Gerald Christian in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Broderick Delaney from Phoenix, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Louisville (from Florida), 2010–⁠14

Gerald Christian

Lettered 2010 at Florida (school media guide)

Number
No. 32
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Born
Aug 26, 1991, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

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Gerald Christian played tight end at Florida (2010–⁠11) and Louisville (2012–⁠14). The Arizona Cardinals took Christian in round 7, No. 256 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
426
Receiving yards, 2013 (Louisville, 12–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 256
Round 7, 2015 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Miami, 201483receiving yards, career highat South Florida, 2013

Team titles: Big East champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Florida47218.0145
2013Louisville2842615.2469
2014Louisville3238412.0545
Career6488213.81069

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Florida32TE
2011Florida32TE
2012Louisville32TE
2013Louisville32TE
2014Louisville32TE6′3″

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
2013Louisville241.11––26.63%
2014Louisville490.5249th (n=496)0.5225.45%

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

2014 Louisville 13 games, 32 catches, 384 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.MiamiW 31–⁠13659113
Sep 6vs.Murray StateW 66–⁠21332120
Sep 13atVirginiaL 21–⁠23336019
Sep 20atFlorida InternationalW 34–⁠3238027
Sep 27vs.Wake ForestW 20–⁠10145045
Oct 3atSyracuseW 28–⁠621016
Oct 11atClemsonL 17–⁠23421012
Oct 18vs.NC StateW 30–⁠18115015
Oct 30vs.Florida StateL 31–⁠42433111
Nov 8atBoston CollegeW 38–⁠19112012
Nov 22atNotre DameW 31–⁠28138038
Nov 29vs.KentuckyW 44–⁠40220017
Dec 30 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 14–⁠37225114
2013 Louisville 12 games, 28 catches, 426 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.OhioW 49–⁠721107
Sep 7vs.Eastern KentuckyW 44–⁠7574135
Sep 14atKentuckyW 27–⁠13344024
Sep 21vs.Florida InternationalW 72–⁠0329120
Oct 5atTempleW 30–⁠7330116
Oct 10vs.RutgersW 24–⁠10124024
Oct 18vs.UCFL 35–⁠38126026
Oct 26atSouth FloridaW 34–⁠3383169
Nov 8atUConnW 31–⁠10243035
Nov 23vs.MemphisW 24–⁠17113013
Dec 5atCincinnatiW 31–⁠24224013
Dec 28 ✦vs.MiamiW 36–⁠9225016
2011 Florida 3 games, 4 catches, 72 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.Florida AtlanticW 41–⁠31909
Sep 17vs.TennesseeW 33–⁠231707
Sep 24atKentuckyW 48–⁠10256145

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

Before the draft

Named to the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (East team) but didn’t play.

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′3″
Weight244 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size10¾″
40-yard dash4.87 s
10-yard split1.73 sW
Bench press28 reps
3-cone drill7.62 s
20-yard shuttle4.70 s

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

In the NFL

1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Buffalo Bills11140

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFAtlanta Legends *
2019AAFArizona Hotshots

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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