Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Coastal Carolina
Sam Pinckney
WR • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Greenwood, SC, USA
Alpha targetExplosive finisher
Sam Pinckney reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Georgia State • Coastal Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Sam Pinckney built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Greenwood, SC wearing No. 15, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Georgia State. The clearest part of Sam Pinckney's career was...
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- Committed To
- Coastal Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Sam Pinckney, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Coastal Carolina. Sam Pinckney reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 3,706
- Receptions
- 257
- Touchdowns
- 24
Quick Answers
Sam Pinckney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Coastal Carolina · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 3,706
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 59 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Boiling Springs · Coastal Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Boiling Springs · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 1,027 receiving yards · WR 29th (top 3%) · Sun Belt 4th (top 2%) · National 29th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia State | 3 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 34 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia State | 9 | 36 | 460 | 5 | 59.1 |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia State | 10 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 75.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia State | 10 | 44 | 753 | 6 | 75.8 |
| 2021 Postseason | Georgia State | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 51.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia State | 11 | 26 | 305 | 1 | 51.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 88.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 68 | 932 | 3 | 88.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 8 | 123 | 1 | 86.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 64 | 904 | 7 | 86.1 |
Related Context
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Sam Pinckney played WR for Georgia State and Coastal Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Sam Pinckney recorded 19 rushing yards, 3,706 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Coastal Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Coastal Carolina paired 1,011 primary output with 79.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 79.3 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia State, Coastal Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Win 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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2020 Postseason · Georgia State
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
81.5
Efficiency
79.3
Usage
27
Consistency
54.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 62. Louisiana: 21. East Carolina: 134. Arkansas State: 146. Troy: 53. Coastal Carolina: 15. UL Monroe: 8. App State: 74. South Alabama: 176. Georgia Southern: 126
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. Western Kentucky: 3 by 100. Louisiana: 4 by 35. East Carolina: 7 by 100. Arkansas State: 6 by 100. Troy: 5 by 70.7. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 50. UL Monroe: 1 by 53.3. App State: 4 by 100. South Alabama: 5 by 100. Georgia Southern: 10 by 84
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins93.2 · Games = 6 · +29.2 vs Losses
Losses64 · Games = 4 · -29.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
100 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/26 | vs Western Kentucky | W 39-21 | — | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 20.70 | 1 | 26 |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Georgia Southern100 receiving yards · High volume | W 30-24 | — | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ South Alabama100 receiving yards | W 31-14 | — | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 35.20 | 0 | 65 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ App State | L 13-17 | — | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 1 | 40 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs UL Monroe | W 52-34 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 0-51 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Troy | W 36-34 | — | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 0 | 22 |
| Thu 10/15 | @ Arkansas State100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | L 52-59 | — | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 3 | 46 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs East Carolina100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 49-29 | — | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 19.10 | 2 | 42 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Louisiana | L 31-34 | — | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 0 | 11 |
Player Story
Sam Pinckney story
Sam Pinckney built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Greenwood, SC wearing No. 15, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Georgia State. The clearest part of Sam Pinckney's career was his receiving role: 257 catches, 3,706 receiving yards, 24 touchdowns, and 19 rushing yards across 59 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Coastal Carolina. 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 19 rushing yards, 2 tackles, and 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 59 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Coastal Carolina and Georgia State.
The arc is straightforward: Sam Pinckney 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Georgia State
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Coastal Carolina
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202020202120212022202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia State | 82 | 76.7 | 9.2 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia State | 460 | 79.3 | 18.5 | 378 |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia State | 815 | 79.3 | 27 | 355 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia State | 815 | 79.3 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Georgia State | 311 | 70.9 | 17.1 | -504 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia State | 311 | 70.9 | 17.1 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 1,011 | 79.7 | 30.1 | 700 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 1,011 | 79.7 | 30.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 1,027 | 88.2 | 26.3 | 16 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 1,027 | 88.2 | 26.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCLA
Week 1 · L 13-27
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
139
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
139 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ UL Monroe
Week 6 · W 28-21 · Conference game
133
Receiving Yards
99.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
133 receiving yards with a 98.5 efficiency score.
#3
@ Georgia Southern
Week 5 · L 28-38 · Conference game
132
Receiving Yards
98.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
132 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Arkansas State
Week 6 · W 52-38 · Conference game
120
Receiving Yards
96.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
120 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.
#5
@ San José State
Week 1 · W 24-14 · Postseason
123
Receiving Yards
96.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
1,011 primary output · 79.7 efficiency · 30.1 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
88.9
1,011 primary · 79.7 efficiency · 30.1 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
86.1
1,027 primary · 88.2 efficiency · 26.3 usage
Milestones
13
100+ receiving yards
6
8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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