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Pinckney Named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List

ATLANTA -- Georgia State wide receiver Sam Pinckney has been named to the Preseason Watch List for the 2020 Biletnikoff Award, announced Thursday by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation.

The Biletnkoff Award annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding receiver regardless of position.

Pinckney, the junior from Greenwood, S.C., is a Preseason First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection after earning second-team all-conference honors a year ago. He led led the Panthers in 2020 with 47 catches for 815 yards and seven touchdowns, ranking fourth in Sun Belt with 81.5 receiving yards, fifth with 4.7 receptions per game and second with 17.