C.J. Best

WR · Texas State 2015 · #9

Last confirmed: Texas State, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · Smyrna, GA · Diablo Valley College

C.J. Best: WR · Texas State · #9.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Mitchell JuergensBYU · 2016 · 95% season match
Rayshad LewisUtah State · 2016 · 92% season match
Casey MartinSouthern Miss · 2014 · 90% season match
Joshua BowenNew Mexico State · 2014 · 83% season match
Desmond CainIllinois · 2015 · 81% season match

C.J. Best

WR · Texas State · #9

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at Texas State. A game that shows it: 95 receiving yards and 35 rushing yards against Arkansas State — Week 14, 2015.

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Texas State in the news

Former Texas State coach Dennis Franchione diesOct 6

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Texas State	58	591	10.2	1
2014	Texas State	37	355	9.6	2
Career		95	946	10.0	3

Season	Team
2015	Texas State	16	98
2014	Texas State	36	326
Career		52	424

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-59@ No. 10 Florida State	6	43	7.2	0	19
Wk 3	L 50-56vs Southern Miss	8	74	9.3	0	17
Wk 4	L 14-59@ Houston	3	35	11.7	0	24
Wk 6	L 27-49@ Louisiana	6	70	11.7	0	39
Wk 8	W 36-18vs South Alabama	5	32	6.4	0	12
Wk 10	L 21-31vs New Mexico State	6	74	12.3	0	19
Wk 11	L 19-41vs Georgia State	7	63	9.0	0	29
Wk 12	W 16-3vs UL Monroe	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 13	L 31-38@ Idaho	7	83	11.9	1	18
Wk 14	L 17-55@ Arkansas State	8	95	11.9	0	23	Season-high 95 yds
Total		58	591	10.2	1	39

Signature game

Week 14 · 2015

L 17-55

at Arkansas State

8 rec · 95 yds · 35 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

With L. Kaba — 43.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 51 long · T. Jones — 129 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 17.0 · 36 rush yds (14 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Louisiana · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.91Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 39 yds to the LaLaf 34 for a
Week 12 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA −3.50C.J. Best run for a loss of 12 yards to the TexSt 41
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 4th and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 23 yds to the ArkSt 5 for a
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 18 yds to the ArkSt 28 for a
Week 11 · Georgia State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.92Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 15 yds to the GeoSt 46 for a
Week 6 · Louisiana · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 13 yds to the TexSt 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Arkansas State · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Connor White pass complete to C.J. Best for 17 yds to the ArkSt 44 for a
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53C.J. Best run for 12 yds for a TD, (Lumi Kaba KICK)
Week 4 · Houston · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA −2.14Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 24 yds C.J. Best fumbled, forced by Trevon Stewart, recovered by Houst Adrian McDonald , return for 8 yds to the Houst 25 HOUSTON Penalty, illegal block (Steven Taylor) to the Houst 8
Week 12 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.94Tyler Jones pass complete to C.J. Best for 13 yds to the TexSt 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dennis Franchione — 10-14 over that span.

2014Texas State7-5HC: Dennis Franchione · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Texas State3-9HC: Dennis Franchione · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (87th percentile). Strength: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#269 / 684 · 61st pct

69.9%

Yards / catch#510 / 684 · 26th pct

10.0

EPA / target#547 / 684 · 20th pct

0.27

Explosive rate#576 / 684 · 16th pct

5.5%

TD rate#553 / 684 · 10th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#32 / 247 · 87th pct

Rush TDs#14 / 247 · 87th pct

Receptions#70 / 521 · 86th pct

Rec yards#165 / 521 · 68th pct

591

Long catch#362 / 521 · 30th pct

Rec TDs#364 / 521 · 21st pct

Yards / catch#436 / 521 · 16th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

13th → 20th percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 16th percentile

Catch rate

62nd → 61st percentile

TD rate

26th → 10th percentile

Yards / catch

10th → 26th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.6	53.0	9.6	0.0
Road5g	6.0	65.2	10.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	5.8	55.5	10.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	61.5	10.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Dennis Franchione

Pass share

48.0%

430 pass / 466 run

Plays / game

74.7

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

411 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Starter

58 catches and 16 carries in 10 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

C.J. Best

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Texas State in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Three seasons at Texas State

His moves

2013