Player Career

Var'Keyes Gumms Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Var'Keyes Gumms story

Var'Keyes Gumms built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Houston, TX wearing No. 30, spending time with Arkansas, North Texas, and UNLV. The clearest part of Var'Keyes Gumms' career was his receiving role: 49 catches, 652 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with North Texas. 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. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas, North Texas, and UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Var'Keyes Gumms 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. 1

    North Texas

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UNLV

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0
2022 PostseasonNorth Texas45870.116.5458
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Texas45870.116.50
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas2637.88.4-432
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas004.8-26
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV16893.19.1168

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Arkansas to UNLVP4 to G5/FCS77.5Jan 4, 2025
2023North Texas to ArkansasG5/FCS to P484Apr 15, 2023

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 8 · L 27-31 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

92

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 7 · W 47-27 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

87.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 98 UCLA

Week 2 · W 30-23

40

Receiving Yards

82.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 7 · L 21-24 · Conference game

25

Receiving Yards

74.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 73 New Mexico

Week 10 · L 35-40 · Conference game

43

Receiving Yards

72.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · North Texas

458 primary output · 70.1 efficiency · 16.5 usage

70.2

#2

2022 Regular Season · North Texas

70.2

458 primary · 70.1 efficiency · 16.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · UNLV

58.9

168 primary · 93.1 efficiency · 9.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games