Senior tight end for North Carolina. 2017: 25 catches, 177 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′3″ · 250 lb · Mentor, OH
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 803 nationally · Signed with North Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for North Carolina. 2017: 25 catches, 177 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Brandon Fritts
He has spent three seasons in the North Carolina receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 29 rec yds, 3 receptions against NC State, Week 13, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Carolina, 439 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Larry Fedora.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Larry Fedora — 22-17 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: yards / catch (9th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 17.8 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 23.3 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 19.5 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | North Carolina | 25 | 177 | 7.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | North Carolina | 16 | 203 | 12.7 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 47 | 439 | 9.3 | 9 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017
W 34–31
at Pittsburgh
3 rec · 23 yds · 1 TD
Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.
With A. Ratliff-Williams — 35 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · N. Elliott — 235 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.1 · 10 rush yds (9 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 30-35vs California | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-47vs Louisville | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 2 | 16 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 4 | L 17-27vs Duke | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-33@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-20vs Virginia | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 19-24vs Miami | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | W 65-10vs Western Carolina | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-33@ NC State | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 24 | Season-high 29 yds |
| Total | 25 | 177 | 7.5 | 4 | 24 |