Rams 7th round pick, WR

WR Konata Mumpfield Pittsburgh, 4SR

BACKGROUND: Konata (Ko-nah-TAY) Mumpfield, the third of four children (three boys, one girl), was born in a military family in Fort Benning, Ga., with his parents (Ceeprian and Michelle). His father played football at NC State before joining the Army (retired after 21 years of service). Mumpfield grew up moving around to different military bases, including stops in Japan and Korea. He started playing sports at age 3 while his father was stationed in Japan, and he continued to play once his family returned to the States and settled in northern Georgia. He was a multisport athlete throughout childhood, primarily playing baseball, b sketball and football. Mumpfield started working with former NFL tight end Alge Crumpler and competed in 7-on-7 with several area football stars, such as Josh Downs and Arik Gilbert. His younger sister (Maia) is a junior pitcher and infielder for the Georgia State softball team. Mumpfield attended Dacula High, where he was a multisport letterman. After playing on the freshman football team, he joined the varsity squad and played both ways (wide receiver and cornerback), helping lead the program to a conference title in 2017. As a junior, Mumpfield posted 35 catches for 554 yards and six touchdowns, which earned him first-team all-region honors. As a senior, he led Dacula to a 13-1 record — its lone loss came in the 6A state playoff quarterfinals. Mumpfield finished that season with 43 receptions for 820 yards (19.1 average) and 13 touchdowns, adding three interceptions and three punt return touchdowns. He again earned all-region honors and was named honorable mention all-county. Mumpfield also lettered on the Dacula basketball team for two seasons.

A three-star recruit, Mumpfield was the 204th-ranked athlete in the 2020 recruiting class and the No. 232 recruit in Georgia. He received his first scholarship offer at the start of his senior year from Division II Clark Atlanta. Two months later, on Halloween 2019, Akron gave Mumpfield his first FBS offer. He added other FCS offers from Alabama A&M, Austin Peay, Florida A&M, Mercer, Tennessee State and Western Carolina. He also received interest from other FBS programs, but most schools wanted him at cornerback — Mumpfield was adamant he would be a wide receiver in college. He committed to Akron as part of the 2020 class, but he grayshirted and officially became part of the 2021 class. After a productive freshman season, Mumpfield entered the transfer portal (Dec. 2021) and received offers from more than a dozen then-Power 5 programs, including Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Utah and USC. He had a relationship with the Pitt coaches from his high school recruiting process, though, and signed with head coach Pat Narduzzi for his final three years of eligibility. Mumpfield opted out of Pittsburgh’s 2024 bowl game and accepted his invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl.

YEAR (GP/GS) REC YDS AVG TD DROP NOTES
2021: (12/12) 63 751 11.92 8 4 Akron; Freshman All-American; Second Team All-MAC; led team in receiving; enrolled
January 2021
2022: (12/9) 58 551 9.50 1 2 Pittsburgh; missed one game (injury); enrolled January 2022
2023: (12/12) 44 576 13.09 5 1 Pittsburgh; led team in catches
2024: (12/12) 52 813 15.63 5 4 Pittsburgh; Honorable Mention All-ACC; led team in receiving; missed bowl game (opt-out)
Total: (48/45) 217 2,691 12.40 19 11

STRENGTHS:
● Competitive urgency in everything he does on the field
● Sudden in releases and has a few tricks in his bag to win off the ball
● Skilled at swiping corners to gain a vertical step and stack positioning
● Body fluidity shows, mid-route and at the catch point (wears No. 9 because that was Amari Cooper’s number at Alabama)
● Subtle details of route running matter to him
● Tracks the football very well and stays focused, regardless of surroundings
● Wore the captain’s “C” proudly in 2024 and grew up with a sense of discipline (his father served as a member of the military police in the Army)

WEAKNESSES:
● Height, weight, arm length and hand size all fall below ideal NFL standards
● Average play strength and struggles at times fighting through mid-route contact
● Quicker than fast, and getting vertical against NFL speed will be a tougher challenge
● Does a better job eluding coverage before the catch than he does after it (average yards-after-catch skills)
● Guilty of making a few extra moves in his route plan, which disrupts cadence of the play
● Doesn’t offer much experience on special teams

SUMMARY: A three-year starter at Pitt, Mumpfield was flexed across the formation in offensive coordinator Kade Bell’s up-tempo, spread scheme (62.2 percent of snaps wide, 37.4 percent in the slot in 2024). From the day he joined Pitt’s program, he found ways to be productive, regardless of quarterback play. Mumpfield can skillfully poke holes in coverage, and he constructs routes with pacing, purpose and salesmanship. He has well-developed tracking/ball skills to make challenging catches, although he needs to develop more as a run-after-catch weapon. Overall, Mumpfield doesn’t wow with size or vertical speed, but he is a route-running craftsman and finds open windows for his quarterback. His toughness and attention to detail should help separate him in training camp.

GRADE: 6th-7th round