2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Started the season’s first seven games before suffering a season-ending neck injury at Arkansas … Hauled in 26 catches for 569 yards and five touchdowns … Prior to injury, was ranked fourth in the SEC with five receiving TDs and third in the conference in receiving yards … His 14 career touchdown receptions are ninth all-time in program history … Added to the Biletnikoff Award watch list after fast start to 2018 season … vs. Texas Tech (9/1/18): Made his 2018 debut, catching four passes for 81 yards and a TD … vs. Southern Illinois (9/8/18): Hauled in seven catches for 93 yards and one TD in win over the Salukis … vs. #1 Alabama (9/15/18): Tallied two catches for 92 yards and one touchdown … vs. Kent State (9/22/18): Hauled in five catches for 102 yards and one TD … at #5 LSU (9/29/18): Started at receiver and tallied three catches for 37 yards … vs. ULM (10/6/18): Hauled in four catches for 115 yards and one touchdown … Helped set single-game school record in receiving yards (517) … Was one of three receivers over 100 yards receiving, first time since 2014 … at Arkansas (10/13/18): Hauled in one catch for 49 yards before suffering season-ending injury … Preseason All-SEC second team by Phil Steele and third team by Lindy’s
2017 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): SEC All-Freshman … Week 10 SEC Co-Freshman of the Week following his game-winning TD catch at Kentucky … Played and started in all 12 games … Caught 39 passes for 646 yards and seven TDs in 2017, all career highs … Ranked seventh in the SEC with seven TD receptions … Had a solid season opener vs. South Alabama (9/2/17): Hauled in a career high eight catches for a career high 84 yards … vs. UT Martin (9/9/17): Caught five passes for 37 yards and a TD … at Cal (9/16/17): Caught three passes for 125 yards, setting a new career high in yardage … Also caught a 71-yard pass, setting a career high … at Alabama (9/30/17): Caught three passes for 46 yards … Hauled in two touchdown catches at Auburn (10/7/17) … vs. Vanderbilt (10/14/17): Caught two passes for 37 yards … Had one reception for 15 yards vs. LSU (10/21/17) … Tallied his second 100-yard game of the season against Arkansas (10/28/17) with 107 yards receiving off four catches … Hauled in the game-winning TD reception with five seconds left at Kentucky (11/4/17), one of his two TD catches in the game, earning SEC Co-Freshman of the Week laurels … Caught five passes for 83 yards, one of which was a 58-yard TD reception … Had one reception for seven yards vs. Louisiana (11/11/17) … Had just one catch vs. Texas A&M (11/18/17), a 10-yard gain … Hauled in two passes for 67 yards and one TD at No. 14 Mississippi State (11/23/17), one being a 63-yard score in the third quarter.
2016 (FRESHMAN): Awarded a medical redshirt for his 2016 freshman season … Scored touchdowns in each of his first two college games … Broke his foot vs. Wofford (9/10/17) and missed the last 10 games of the season … Member of the 2016 signing class.
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