Player Dossier

2017-2022

Texas State

Rontavius Groves

WR • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Rontavius Groves reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
North Carolina • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Rontavius Groves built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Nashville, TN, spending time with North Carolina and Texas State. The clearest part of Rontavius Groves' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8761

Pearl-Cohn · Nashville, TN

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Rontavius Groves, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas State. Rontavius Groves reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
777
Receptions
74
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Rontavius Groves quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
777
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Texas State
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
3-star · Pearl-Cohn · North Carolina
High school pipeline
Pearl-Cohn · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
Senior
2022 Receiving yards rank
236 receiving yards · WR 435th (top 42%) · Sun Belt 50th (top 22%) · National 555th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1-0050.1
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina810183152.9
2019 PostseasonNorth Carolina13-0159.9
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1327250159.9
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina4441140.8
2021 Regular SeasonTexas State71067041.1
2022 Regular SeasonTexas State923236163.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021North Carolina to Texas StateP4 to G5/FCS19.6Jan 5, 2021

Rontavius Groves played WR for North Carolina and Texas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Rontavius Groves recorded 3 passing yards, 11 rushing yards, and 777 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Texas State paired 236 primary output with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Texas State

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

26.2

Efficiency

60.2

Usage

11.3

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 55. Florida International: 6. App State: 9. Troy: 8. Southern Miss: 5. UL Monroe: 46. South Alabama: 28. Arkansas State: 47. Louisiana: 32

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 5 by 73.3. Florida International: 1 by 40. App State: 2 by 30. Troy: 1 by 53.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 33.3. UL Monroe: 3 by 100. South Alabama: 3 by 62.2. Arkansas State: 4 by 78.3. Louisiana: 3 by 71.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins20.7 · Games = 3 · -8.3 vs Losses
Losses29 · Games = 6 · +8.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

100 vs UL Monroe

Result
Sat 11/26vs LouisianaL 13-4133210.710.70015
Sat 11/19vs Arkansas StateW 16-1344711.811.80018
Sat 11/12@ South AlabamaL 21-383289.39.30118
Sat 11/5@ UL MonroeL 30-3134615.315.30018
Sat 10/22vs Southern MissL 14-20155505
Sat 10/15@ TroyL 14-17188808
Sat 10/8vs App StateW 36-24294.54.5006
Sat 9/10vs Florida InternationalW 41-12166606
Sat 9/3@ NevadaL 14-385551111017

Player Story

Rontavius Groves story

Rontavius Groves built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Nashville, TN, spending time with North Carolina and Texas State. The clearest part of Rontavius Groves' career was his receiving role: 74 catches, 777 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 11 rushing yards across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 passing yards, 11 rushing yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Rontavius Groves' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    North Carolina

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina18385.77183
2019 PostseasonNorth Carolina25055.612.367
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina25055.612.30
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina4174.510.4-209
2021 Regular SeasonTexas State6749.79.826
2022 Regular SeasonTexas State23660.211.3169

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami

Week 2 · W 28-25 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

79 takeover

41 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.

#2

vs Western Carolina

Week 12 · W 49-26

77

Receiving Yards

77.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Georgia Tech

Week 6 · W 38-22 · Conference game

47

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Nevada

Week 1 · L 14-38

55

Receiving Yards

74.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Arkansas State

Week 12 · W 16-13 · Conference game

47

Receiving Yards

73.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Texas State

236 primary output · 60.2 efficiency · 11.3 usage

63.4

#2

2019 Postseason · North Carolina

59.9

250 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 12.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · North Carolina

59.9

250 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 12.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games