Chris Brown

WR · Notre Dame 2015 · #2

Last confirmed: Notre Dame, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · Hanahan, SC

Chris Brown: WR · Notre Dame · #2.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Chris Brown

WR · Notre Dame · #2

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. This is his second year in the same receiving corps at Notre Dame. One game to point at: 104 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Boston College — Week 12, 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.

Notre Dame in the news

BYU beats Notre Dame for first timeYahoo Sports Oct 18
Notre Dame releases depth chartFighting Irish Wire Oct 13
Notre Dame's apparel deal details revealedOct 9
BYU RB LJ Martin out 4-6 weeksOct 7

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Notre Dame	48	597	12.4	4
2014	Notre Dame	39	548	14.1	1
Career		87	1,145	13.2	5

Season	Team
2015	Notre Dame	--	--
2014	Notre Dame	1	5
Career		1	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-3vs Texas	3	38	12.7	1	17
Wk 2	W 34-27@ Virginia	3	41	13.7	0	18
Wk 3	W 30-22vs No. 14 Georgia Tech	8	65	8.1	0	20
Wk 4	W 62-27vs Massachusetts	2	34	17.0	1	27
Wk 5	L 22-24@ No. 12 Clemson	4	83	20.8	0	34
Wk 6	W 41-24vs Navy	4	56	14.0	0	29
Wk 7	W 41-31vs USC	3	38	12.7	0	19
Wk 9	W 24-20@ No. 21 Temple	6	72	12.0	0	25
Wk 10	W 42-30@ Pittsburgh	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Wk 11	W 28-7vs Wake Forest	3	27	9.0	0	14
Wk 12	W 19-16vs Boston College	6	104	17.3	1	38	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 13	L 36-38@ No. 13 Stanford	1	7	7.0	0	7
Bowl	L 28-44@ No. 7 Ohio State	4	35	8.8	1	19
Total		48	597	12.4	4	38

Signature game

Week 12 · 2015

W 19-16

vs Boston College · neutral site

6 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at a neutral site.

With D. Kizer — 324 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · QBR 41.9 · 33 rush yds (7 car) · T. Newsome — 47 yards per punt · 4 punts · 55 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Clemson · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −4.17DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 8 yds Chris Brown fumbled, forced by Jayron Kearse, recovered by Clem B.J. Goodson
Week 5 · Clemson · 2nd and 18 · Q4 · EPA +3.67DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 34 yds to the Clem 46 for a
Week 6 · Navy · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.34DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 18 yds to the Navy 27 for a
Week 12 · Boston College · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.23DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 38 yds to the BC 22 for a
Week 4 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +3.22DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 27 yds to the UMass 40 for a
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.19DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 20 yds to the GTech 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · USC · 1st and 20 · Q1 · EPA +3.07DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 19 yds to the USC 35
Week 1 · Texas · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Malik Zaire pass complete to Chris Brown for 17 yds to the NDame 45 for a
Week 9 · Temple · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.65DeShone Kizer pass complete to Chris Brown for 25 yds to the Temp 46 for a
Week 1 · Ohio State · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Kizer to Brown: a 4-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Brian Kelly — 18-8 over that span.

2014Notre Dame8-5HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2015Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#298 / 684 · 57th pct

12.8

EPA / target#397 / 684 · 42nd pct

0.43

Explosive rate#432 / 684 · 37th pct

9.2%

TD rate#486 / 684 · 29th pct

2.6%

Catch rate#507 / 684 · 26th pct

60.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#125 / 521 · 76th pct

Rec yards#159 / 521 · 69th pct

597

Rec TDs#153 / 521 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#298 / 521 · 42nd pct

12.4

Long catch#373 / 521 · 28th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 37th percentile

Catch rate

20th → 26th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 29th percentile

Yards / catch

73rd → 57th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	43.0	12.2	0.3
Road5g	3.0	40.0	10.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	48.8	13.5	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	41.4	8.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Brian Kelly

Pass share

45.0%

383 pass / 469 run

Plays / game

65.5

13 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

424 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

48 catches in 13 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Chris Brown

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Notre Dame in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

48 catches in 13 games

Four seasons at Notre Dame

His moves

1984

2012