Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Pittsburgh
Bub Means
WR • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Lovejoy, GA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Bub Means reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tennessee • Louisiana Tech • Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Player Story
Bub Means built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Lovejoy, GA, spending time with Louisiana Tech, Pittsburgh, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Bub Means' career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 35
- Overall
- No. 170
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Bub Means, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Bub Means reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,552
- Receptions
- 90
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Bub Means quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,552
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Florida State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lovejoy · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Lovejoy · 41 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 5 · Pick 35 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 721 receiving yards · WR 96th (top 10%) · ACC 8th (top 4%) · National 97th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 22 | 430 | 2 | 63.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 10 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 61.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 23 | 317 | 1 | 61.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 11 | 41 | 721 | 6 | 85 |
Related Context
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Bub Means played WR for Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, and Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bub Means recorded 22 passing yards, 2 rushing yards, and 1,552 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 721 primary output with 88.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 84.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Pittsburgh.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
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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2022 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
40.1
Efficiency
84.1
Usage
15.9
Consistency
54.5
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 84. West Virginia: 44. Tennessee: 26. Western Michigan: 18. Rhode Island: 38. Georgia Tech: 15. Virginia Tech: 13. North Carolina: 53. Virginia: 90. Duke: 20
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. UCLA: 4 by 100. West Virginia: 3 by 97.8. Tennessee: 3 by 57.8. Western Michigan: 1 by 100. Rhode Island: 6 by 42.2. Georgia Tech: 1 by 100. Virginia Tech: 2 by 43.3. North Carolina: 3 by 100. Virginia: 3 by 100. Duke: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins43.9 · Games = 7 · +12.5 vs Losses
Losses31.3 · Games = 3 · -12.5 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
Virginia
Best efficiency game
100 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/30 | @ UCLA | W 37-35 | — | 4 | 84 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 45 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Duke | W 28-26 | — | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Virginia | W 37-7 | — | 3 | 90 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 37 |
| Sun 10/30 | @ North Carolina | L 24-42 | — | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 0 | 40 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Virginia Tech | W 45-29 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Georgia Tech | L 21-26 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Rhode Island | W 45-24 | — | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Western Michigan | W 34-13 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Tennessee | L 27-34 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 11 |
| Thu 9/1 | vs West Virginia | W 38-31 | — | 3 | 44 | 11.5 | 14.70 | 0 | 15 |
Player Story
Bub Means story
Bub Means built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Lovejoy, GA, spending time with Louisiana Tech, Pittsburgh, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Bub Means' career was his receiving role: 90 catches, 1,552 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 22 passing yards, 2 rushing yards, and 244 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Bub Means' 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
Tennessee
2019
Opening stop
- 2
Louisiana Tech
2020-2021
Peak year stop
- 3
Pittsburgh
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 430 | 90.5 | 10.7 | 430 |
| 2022 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 401 | 84.1 | 15.9 | -29 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 401 | 84.1 | 15.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 721 | 88.6 | 22.6 | 320 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida State
Week 10 · L 7-24 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
98
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
98 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ Wake Forest
Week 8 · L 17-21 · Conference game
109
Receiving Yards
93.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
109 receiving yards with a 80.7 efficiency score.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 11 · W 37-7 · Conference game
90
Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Louisville
Week 7 · W 38-21 · Conference game
71
Receiving Yards
88.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
71 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Boston College
Week 12 · W 24-16 · Conference game
78
Receiving Yards
87.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
78 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
721 primary output · 88.6 efficiency · 22.6 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
63.3
430 primary · 90.5 efficiency · 10.7 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Pittsburgh
61.8
401 primary · 84.1 efficiency · 15.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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