Senior wide receiver for Texas State. 2022: 23 catches, 236 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Nashville, TN
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.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 453 nationally · Signed with North Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Texas State. 2022: 23 catches, 236 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Rontavius Groves
Moves the chains on third down. Across six seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Larry Fedora, Mack Brown and Jake Spavital. One game to point at: 55 rec yds, 5 receptions against Nevada — Week 1, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Texas State, 777 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Everett Withers, Chris Woods, and Jake Spavital. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (2nd 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 19.8 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 34.2 | 10.9 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 19.5 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 31.6 | 10.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #419 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas State | 23 | 236 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | 27 | 250 | 9.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | North Carolina | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 74 | 777 | 10.5 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | 41 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | 45 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | -- | -- | 21 | -1 | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | 3 | 11 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
| Career | 3 | 11 | 21 | 92 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022
W 36–24
vs App State
2 rec · 9 yds
With L. Hatcher — 281 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 61.6 · -21 rush yds (3 car) · A. Hawkins — 6 rec · 105 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-38@ Nevada | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 55 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 41-12vs Florida International | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 36-24vs App State | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17@ Troy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-20vs Southern Miss | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-31@ UL Monroe | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-38@ South Alabama | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-13vs Arkansas State | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-41vs Louisiana | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 23 | 236 | 9.1 | 1 | 18 |
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 2022 production profile sits closest to Shocky Jacques-Louis’s 2021 season.
Matches Shocky on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Devin Young’s path through Maine.
Matches Devin on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Courtney Jackson's graduate season at Syracuse (2022).
Matches Courtney on
Player DNA