Tyler Boyd at Pittsburgh
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Receiver, Pittsburgh, 2013–⁠15

Tyler Boyd

Number
No. 23
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Clairton, PA
Born
Nov 15, 1994, in Clairton, Pennsylvania

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Tyler Boyd played receiver at Pittsburgh (2013–⁠15). The Cincinnati Bengals took Boyd in round 2, No. 55 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,261
Receiving yards, 2014 (Pittsburgh, 6–⁠7)
Best game
154 yards
At Duke, week 4, 2013: No. 3 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 55
Round 2, 2016 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

12catches, career highat Syracuse, 2015173receiving yards, career highvs. Bowling Green, 20133receiving touchdowns, career highat Duke, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Pittsburgh851,17413.8769
2014Pittsburgh781,26116.2853
2015Pittsburgh9192610.2651
Career2543,36113.22169

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2013Pittsburgh1942503691
2014Pittsburgh164420161620
2015Pittsburgh112570870
Career461,1240272381

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Pittsburgh111089.8133
2014Pittsburgh12635.3019
2015Pittsburgh403498.7037
Career635208.3137

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Pittsburgh23WR
2014Pittsburgh23WR
2015Pittsburgh23WR6′2″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Pittsburgh930.9167th (n=341)0.8184.412%–
2014Pittsburgh1150.6569th (n=496)0.5274.715%–
2015Pittsburgh1700.5046th (n=465)0.5385.221%0.23

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Pittsburgh 12 games, 91 catches, 926 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 12atAkronW 24–⁠711950––1
Sep 19atIowaL 24–⁠27101311120–
Oct 3atVirginia TechW 17–⁠1354801302
Oct 10vs.VirginiaW 26–⁠1975413612
Oct 17atGeorgia TechW 31–⁠2886821313
Oct 24atSyracuseW 23–⁠2012930375–
Oct 29vs.North CarolinaL 19–⁠2610890240–
Nov 7vs.Notre DameL 30–⁠423841–––
Nov 14atDukeW 31–⁠133380–––
Nov 21vs.LouisvilleW 45–⁠34111031–––
Nov 27vs.MiamiL 24–⁠295700–––
Dec 28 ✦vs.NavyL 28–⁠446530–––
2014 Pittsburgh 13 games, 78 catches, 1,261 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.DelawareW 62–⁠02181––3
Sep 5atBoston CollegeW 30–⁠205722––2
Sep 13atFlorida InternationalW 42–⁠254501––1
Sep 20vs.IowaL 20–⁠24101530–––
Sep 27vs.AkronL 10–⁠216720––2
Oct 4atVirginiaL 19–⁠243630––2
Oct 16vs.Virginia TechW 21–⁠166861––2
Oct 25vs.Georgia TechL 28–⁠5691370––1
Nov 1vs.DukeL 48–⁠51714003102–
Nov 15atNorth CarolinaL 35–⁠40516013581
Nov 22vs.SyracuseW 30–⁠7712611231
Nov 29atMiamiW 35–⁠2357216190–
Jan 2 ✦vs.HoustonL 34–⁠35911203691
2013 Pittsburgh 13 games, 85 catches, 1,174 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.Florida StateL 13–⁠412260371–
Sep 14vs.New MexicoW 49–⁠2761341122–
Sep 21atDukeW 58–⁠5581543485–
Sep 28vs.VirginiaW 14–⁠371110–––
Oct 12atVirginia TechL 9–⁠192200111–
Oct 19vs.Old DominionW 35–⁠246460120–
Oct 26atNavyL 21–⁠243351114–
Nov 2atGeorgia TechL 10–⁠21111181127–
Nov 9vs.Notre DameW 28–⁠218850121–
Nov 16vs.North CarolinaL 27–⁠345920371–
Nov 23atSyracuseW 17–⁠1610820–––
Nov 29vs.MiamiL 31–⁠419981383–
Dec 26 ✦vs.Bowling GreenW 30–⁠2781730––3

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′1½″
Weight197 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan76⅜″W
40-yard dash4.58 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill6.90 s
20-yard shuttle4.35 s

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

In the NFL

9 seasons, 135 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Cincinnati Bengals16546031
2017Cincinnati Bengals10222252
2018Cincinnati Bengals14761,0287
2019Cincinnati Bengals16901,0465
2020Cincinnati Bengals15798414
2021Cincinnati Bengals16678285
2022Cincinnati Bengals16587625
2023Cincinnati Bengals17676672
2024Tennessee Titans15393900
NFL career1355526,39031

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.

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