Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Georgia State
Destin Coates
RB • 5'11" • 205 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Destin Coates leans balanced backfield option traits and 37 efficiency.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Georgia State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Destin Coates built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of Destin Coates' career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Georgia State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Destin Coates, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Georgia State. Destin Coates leans balanced backfield option traits and 37 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,829
- Rushing yards
- 1,614
- Receiving yards
- 215
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Destin Coates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,829
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Georgia State
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Rickards · Georgia State
- High school pipeline
- Rickards · 22 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 191 scrimmage yards · RB 368th (top 54%) · Sun Belt 84th (top 43%) · National 1,037th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia State | 6 | 222 | 137 | 85 | 1 | 41.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Georgia State | 10 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia State | 10 | 547 | 487 | 60 | 7 | 60.3 |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia State | 9 | 117 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 75.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia State | 9 | 693 | 628 | 65 | 6 | 75.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia State | 6 | 191 | 186 | 5 | 1 | 35.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 76.1 | Oct 27, 2021 |
Destin Coates played RB for Georgia State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Destin Coates recorded 1,614 rushing yards, 215 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Georgia State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Georgia State paired 810 primary output with 46.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 37 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Georgia State
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.8
Efficiency
37
Usage
15.1
Consistency
38.5
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 48. North Carolina: 16. Charlotte: 83. Auburn: 24. App State: 2. UL Monroe: 18
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. Army: 13 by 38.5. North Carolina: 12 by 11.2. Charlotte: 4 by 100. Auburn: 9 by 27.5. App State: 3 by 21.5. UL Monroe: 8 by 23.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins50.5 · Games = 2 · +28 vs Losses
Losses22.5 · Games = 4 · -28 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
100 vs Charlotte
Player Story
Destin Coates story
Destin Coates built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Georgia State. The clearest part of Destin Coates' career was his backfield work: 1,614 rushing yards, 324 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 215 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Georgia State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 215 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia State.
The arc is straightforward: Destin Coates moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Georgia State
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia State | 222 | 41.2 | 11.7 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Georgia State | 606 | 63.7 | 13.3 | 384 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia State | 606 | 63.7 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia State | 810 | 46.9 | 31.1 | 204 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia State | 810 | 46.9 | 31.1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia State | 191 | 37 | 15.1 | -619 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisiana
Week 3 · L 31-34 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
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Scrimmage Yards
82.1 takeover
171 scrimmage yards and 51.4 usage.
#2
@ UL Monroe
Week 11 · L 31-45 · Conference game
131
Scrimmage Yards
81.1 takeover
Loss with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
131 scrimmage yards and 15.2 usage.
#3
@ Troy
Week 8 · W 36-34 · Conference game
141
Scrimmage Yards
77.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
141 scrimmage yards and 38.2 usage.
#4
@ Texas State
Week 4 · L 34-37 · Conference game
118
Scrimmage Yards
76 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
118 scrimmage yards and 31.2 usage.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 3 · L 22-59
66
Scrimmage Yards
73.8 takeover
Loss with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 24.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Georgia State
810 primary output · 46.9 efficiency · 31.1 usage
75.6
#2
2020 Regular Season · Georgia State
75.6
810 primary · 46.9 efficiency · 31.1 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Georgia State
60.3
606 primary · 63.7 efficiency · 13.3 usage
Milestones
6
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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