Beaux Collins

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2024: 41 catches, 490 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Notre Dame · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 202 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 48 · #208 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNotre Dame 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 86 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2024: 41 catches, 490 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2021.
Transferred from Clemson to Notre Dame in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 1,780 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 137 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · W 48-272021

20218 games

Signed with Clemson4-star out of St. John Bosco

202414 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#86 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

2022–2024

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #208 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#210 / 610 · 66th pct

93.2%

TD rate#277 / 610 · 55th pct

6.8%

Yards / catch#299 / 610 · 51st pct

12.0

EPA / target#363 / 610 · 41st pct

0.80

Explosive rate#461 / 610 · 24th pct

9.1%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#170 / 541 · 68th pct

Rec yards#203 / 541 · 62nd pct

490

Long catch#215 / 541 · 59th pct

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#344 / 541 · 36th pct

12.0

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

26th → 41st percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 24th percentile

Catch rate

8th → 66th percentile

TD rate

30th → 55th percentile

Yards / catch

54th → 51st 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	2.9	34.8	12.0	0.1
Road5g	3.0	35.4	12.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	3.1	36.6	10.8	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	32.2	14.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #208 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #208 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	41	490	12.0	3	--
2023	Clemson	38	510	13.4	3	--
2022	Clemson	22	373	17.0	5	--
2021	Clemson	31	407	13.1	3	--
Career		132	1,780	13.5	14	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Stanford · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 53 yds to the STAN 13 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 38 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 9 · Navy · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 37 yds for a TD (Zac Yoakam KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 13 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 15 yds to the NIU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.08Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 5 yds to the ND 49 Notre Dame Penalty, Offensive Holding (Mitchell Evans) to the ND 39
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.85Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 20 yds to the ND 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Army · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Steve Angeli pass complete to Beaux Collins for 12 yds to the ARMY 43 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Stanford · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.79Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 8 yds to the STAN 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.76Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 16 yds Beaux Collins fumbled, recovered by STAN Jshawn Frausto-Ramos J. Frausto-Ramos return for 0 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-13@ Texas A&M	5	62	12.4	0	20
Wk 2	L 14-16vs Northern Illinois	5	45	9.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 66-7@ Purdue	2	9	4.5	0	6
Wk 4	W 28-3vs Miami (OH)	4	60	15.0	1	38
Wk 5	W 31-24vs Louisville	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	W 49-7vs Stanford	4	85	21.3	0	53	Season-high 85 yds
Wk 8	W 31-13@ Georgia Tech	5	51	10.2	0	15
Wk 9	W 51-14@ Navy	2	42	21.0	1	37
Wk 11	W 52-3vs Florida State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 12	W 35-14vs Virginia	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 13	W 49-14vs Army	4	37	9.3	0	14
Bowl	W 27-17vs Indiana	2	18	9.0	0	10
Bowl	W 23-10@ Georgia	1	13	13.0	1	13
Bowl	L 23-34vs Ohio State	4	32	8.0	0	12
Total		41	490	12.1	3	53

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology