.9	0.4
Road4g	4.0	82.0	15.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	79.0	14.3	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	30.7	8.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #110 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #110 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Mississippi State	50	658	13.2	4	--
2022	Mississippi State	40	502	12.6	4	--
2021	Mississippi State	26	269	10.3	0	--
2020	Mississippi State	10	61	6.1	1	--
Career		126	1,490	11.8	9	--

Season	Team
2023	Mississippi State	17	74	307	--	--
2022	Mississippi State	--	--	613	7	--
2021	Mississippi State	--	--	459	--	--
2020	Mississippi State	--	--	261	--	--
Career		17	74	1,640	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–24

vs Arizona

-2 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With W. Rogers — 162 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.7 · -15 rush yds (2 car) · J. Marks — 123 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.26Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 65 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 4 · South Carolina · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +4.09Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 60 yds to the SC 7 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Carolina · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.79Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 33 yds to the SC 39 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 47 yds to the SC 15 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Arizona · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 23 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 12 · Southern Miss · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 8 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 12 · Southern Miss · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 11 yds to the MSST 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Will Rogers pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 15 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 3 · LSU · 1&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Lideatrick Griffin run for 9 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Mike Wright pass complete to Lideatrick Griffin for 27 yds to the TA&M 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs SE Louisiana	4	33	8.3	0	13
Wk 2	W 31-24vs Arizona	5	83	16.6	2	37	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 14-41vs LSU	4	16	4.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 30-37@ South Carolina	7	256	36.6	1	65	Season-high 256 yds
Wk 5	L 17-40vs Alabama	5	21	4.2	0	15
Wk 6	W 41-28vs Western Michigan	4	65	16.3	0	29
Wk 8	W 7-3@ Arkansas	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 9	L 13-27@ Auburn	3	18	6.0	0	15
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Kentucky	3	42	14.0	0	34
Wk 11	L 10-51@ Texas A&M	3	34	11.3	0	27
Wk 12	W 41-20vs Southern Miss	4	32	8.0	1	12
Wk 13	L 7-17vs Ole Miss	5	38	7.6	0	14
Total		50	658	11.6	4	65

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

Lideatrick Griffin

20204 games

202213 games

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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