Receiver, Notre Dame, 2012–⁠15

Chris Brown

Number
No. 2
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Hanahan, SC

Chris Brown played receiver at Notre Dame (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. Georgia Tech, 2015104receiving yards, career highvs. Boston College, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012*Notre Dame25628.0050
2013*Notre Dame1520913.9140
2014Notre Dame3954814.1149
2015Notre Dame4859712.4438
Career1041,41013.6650

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Notre Dame2WR
2013Notre Dame2WR
2014Notre Dame2WR
2015Notre Dame2WR6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Notre Dame141.40––19.6–
2014Notre Dame650.2513th (n=496)0.5216.47%
2015Notre Dame780.4843rd (n=465)0.5337.79%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Notre Dame 13 games, 48 catches, 597 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.TexasW 38–⁠3338117–
Sep 12atVirginiaW 34–⁠27341018–
Sep 19vs.Georgia TechW 30–⁠22865020–
Sep 26vs.MassachusettsW 62–⁠27234127–
Oct 3atClemsonL 22–⁠24483034–
Oct 10vs.NavyW 41–⁠24456029–
Oct 17vs.USCW 41–⁠31338019–
Oct 31atTempleW 24–⁠20672025–
Nov 7atPittsburghW 42–⁠301−300–
Nov 14vs.Wake ForestW 28–⁠7327014–
Nov 21vs.Boston CollegeW 19–⁠166104138–
Nov 28atStanfordL 36–⁠381707–
Jan 1 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 28–⁠44435119–
2014 Notre Dame 13 games, 39 catches, 548 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.RiceW 48–⁠17220012–
Sep 6vs.MichiganW 31–⁠01505–
Sep 13vs.PurdueW 30–⁠14111011–
Sep 27vs.SyracuseW 31–⁠15657023–
Oct 4vs.StanfordW 17–⁠14460120–
Oct 11vs.North CarolinaW 50–⁠43230019–
Oct 18atFlorida StateL 27–⁠31538022–
Nov 1vs.NavyW 49–⁠39282046–
Nov 8atArizona StateL 31–⁠55134034–
Nov 15vs.NorthwesternL 40–⁠435600215
Nov 22vs.LouisvilleL 28–⁠31449025–
Nov 29atUSCL 14–⁠49253049–
Dec 30 ✦vs.LSUW 31–⁠28449029–
2013 Notre Dame 7 games, 15 catches, 209 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.TempleW 28–⁠6357033–
Sep 7atMichiganL 30–⁠41328011–
Sep 14atPurdueW 31–⁠24140040–
Oct 19vs.USCW 14–⁠101808–
Oct 26atAir ForceW 45–⁠10115115–
Nov 2vs.NavyW 38–⁠341707–
Dec 28 ✦vs.RutgersW 29–⁠16554013–
2012 Notre Dame 2 games, 2 catches, 56 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 27atOklahomaW 30–⁠13150050–
Nov 17vs.Wake ForestW 38–⁠01606–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 9–⁠29).

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′2″
Weight194 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.50 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′10″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill7.37 s
20-yard shuttle4.41 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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