Alex Chisum

#80 · WR · Cincinnati6′3″ · Fayetteville, GA · Sandy Creek

Alex Chisum: WR · Cincinnati · #80.

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Alex Chisum

WR · Cincinnati · #80

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the same receiving corps at Cincinnati. One game to point at: 77 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Memphis — Week 4, 2015.

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.

Cincinnati in the news

Cincinnati beats Texas Tech for first top-10 win since 2021Yahoo Sports Oct 24
$1M Sorsby lawsuit pendingFront Office Sports Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Cincinnati	38	475	12.5	1	45
2014	Cincinnati	22	242	11.0	2	23
Career		60	717	11.9	3	45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs Alabama A&M	4	55	13.8	1	28
Wk 2	L 26-34vs Temple	7	60	8.6	0	14
Wk 3	W 37-33@ Miami (OH)	2	20	10.0	0	12
Wk 4	L 46-53@ Memphis	5	77	15.4	0	20	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 5	W 34-23vs Miami	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 7	L 24-38@ BYU	2	45	22.5	0	25
Wk 8	W 37-13vs UConn	2	5	2.5	0	3
Wk 10	L 30-33@ No. 18 Houston	2	60	30.0	0	45
Wk 11	W 49-38vs Tulsa	2	35	17.5	0	31
Wk 12	L 27-65@ South Florida	6	63	10.5	0	36
Wk 13	W 19-16@ East Carolina	1	6	6.0	0	6
Bowl	L 7-42vs San Diego State	4	38	9.5	0	19
Total		38	475	12.5	1	45

Signature game

Week 1 · 2015

W 52-10

vs Alabama A&M

4 rec · 55 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 42-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With G. Kiel — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.5 · C. Moore — 2 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Tulsa · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.40Gunner Kiel pass complete to Alex Chisum for 31 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 10 · Houston · 2nd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Gunner Kiel pass complete to Alex Chisum for 45 yds to the Houst 27 for a
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Hayden Moore pass complete to Alex Chisum for 28 yds for a TD, (Andrew Gantz KICK)
Week 12 · South Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Hayden Moore pass complete to Alex Chisum for 36 yds to the SFla 2 for a
Week 1 · San Diego State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.16Hayden Moore pass complete to Alex Chisum for 19 yds to the Cincy 40 for a
Week 2 · Temple · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Gunner Kiel pass complete to Alex Chisum for 14 yds to the Temp 37 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · South Florida · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.82Hayden Moore pass complete to Alex Chisum for 7 yds to the SFla 36 for a
Week 7 · BYU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Hayden Moore pass complete to Alex Chisum for 20 yds to the BYU 39 for a
Week 4 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.47Hayden Moore pass complete to Alex Chisum for 19 yds to the Memph 40 for a
Week 2 · Temple · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Gunner Kiel pass complete to Alex Chisum for 10 yds to the Cincy 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Tommy Tuberville — 16-10 over that span.

2014Cincinnati9-4HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

2015Cincinnati7-6HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#302 / 684 · 56th pct

12.1%

Yards / catch#316 / 684 · 54th pct

12.5

Catch rate#383 / 684 · 44th pct

65.5%

EPA / target#452 / 684 · 34th pct

0.38

TD rate#540 / 684 · 21st pct

1.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#197 / 521 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#234 / 521 · 55th pct

475

Yards / catch#290 / 521 · 44th pct

12.5

Long catch#287 / 521 · 44th pct

Rec TDs#364 / 521 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 34th percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 56th percentile

Catch rate

44th → 44th percentile

TD rate

66th → 21st percentile

Yards / catch

38th → 54th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	33.2	10.7	0.2
Road6g	3.0	45.2	15.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	43.7	13.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	33.8	13.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Tommy Tuberville

Pass share

52.0%

547 pass / 505 run

Plays / game

80.9

13 games

Team sack rate

4.4%

592 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

38 catches in 12 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Alex Chisum

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

38 catches in 12 games

Five seasons at Cincinnati

2011