Player Dossier

2020-2024

Virginia Tech

Stephen Gosnell

WR • 6'2" • 198 lbs • Pilot Mountain, NC, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Stephen Gosnell reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

20

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Carolina • Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Player Story

Stephen Gosnell built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Pilot Mountain, NC wearing No. 12, spending time with North Carolina and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Stephen Gosnell's...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.9078

Arlington Martin · Arlington, TX

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Stephen Gosnell, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Stephen Gosnell reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
992
Receptions
61
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Stephen Gosnell quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · WR
Career Receiving Yards
992
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech
Top game
Syracuse
Recruit profile
4-star · Arlington Martin · TCU
High school pipeline
Arlington Martin · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
506 receiving yards · WR 199th (top 19%) · ACC 36th (top 13%) · National 225th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0-00-
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina213032.6
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina218032.6
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech79128044.4
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1122347360.4
2024 PostseasonVirginia Tech1219073.3
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1227497173.3

Related Context

Stephen Gosnell played WR for North Carolina and Virginia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Stephen Gosnell recorded 992 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 506 primary output with 89.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 89.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to 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, Virginia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

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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2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

42.2

Efficiency

89.2

Usage

15.1

Consistency

53.7

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 9. Vanderbilt: 72. Marshall: 54. Old Dominion: 21. Rutgers: 23. Miami: 53. Stanford: 53. Boston College: 40. Georgia Tech: 28. Syracuse: 118. Duke: 18. Virginia: 17

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. Minnesota: 1 by 60. Vanderbilt: 3 by 100. Marshall: 2 by 100. Old Dominion: 1 by 100. Rutgers: 2 by 76.7. Miami: 4 by 88.3. Stanford: 3 by 100. Boston College: 3 by 88.9. Georgia Tech: 1 by 100. Syracuse: 5 by 100. Duke: 1 by 100. Virginia: 2 by 56.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins35.5 · Games = 6 · -13.3 vs Losses
Losses48.8 · Games = 6 · +13.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Syracuse

Best efficiency game

100 vs Duke

Result
Sat 1/4vs MinnesotaL 10-24199909
Sun 12/1vs VirginiaW 37-172178.58.5009
Sun 11/24@ DukeL 28-311181818018
Sat 11/2@ Syracuse100 receiving yardsL 31-38511823.623.60048
Sat 10/26vs Georgia TechW 21-61282828028
Thu 10/17vs Boston CollegeW 42-2134013.313.30020
Sat 10/5@ StanfordW 31-735317.717.70124
Fri 9/27@ MiamiL 34-3845313.313.30021
Sat 9/21vs RutgersL 23-2622311.511.50012
Sat 9/14@ Old DominionW 37-171212121021
Sat 9/7vs MarshallW 31-142542727049
Sat 8/31@ VanderbiltL 27-343722424044

Player Story

Stephen Gosnell story

Stephen Gosnell built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Pilot Mountain, NC wearing No. 12, spending time with North Carolina and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Stephen Gosnell's career was his receiving role: 61 catches, 992 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Stephen Gosnell's 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

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia Tech

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina1136.7711
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1136.770
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech12883.77.7117
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech34784.711.9219
2024 PostseasonVirginia Tech50689.215.1159
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech50689.215.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Syracuse

Week 10 · L 31-38 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

118

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

118 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Wake Forest

Week 7 · W 30-13 · Conference game

75

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

75 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Purdue

Week 2 · L 17-24

72

Receiving Yards

83.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Wofford

Week 3 · W 27-7

43

Receiving Yards

77.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 95.6 efficiency score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 6 · W 31-7 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

72.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech

506 primary output · 89.2 efficiency · 15.1 usage

73.3

#2

2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

73.3

506 primary · 89.2 efficiency · 15.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

60.4

347 primary · 84.7 efficiency · 11.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games