Two of the most electric playmakers in FCS football resided on rosters of North Carolina college football teams in 2024. Campbell’s Sincere Brown and Elon’s Chandler Brayboy head our FCS Stat Champions leaderboard in the pass-catching categories.
Brown, a senior transfer from South Florida, topped all North Carolina FCS wide receivers with 61 catches this past season for 1,028 yards and 12 touchdowns. Brayboy, a senior from Pembroke (Purnell Swett HS), made 59 catches, covering 979 yards. He scored eight touchdowns on pass plays.
Both Brown and Brayboy landed on the CAA’s first-team all-conference list as receivers.
Brown broke the Camels’ single-season record for most TD receptions. He ranked fourth nationally in TD receptions and 12th in receiving yards. Brayboy collected multiple All-American honors for his work as a kick returner (two return touchdowns) and all-purpose threat.
Brown, who announced in December his plans to return to Campbell for 2025, was the only 1,000-yard FCS receiver from the Old North State in 2024. Western Carolina’s AJ Colombo matched Brown’s receptions total (61) but didn’t cover as much ground (590 yards).
North Carolina Central’s Markell Quick had one of the best yards-per-catch averages among our state’s FCS performers (20.3). Davidson’s Brody Reina enjoyed a solid year for pass-catching tight ends, scoring six touchdowns in the Wildcats’ usually run-heavy offense.
Western Carolina’s De’Andre Tamarez had the best single-game receiving performance of the FCS season. He hauled in eight passes for 229 yards and a touchdown in a shootout loss at Montana in week four.
Brayboy – there is that name again! – had the second most receiving yards in a North Carolina FCS game, notching 183 on eight catches against Campbell in week 10. He scored a pair of touchdowns in that Elon victory.
Brown had a three-touchdown receiving game against Delaware State in week five. For the season, Brown racked up five 100-yard receiving games, most of any NC players.
Here are lists of the top FCS receiving performances of the 2024 campaign, both season leaders and single-game standouts.
2024 FCS Stat Champions | Receiving
Total Yards | Season Leaders
- 1,028 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 12 games, 61 receptions, 12 touchdowns, 85.7 yards-per-game, 16.9 yards per catch
- 979 – Chandler Brayboy (Elon): 11 games, 59 receptions, 8 touchdowns, 89.0 yards-per-game, 16.6 yards per catch
- 590 – AJ Colombo (Western Carolina): 11 games, 61 receptions, 5 touchdowns, 53.6 yards-per-game, 9.7 yards per catch
- 576 – De’Andre Tamarez (Western Carolina): 12 games, 33 receptions, 6 touchdowns, 48.0 yards-per-game, 17.5 yards per catch
- 548 – Onuma Dieke (Elon): 11 games, 35 receptions, 2 touchdowns, 49.8 yards-per-game, 15.7 yards per catch
- 540 – Zion Booker (Western Carolina): 8 games, 39 receptions, 4 touchdowns, 67.5 yards-per-game, 13.8 yards per catch
- 530 – Ger-Cari Caldwell (North Carolina A&T): 11 games, 43 receptions, 3 touchdowns, 48.2 yards-per-game, 12.3 yards per catch
- 527 – Markell Quick (North Carolina Central): 10 games, 26 receptions, 5 touchdowns, 52.7 yards-per-game, 20.3 yards per catch
- 523 – Anthony Lowe (Gardner-Webb): 12 games, 40 receptions, 3 touchdowns, 43.6 yards-per-game, 13.1 yards per catch
- 510 – VJ Wilkins (Campbell): 11 games, 38 receptions, 6 touchdowns, 46.4 yards-per-game, 13.4 yards per catch
- 489 – Joaquin Davis (North Carolina Central): 11 games, 31 receptions, 4 touchdowns, 44.5 yards-per-game, 15.8 yards per catch
- 453 – Camden Overton (Gardner-Webb): 12 games, 42 receptions, 1 touchdown, 37.8 yards-per-game, 10.8 yards per catch
- 432 – Brody Reina (Davidson): 11 games, 25 receptions, 6 touchdowns, 39.3 yards-per-game, 17.3 yards per catch
- 413 – Randall King (Campbell): 12 games, 30 receptions, 2 touchdowns, 34.4 yards-per-game, 13.8 yards per catch
- 408 – Jamarien Dalton (Elon): 11 games, 31 receptions, 2 touchdowns, 37.1 yards-per-game, 13.2 yards per catch
Touchdowns | Season Leaders
- 12 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 12 games
- 8 – Chandler Brayboy (Elon): 11 games
- 6 – De’Andre Tamarez (Western Carolina): 12 games
- 6 – VJ Wilkins (Campbell): 11 games
- 6 – Brody Reina (Davidson): 11 games
- 5 – Isaiah Johnson (Western Carolina): 11 games
- 5 – Markell Quick (North Carolina Central): 10 games
- 5 – AJ Colombo (Western Carolina): 11 games
- 4 – Joaquin Davis (North Carolina Central): 11 games
- 4 – Zion Booker (Western Carolina): 8 games
Total Yards | Single-Game Leaders (100+ yards)
- 229 – De’Andre Tamarez (Western Carolina): 8 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 61 yards, 28.6 yards-per-catch, Week 4 at Montana (L, 35-46)
- 183 – Chandler Brayboy (Elon): 8 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 66 yards, 22.9 yards-per-catch, Week 10 vs. Campbell (W, 50-27)
- 172 – VJ Wilkins (Campbell): 5 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 75 yards, 34.4 yards-per-catch, Week 12 at Delaware (L, 22-41)
- 150 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 5 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 64 yards, 30.0 yards-per-catch, Week 9 vs. North Carolina A&T (W, 21-7)
- 145 – Randall King (Campbell): 7 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 65 yards, 20.7 yards-per-catch, Week 10 at Elon (L, 27-50)
- 138 – Chandler Brayboy (Elon): 3 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 70 yards, 46.0 yards-per-catch, Week 12 vs. Maine (W, 31-25)
- 135 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 7 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 70 yards, 19.3 yards-per-catch, Week 10 at Elon (L, 27-50)
- 133 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 5 catches, 3 touchdowns, long reception of 57 yards, 26.6 yards-per-catch, Week 5 vs. Delaware State (W, 44-41)
- 130 – Ger-Cari Caldwell (North Carolina A&T): 7 catches, 0 touchdowns, long reception of 76 yards, 18.6 yards-per-catch, Week 6 at Richmond (L, 17-20)
- 126 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 5 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 74 yards, 25.2 yards-per-catch, Week 1 at Liberty (L, 24-41)
- 124 – Markell Quick (North Carolina Central): 5 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 63 yards, 24.8 yards-per-catch, Week 5 vs. Norfolk State (W, 37-10)
- 122 – Anthony Lowe (Gardner-Webb): 7 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 35 yards, 17.4 yards-per-catch, Week 3 at Charlotte (L, 26-27)
- 119 – Markell Quick (North Carolina Central): 4 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 60 yards, 29.8 yards-per-catch, Week 4 vs. North Carolina A&T (W, 66-24)
- 118 – Brody Reina (Davidson): 5 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 41 yards, 23.6 yards-per-catch, Week 9 at Memphis (L, 28-33)
- 118 – Chandler Brayboy (Elon): 12 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 40 yards, 9.8 yards-per-catch, Week 13 at North Carolina A&T (W, 31-21)
- 117 – Isaiah Johnson (Western Carolina): 6 catches, 2 touchdowns, long reception of 62 yards, 19.5 yards-per-catch, Week 8 at Furman (W, 52-20)
- 116 – AJ Colombo (Western Carolina): 9 catches, 1 touchdown, long reception of 28 yards, 12.9 yards-per-catch, Week 13 at Samford (W, 47-42)
- 115 – VJ Wilkins (Campbell): 7 catches, 0 touchdowns, long reception of 52 yards, 16.4 yards-per-catch, Week 5 vs. Delaware State (W, 44-41)
- 109 – Onuma Dieke (Elon): 6 catches, 0 touchdowns, long reception of 41 yards, 18.2 yards-per-catch, Week 2 at North Carolina Central (W, 41-19)
- 108 – Sincere Brown (Campbell): 4 catches, 0 touchdowns, long reception of 20 yards, 27.0 yards-per-catch, Week 2 vs. Western Carolina (W, 24-16)
Touchdowns | Single-Game Leaders (2+)
Campbell’s Sincere Brown and Western Carolina’s De’Andre Tamarez both enjoyed three-touchdown receiving performances in 2024, the only two from the FCS ranks.
Brown caught three TD passes in a week five game against Delaware State, a 44-41 Campbell win. Tamarez hauled in three TD receptions in a week 10 win over Chattanooga (38-34).
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