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#2 Eric Singleton, Jr.

Eric Singleton, Jr. - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Sophomore
Height 5-11
Weight 173
Hometown Douglasville, Ga.
Last School Alexander H.S.
Major Business Administration
Eric Singleton, Jr. - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2023 (True Freshman): A freshman all-America selection by ESPN (first team), The Athletic (first team), On3 (first team – true freshman), 247Sports (first team – true freshman) and College Football News (second team) … Honorable mention all-ACC … Finished second in voting for ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year and third in balloting for the conference’s overall Rookie of the Year … Leads Georgia Tech and ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in receiving yards (706), receptions (47) and touchdown receptions (6) … Leads all freshmen nationally (true or redshirt) with 64.2 receiving yards per game and ranks second among all freshman nationally with six touchdown receptions … Six touchdown receptions are just one shy of the Georgia Tech freshman record of seven shared by Calvin Johnson (2004) and Ahmarean Brown (2019) … Opened his collegiate career with touchdown receptions in each of the Yellow Jackets’ first five games of the season – 5 yards vs. Louisville (Sept. 1), 40 yards vs. South Carolina State (Sept. 9), 15 yards at No. 17 Ole Miss (Sept. 16), 31 yards at Wake Forest (Sept. 23) and 53 yards vs. Bowling Green (Sept. 30) – to become the first player in Georgia Tech history with a touchdown catch in each of the first five games of his career … Also became the first Yellow Jacket with a touchdown reception in five-straight games since Kelly Campbell caught a TD pass in six-straight games in 2000 … Had five catches for 97 yards at Ole Miss … After missing the Oct. 21 game versus Boston College due to illness, set career highs with eight receptions for 117 yards – all in the first half – of the Yellow Jackets’ 46-42 win over No. 17 North Carolina (Oct. 28) … Career-best performance against UNC kick-started Singleton Jr. hauling in 27 receptions for 351 yards over the final five games of the season (5.4 catches and 70.2 yards per game) … Caught sixth touchdown pass of the season – a 58-yarder – as part of a five-reception, 80-yard performance at Virginia (Nov. 4) … Gashed No. 1 Georgia for 96 yards on four receptions (season-best 24.0 yards per catch) (Nov. 25).

High School: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … No. 68-ranked wide receiver in the nation and No. 61-ranked prospect out of Georgia by 247Sports … First-team all-region honoree … Finished his high school career with 101 receptions, 1,567 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns … Hauled in 65 receptions for 1,115 yards (17.2 yards per catch) and 15 touchdowns in 10 games as a senior at Alexander High School, becoming the first 1,000-yard receiver in school history … Also returned eight kickoffs for 189 yards, averaging 23.6 yards per return, including a 96-yard return for a touchdown … Returned nine punts for 124 yards (13.8 yards per return) … Caught 35 receptions his junior year for 444 yards and four touchdowns … Returned five kickoffs for 69 yards and three punts for 30 yards … Coached at Alexander by Olton Downs … Honor roll student.

Personal: Majoring in business administration … Is the middle of five siblings … Cousin, Darvin Adams, played wide receiver at Auburn.

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