Usage Score
6.2
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.
Efficiency
74.2
Consistency
48.4
Season Value
57.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- South Carolina • East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Payton Mangrum, WR. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina. Payton Mangrum reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
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: Florida Atlantic
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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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
Pittsburgh
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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. Unknown: 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. Unknown: 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.
Wins18 · Games = 7 · +11 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 3 · -11 vs Wins
First Half11.8 · Games = 6 · -10.4 vs Second Half
Second Half22.2 · Games = 5 · +10.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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 Unknown | — | — | 1 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Thu 8/28 | @ NC State | L 17-24 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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 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
Tennessee
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
44
Primary metric
44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
Florida Atlantic
46
Primary metric
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
Unknown
16
Primary metric
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
Unknown
19
Primary metric
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
Memphis
43
Primary metric
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2021 Regular Season · South Carolina
57.2
44 primary · 100 efficiency · 4.8 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · East Carolina
57.2
182 primary · 74.2 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2020 · Rating 0.7733
Eastside · Taylors, SC
- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Career Facts
2
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
284
Career Receiving Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.