George Pickens with the Dallas Cowboys, 2025
With the Dallas Cowboys, 2025. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Georgia, 2019–⁠21

George Pickens

Number
No. 1
Height
6′3″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2021)
Junior
Hometown
Hoover, AL
Born
Mar 4, 2001

George Pickens played receiver at Georgia (2019–⁠21). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Pickens in round 2, No. 52 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
727
Receiving yards, 2019 (Georgia, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 52
Round 2, 2022 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Baylor, 2019175receiving yards, career highvs. Baylor, 20192receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Missouri, 2020

Team titles: National champions, 2021

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Georgia4972714.8846
2020Georgia3651314.3651
2021Georgia510721.4052
Career901,34715.01452

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Georgia1WRFr.
2020Georgia1WRSo.
2021Georgia1WRJr.6′3″200

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2019Georgia690.9091st (n=499)0.5461.78%
2020Georgia490.9391st (n=346)0.5545.39%
2021Georgia90.39––3.5–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2021 Georgia 4 games, 5 catches, 107 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Nov 27atGeorgia TechW 45–⁠01505
Dec 4vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠41241037
Dec 31 ✦vs.MichiganW 34–⁠111909
Jan 10 ✦vs.AlabamaW 33–⁠18152052
2020 Georgia 8 games, 36 catches, 513 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 26atArkansasW 37–⁠10447119
Oct 3vs.AuburnW 27–⁠6226121
Oct 10vs.TennesseeW 44–⁠21214011
Oct 17atAlabamaL 24–⁠41553019
Nov 21vs.Mississippi StateW 31–⁠24887128
Nov 28atSouth CarolinaW 45–⁠16325017
Dec 12atMissouriW 49–⁠145126236
Jan 1 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 24–⁠217135151
2019 Georgia 12 games, 49 catches, 727 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 7vs.Murray StateW 63–⁠17478143
Sep 14vs.Arkansas StateW 55–⁠0584032
Oct 5atTennesseeW 43–⁠1432318
Oct 12vs.South CarolinaL 17–⁠20798033
Oct 19vs.KentuckyW 21–⁠0435022
Nov 2vs.FloridaW 24–⁠171404
Nov 9vs.MissouriW 27–⁠0567225
Nov 16atAuburnW 21–⁠14111011
Nov 23vs.Texas A&MW 19–⁠13257141
Nov 30atGeorgia TechW 52–⁠7141141
Dec 7vs.LSUL 10–⁠37454119
Jan 1 ✦vs.BaylorW 26–⁠1412175146

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022Combine or pro day 2022
Height6′3¼″
Weight195 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size8¾″
Wingspan77⅜″W
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump10′5″

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 70 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

Pro Bowl: 2025 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2025

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2025.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2022Pittsburgh Steelers17528014
2023Pittsburgh Steelers17631,1405
2024Pittsburgh Steelers14599003
2025Dallas Cowboys17931,4299
2026 (so far)Dallas Cowboys5273551
NFL career702944,62522

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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