#7

Chris Autman-Bell

WR · Minnesota · Sr. · #7

Minnesota 2023 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Chris Autman-Bell

WR · Minnesota · Sr · #7

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#824 national
CFB
College
Minnesota
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota
2022
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota
2023
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy
2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy
2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023Minnesota68814.71--
2022Minnesota1121419.51--
2021Minnesota3650614.16--
Career5380815.28--

How he plays

Play style

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Jump-Ball Target

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

WR

His 2021 production profile sits closest to Tim Jones’s 2020 season.

Tim Jones

75%match

Southern Miss · 2020

All-Conference USANFL Rd 6
#2

Tevailance Hunt

Arkansas State · 2021

All-Sun Belt
74%
#3

Kawaan Baker

South Alabama · 2020

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 7
72%
#4

Jaray Jenkins

LSU · 2021

72%
#5

Daewood Davis

Western Kentucky · 2021

70%

Matches Tim on

Height
Yards / reception
Weight

Differs from Tim on

Recruiting rating (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Based on 7 features · 2 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Will Vereen’s path through South Carolina State.

Will Vereen

96%match

South Carolina State · 2021

#2

Beau Kelly

Portland State · 2022

96%
#3

Tre Nixon

UCF · 2020

NFL Rd 7
96%
#4

Hudson Clement

Illinois · 2025

94%
#5

Tim Jones

Southern Miss · 2020

All-Conference USANFL Rd 6
92%

Matches Will on

Yards per reception
202020212022
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Rara Thomas's sophomore season at Mississippi State (2022).

Rara Thomas

79%match

Mississippi State · 2022

#2

Jordan Kerley

SMU · 2022

79%
#3

Jaray Jenkins

LSU · 2021

76%
#4

Jakarius Caston

Southern Miss · 2022

74%
#5

Tevailance Hunt

Arkansas State · 2021

All-Sun Belt
74%

Matches Rara on

Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
Height

Differs from Rara on

Recruiting rating (lower)
Opponent-adjusted stats · sophomore cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Chris Autman-Bell

#1

Baylin Brooks

San Diego State · 2023

92%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
5062021
2142022
88.02023

-83%

Sharp dropoff (-83%) — career inflection point.