Beaux Collins

#5 · WR · Sr. · Notre Dame6′3″ · 202 lb · Los Angeles, CA · St. John Bosco

Beaux Collins: WR · Notre Dame · #5.

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Beaux Collins

WR · Notre Dame · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Dabo Swinney and Marcus Freeman. On tape: 85 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Stanford, Week 7, 2024.

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.

Notre Dame in the news

Drayk Bowen out for gameOct 31
Freeman calls out staffYahoo Sports Oct 27
Notre Dame releases injury report and depth charts for Navy gameOct 26
BYU beats Notre Dame for first timeYahoo Sports Oct 18

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	41	490	12.0	3	53
2023	Clemson	38	510	13.4	3	69
2022	Clemson	22	373	17.0	5	59
2021	Clemson	31	407	13.1	3	58
Career		132	1,780	13.5	14	69

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-13@ No. 20 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 No. 15 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 31-13vs Georgia Tech	5	51	10.2	0	15
Wk 9	W 51-14vs No. 24 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 No. 18 Army	4	37	9.3	0	14
Bowl	W 27-17vs No. 9 Indiana	2	18	9.0	0	10
Bowl	W 23-10vs No. 2 Georgia	1	13	13.0	1	13
Bowl	L 23-34vs No. 6 Ohio State	4	32	8.0	0	12
Total		41	490	12.0	3	53

Signature game

Week 4 · 2024

W 28-3

vs Miami (OH)

4 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 25-point win at home against Miami (OH).

With R. Leonard — 154 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.4 · 143 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · J. Rendell — 47.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Stanford · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 53 yds to the STAN 13 for a
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 38 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 9 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 37 yds for a TD (Zac Yoakam KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 13 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 15 yds to the NIU 41 for a
Week 5 · Louisville · 1st and 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

4 more plays

Week 1 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.85Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 20 yds to the ND 49 for a
Week 13 · Army · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Steve Angeli pass complete to Beaux Collins for 12 yds to the ARMY 43 for a
Week 7 · Stanford · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.79Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 8 yds to the STAN 49 for a
Week 7 · Stanford · 1st and 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

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 48 (#208 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

48Rotational starter #208 of 466 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	34.9	12.9	0.1
Road2g	3.5	35.5	8.4	0.0

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Pass share

44.3%

442 pass / 555 run

Plays / game

62.3

16 games

Team sack rate

4.7%

469 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

41 catches in 14 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

48 · #208 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Beaux Collins

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Style of play

Fans

Notre Dame in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

41 catches in 14 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2021 8 games

2024 14 games