Chris Godwin in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Video by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Monteleone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Penn State, 2014–⁠16

Chris Godwin

Number
No. 12
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Middletown, DE
Born
Feb 27, 1996, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Chris Godwin played receiver at Penn State (2014–⁠16). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Godwin in round 3, No. 84 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,101
Receiving yards, 2015 (Penn State, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 84
Round 3, 2017 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Career highs

11catches, career highat Michigan State, 2015187receiving yards, career highvs. USC, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highfive times; last vs. USC, 2016

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Penn State2633813.0272
2015Penn State691,10116.0556
2016Penn State5998216.61172
Career1542,42115.71872

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Penn State12WR
2015Penn State12WR
2016Penn State12WR6′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
2014Penn State430.3526th (n=496)0.5215.24%
2015Penn State1100.7582nd (n=465)0.5382.013%
2016Penn State910.8085th (n=489)0.5272.411%

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

2016 Penn State 13 games, 59 catches, 982 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Kent StateW 33–⁠13767026–
Sep 10atPittsburghL 39–⁠42436015–
Sep 17vs.TempleW 34–⁠277117152–
Sep 24atMichiganL 10–⁠491818–
Oct 1vs.MinnesotaW 29–⁠26497036–
Oct 22vs.Ohio StateW 24–⁠2123912013
Oct 29atPurdueW 62–⁠24558238–
Nov 5vs.IowaW 41–⁠14487045–
Nov 12atIndianaW 45–⁠31582226–
Nov 19atRutgersW 39–⁠0336022–
Nov 26vs.Michigan StateW 45–⁠125135259–
Dec 3vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠31333014–
Jan 2 ✦vs.USCL 49–⁠529187272–
2015 Penn State 13 games, 69 catches, 1,101 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5atTempleL 10–⁠27581030–
Sep 12vs.BuffaloW 27–⁠14575038–
Sep 19vs.RutgersW 28–⁠3449030–
Sep 26vs.San Diego StateW 37–⁠21578132–
Oct 3vs.ArmyW 20–⁠14466049–
Oct 10vs.IndianaW 29–⁠7441014–
Oct 17atOhio StateL 10–⁠383103056–
Oct 24vs.MarylandW 31–⁠304135140–
Oct 31vs.IllinoisW 39–⁠0776119–
Nov 7atNorthwesternL 21–⁠238104026–
Nov 21vs.MichiganL 16–⁠28351038–
Nov 28atMichigan StateL 16–⁠5511109221–
Jan 2 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 17–⁠246133051–
2014 Penn State 13 games, 26 catches, 338 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.UCFW 26–⁠24213013–
Sep 6vs.AkronW 21–⁠3112012–
Sep 13atRutgersW 13–⁠10322011–
Sep 20vs.MassachusettsW 48–⁠721809–
Sep 27vs.NorthwesternL 6–⁠29114014–
Oct 11atMichiganL 13–⁠18117017–
Oct 25vs.Ohio StateL 24–⁠3131608–
Nov 1vs.MarylandL 19–⁠20112012–
Nov 8atIndianaW 13–⁠7225017–
Nov 15vs.TempleW 30–⁠13231021–
Nov 22atIllinoisL 14–⁠16118118–
Nov 29vs.Michigan StateL 10–⁠34––––1
Dec 27 ✦vs.Boston CollegeW 31–⁠307140172–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′1″
Weight209 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan76½″W
40-yard dash4.42 s
10-yard split1.49 sW
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump10′6″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.01 s
20-yard shuttle4.00 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 124 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Pro Bowl: 2019 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2019

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2019.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Tampa Bay Buccaneers15345251
2018Tampa Bay Buccaneers16598427
2019Tampa Bay Buccaneers14861,3339
2020Tampa Bay Buccaneers12658407
2021Tampa Bay Buccaneers14981,1035
2022Tampa Bay Buccaneers151041,0233
2023Tampa Bay Buccaneers17831,0242
2024Tampa Bay Buccaneers7505765
2025Tampa Bay Buccaneers9333602
2026 (so far)Tampa Bay Buccaneers5191790
NFL career1246317,80541

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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