Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025East Carolina
Payton Mangrum
WR • 5'11" • 201 lbs • Greenville, SC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Payton Mangrum reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
4
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
13
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- South Carolina • East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Payton Mangrum built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Greenville, SC wearing No. 19, spending time with East Carolina and South Carolina. The clearest part of Payton Mangrum's career...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Payton Mangrum, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina. Payton Mangrum reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 284
- Receptions
- 16
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Payton Mangrum quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 284
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Memphis
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Eastside · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Eastside · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 182 receiving yards · WR 495th (top 46%) · American Athletic 64th (top 28%) · National 695th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 60 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 9 | 182 | 1 | 60.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina to East Carolina | P4 to G5/FCS | 77 | Jan 19, 2025 |
Payton Mangrum played WR for South Carolina and East Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Payton Mangrum recorded -3 rushing yards, 284 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 74.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 South Carolina, East Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · East Carolina
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
16.5
Efficiency
74.2
Usage
6.2
Consistency
48.4
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. NC State: 3. Campbell: 35. Coastal Carolina: 15. BYU: 18. Army: 0. Tulsa: 22. Temple: 0. Memphis: 43. UTSA: 0. Florida Atlantic: 46
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. Pittsburgh: 1 by 0. NC State: 1 by 20. Campbell: 1 by 100. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 100. BYU: 1 by 100. Tulsa: 2 by 73.3. Memphis: 2 by 100. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20.1 · Games = 8 · +13.1 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 3 · -13.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
100 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Pittsburgh | W 23-17 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 42-3 | — | 1 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ UTSA | L 24-58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Memphis | W 31-27 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 1 | 31 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Temple | W 45-14 | — | — | — | -3 | — | — | — |
| Thu 10/16 | vs Tulsa | W 41-27 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Thu 9/25 | vs Army | W 28-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs BYU | L 13-34 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 38-0 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Campbell | W 56-3 | — | 1 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Thu 8/28 | @ NC State | L 17-24 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Player Story
Payton Mangrum story
Payton Mangrum built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Greenville, SC wearing No. 19, spending time with East Carolina and South Carolina. The clearest part of Payton Mangrum's career was his receiving role: 16 catches, 284 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Payton Mangrum'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
South Carolina
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
East Carolina
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Carolina | 44 | 100 | 4.8 | 44 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | — | — | -44 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 31 | 90 | 3.2 | 31 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 27 | 57.8 | 6.3 | -4 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 182 | 74.2 | 6.2 | 155 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 182 | 74.2 | 6.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 39 Memphis
Week 12 · W 31-27 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
43
Receiving Yards
74.2 takeover
43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 14 · W 42-3 · Conference game
46
Receiving Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Tennessee
Week 6 · L 20-45 · Conference game
44
Receiving Yards
72 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Wofford
Week 13 · W 56-12
16
Receiving Yards
70.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Furman
Week 2 · W 47-21
19
Receiving Yards
70.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2025 Postseason · East Carolina
60.8
182 primary · 74.2 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · East Carolina
60.8
182 primary · 74.2 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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