Receiver, Samford (from Pennsylvania), 2022–⁠23

Rory Starkey Jr.

Number
No. 7
Height
6′2″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Atlanta, GA

Rory Starkey Jr. played receiver at Pennsylvania (2022) and Samford (2023).

Career highs

12catches, career highat Princeton, 2022117receiving yards, career highvs. Harvard, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Pennsylvania565159.2432
2023Samford251797.2023
Career816948.6432

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Pennsylvania7WRJr.
2023Samford7WRSr.6′2″210

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
2022Pennsylvania (FCS)350.8164th (n=683)0.7128.211%

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

2023 Samford 9 games, 25 catches, 179 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 9atWestern CarolinaL 7–⁠30219011
Sep 23vs.ChattanoogaL 24–⁠47223017
Sep 30vs.East Tennessee StateW 42–⁠2831908
Oct 7atWoffordW 31–⁠10336023
Oct 14vs.FurmanL 21–⁠27651014
Oct 21atVMIW 27–⁠1451405
Oct 28vs.The CitadelW 37–⁠7110010
Nov 11atMercerL 21–⁠282809
Nov 18vs.UT MartinW 27–⁠171−100

No box score in the source for Aug 31 vs. Shorter, so that game is not listed.

2022 Pennsylvania 10 games, 56 catches, 515 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 17vs.ColgateW 25–⁠14650119
Sep 24vs.LafayetteW 12–⁠01101
Sep 30atDartmouthW 23–⁠17235030
Oct 8atGeorgetownW 59–⁠28441123
Oct 15vs.ColumbiaW 34–⁠14541016
Oct 22vs.YaleW 20–⁠13986124
Oct 29atBrownL 31–⁠34848010
Nov 5atCornellW 28–⁠211101
Nov 12vs.HarvardL 14–⁠378117132
Nov 19atPrincetonW 20–⁠191295015

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

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