Alex Bachman

#17 · WR · Sr. · Wake Forest6′0″ · 190 lb · Moorpark, CA · Oaks Christian

Alex Bachman: WR · Wake Forest · #17.

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Alex Bachman

WR · Wake Forest · Sr · #17

Moves the chains on third down. Four seasons in the Wake Forest receiving corps to date. One game to point at: 171 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Memphis — Bowl, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	37	541	14.6	6	49
2017	Wake Forest	21	365	17.4	3	47
2016	Wake Forest	23	248	10.8	1	62
2015	Wake Forest	1	8	8.0	0	8
Career		82	1,162	14.2	10	62

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	54	49
2017	Wake Forest	69	--
2016	Wake Forest	--	--
2015	Wake Forest	--	−1
Career		123	48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-17@ Tulane	5	62	12.4	2	19	171-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 51-20vs Towson	4	54	13.5	1	22
Wk 4	L 27-56vs No. 8 Notre Dame	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 6	L 3-63vs No. 4 Clemson	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 8	L 17-38@ Florida State	3	32	10.7	0	17
Wk 9	W 56-35@ Louisville	2	22	11.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 24-41vs No. 22 Syracuse	3	47	15.7	0	23
Wk 11	W 27-23@ No. 22 NC State	4	59	14.8	1	38
Wk 12	L 13-34vs Pittsburgh	4	60	15.0	1	28
Wk 13	W 59-7@ Duke	3	16	5.3	1	6
Bowl	W 37-34vs Memphis	7	171	24.4	0	49
Total		37	541	14.6	6	49

Signature game

Bowl · 2018

W 37-34

vs Memphis · neutral site

7 rec · 171 yds

Edged out Memphis at a neutral site in a shootout.

With J. Newman — 328 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 91 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD · D. Maggio — 46 yards per punt · 6 punts · 4 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Memphis · 2nd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +4.25Jamie Newman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 49 yds to the Memph 21 for a
Week 1 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Jamie Newman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 49 yds to the Memph 30 for a
Week 11 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Jamie Newman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 38 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 1 · Tulane · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Sam Hartman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 10 yds for a TD, (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 2 · Towson · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Sam Hartman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 10 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 12 · Pittsburgh · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Jamie Newman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 28 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Memphis · 4th and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Jamie Newman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 28 yds to the Memph 9 for a
Week 1 · Tulane · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.60Sam Hartman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 19 yds for a TD, (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 12 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.58Jamie Newman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 10 yds to the Pitt 45 for a
Week 2 · Towson · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.23Sam Hartman pass complete to Alex Bachman for 14 yds to the WFrst 45 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 25-26 over that span.

2015Wake Forest3-9HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2016Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2018Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: rec tds (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#88 / 702 · 87th pct

10.0%

EPA / target#169 / 702 · 76th pct

0.71

Yards / catch#187 / 702 · 73rd pct

14.6

Explosive rate#268 / 702 · 61st pct

13.3%

Catch rate#523 / 702 · 25th pct

61.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#89 / 550 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#176 / 550 · 68th pct

14.6

Rec yards#190 / 550 · 66th pct

541

Receptions#207 / 550 · 62nd pct

Long catch#268 / 550 · 50th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

93rd → 61st percentile

Catch rate

52nd → 25th percentile

TD rate

88th → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	35.8	12.4	0.4
Road5g	3.4	38.2	10.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	61.0	13.7	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	39.3	12.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Dave Clawson

Pass share

41.6%

441 pass / 620 run

Plays / game

81.6

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

479 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

37 catches in 11 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Alex Bachman

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Awards

37 catches in 11 games

Four seasons at Wake Forest

2015