Junior wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL
The numbers
receiving yards · 2026
12 catches · 17.6 per catch
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 6 rec, 55 yds, at Vanderbilt
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
His career, year by yearMarvin Sims
Beats you over the top. He has spent three seasons in the Austin Peay receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 78 rec yds, 3 receptions against Morehead State, Week 2, 2026.
211 REC YDS · 12 REC · 0 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Tyson Helton — 17-11 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (87th percentile). Concern: rec tds (10th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 78.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 6.0 | 55.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.0 | 70.3 | 20.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 211 | 17.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 15 | 234 | 15.6 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 14 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 14 | -- | -- | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-17vs Gardner-Webb | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | 53 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 9-28@ Vanderbilt | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Morehead State | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Total | 12 | 211 | 20.4 | 0 | 53 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Western Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Western Kentucky
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #81
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Phat Watts’s 2020 season.
Matches Phat on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.
Matches Kahtero on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to D.J. Matthews's junior season at Indiana (2021).
Matches D.J. on
Differs from D.J. on
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