Graduated with a bachelor's degree from Georgia State in December 2021 ... Earned his second degree in Economics at Coastal Carolina in December 2022.

Honors
2023 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List
2023 Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
2023 HERO Sports' Group of Five All-American Second Team
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List
2023 College Football Network Preseason Sun Belt Conference Wide Receiver of the Year
2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
2023 College Football News (CFN) All-Sun Belt Preseason Team
2023 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
2023 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference First Team
2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
2022 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2022 College Football Network (CFN) All-Sun Belt Second Team
2022 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Third Team
2022 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
2023 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List
2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
2022 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference Fourth Team
2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team
2020 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2020 Biletnikoff Award Watch List

2023 (Super Senior)

Was named to the 2023 Preseason All-Sun Belt first team
Named to the 2023 Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list
Named to the 2023 HERO Sports' Group of Five All-American second team
Tabbed the 2023 College Football Network Preseason Sun Belt Conference Wide Receiver of the Year
Named to the 2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt first team
Earned a spot on the 2023 Phil Steele Preseason Sun Belt Conference All-Conference first team
Named to the 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt first team
Was named to the 2023 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt first team
Earned a spot on the 2023 College Football News (CFN) All-Sun Belt Preseason team
Was named to the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List

2022 (Redshirt Senior)

Picked up 2022 All-Sun Belt third-team honors
Named to the 2022 College Football Network (CFN) All-Sun Belt second team
Garnered 2022 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference third-team honors
Earned a spot on the 2022 Biletnikoff Award watch list
Played in and started all 13 games for the Chanticleers at wide receiver
Led the Chants with 71 receptions, 996 receiving yards, and an average of 76.6 yards per game
His 71 pass receptions tied the single-season record in program history
Also had three receiving touchdowns on the year
Hauled in at least one catch in all 13 games on the season
Totaled 100-plus receiving yards in wins over Buffalo (Sept. 17), ULM (Oct. 8), Old Dominion (Oct. 15), and Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
Caught a career-high 11 passes for 81 yards and one touchdown in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
Also had four receptions for 80 yards and a score in the home win over Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
Recorded three catches for 69 yards and a touchdown in his CCU debut versus Army (Sept. 3)
Caught five passes for 103 yards versus Buffalo (Sept. 17)
Had nine catches for a season-high 133 receiving yards in the road win at ULM (Oct. 8)
Totaled seven receptions for 113 yards in the loss to Old Dominion (Oct. 15)
Picked up four catches for 106 yards, including a season-long 48-yard catch in the home win over Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
Had seven catches for 87 yards versus Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10)
Tallied seven catches for 77 yards in the blowout win at Georgia State (Sept. 22)
Was held to just one catch for five yards at Marshall (Oct. 29)
Totaled just three catches for 22 yards in the road loss at James Madison (Nov. 26)
Registered four receptions for 79 yards versus East Carolina in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (Dec. 27)
Named to the 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 preseason list
Was named to the 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College preseason All-Sun Belt second team
Earned a spot on the 2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference fourth team
Named to the 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team
Named the team's Academic Player of the Week on Feb. 21, 2022
Participated in 2022 spring practice at Coastal
Enrolled at Coastal Carolina in January 2022 after graduating from Georgia State in December 2021

Prior to Coastal Carolina

2021 (Redshirt Junior) at Georgia State

Saw action in 11 games on the season
Limited by injury to 27 receptions for 311 yards and one touchdown
Recorded a season-high six catches for 63 yards in the win at No. 21 Coastal Carolina (Nov. 13), the program’s first win over a ranked opponent
Caught a 26-yard touchdown in the regular-season finale vs. Troy (Nov. 27)
Was a preseason All-Sun Belt first-team choice by Phil Steele’s College Football
Also a preseason All-Sun Belt second-team selection by Athlon Sports

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore) at Georgia State

A second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection
A member of the Biletnikoff Award watch list
Team’s leading receiver with 47 catches for 815 yards and seven touchdowns
Ranked fourth in the Sun Belt with an average of 81.5 receiving yards per game
Also ranked fifth in the conference with 4.7 receptions per game and was second with 17.3 yards per catch
His seven touchdowns were one shy of the school record of eight
Caught seven passes for 134 yards and two scores in the win over East Carolina (Oct. 3)
Had touchdown receptions of 38 and 13 yards as well as a 42-yard catch in the win over the Pirates
Followed with six catches for a then-career-high 146 yards and three touchdowns at Arkansas State (Oct. 15)
Caught touchdowns of 21, 36, and 31 yards and also had a 46-yard reception to set up another score in the road loss at A-State
Totaled five receptions for 53 yards in win at Troy (Oct. 24)
Caught his sixth touchdown pass of the season on a 19-yard reception at App State (Nov. 14)
Had 176 receiving yards on just five catches in the win at South Alabama (Nov. 21) for the sixth-best single-game total in program history
Recorded a career-high 10 catches for 126 yards in the win over Georgia Southern (Nov. 28)
Caught a 26-yard touchdown pass in the LendingTree Bowl win over Western Kentucky (Dec. 26)

2019 (Redshirt Freshman) at Georgia State

Played in and started nine games at wide receiver before missing the final four games with a foot injury
Named to the Midseason Watch List for the FWAA Freshman All-America Team
Was the team’s second-leading receiver with 36 catches for 460 yards and five touchdowns
Had a breakout game against Furman (Sept. 7) with seven receptions for 80 yards, including a spectacular 26-yard touchdown catch
Caught a 13-yard touchdown pass in the first overtime at Texas State (Sept. 21)
Notched his first 100-yard game in the win over Arkansas State (Oct. 5), finishing with a career-high nine receptions for 120 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter and a season-long 43-yard completion
Hauled in two touchdown passes in the win over Army (Oct. 19), covering 24 and 12 yards

2018 (Freshman) at Georgia State

Received a redshirt year after playing in just three games
Finished the season with three catches for 82 yards
A true freshman who saw his first action versus Western Michigan (Sept. 22)
Caught a 55-yard pass down the sideline to the two-yard line to set up a touchdown versus ULM (Sept. 29)
Also had a 19-yard catch in the game versus the Warhawks
Made one reception at Troy (Oct. 4) before suffering a season-ending knee injury

High School

Rated the No. 18 prospect in South Carolina for the Class of 2018
A three-star prospect by 247Sports
An all-region and All-Lakelands selection
Was chosen for the Shrine Bowl
Recorded high school career totals of 2,678 yards and 26 touchdowns
Had 58 receptions for 752 yards and six touchdowns as a senior at Greenwood High School
Added 55 passes for 859 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior
Also played basketball

Sam Pinckney