Bryce Kirtz

#17 · WR · Sr. · Northwestern6′0″ · 195 lb · Brownsburg, IN

Bryce Kirtz: WR · Northwestern · #17.

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Bryce Kirtz

WR · Northwestern · Sr · #17

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches at Northwestern: Pat Fitzgerald and David Braun. The first career honor came in 2023: Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. On tape: 128 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Indiana, Week 6, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Northwestern in the news

Dante Moore out for seasonOregonLive Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Northwestern	39	598	15.3	0	55
2023	Northwestern	49	701	14.3	5	80
2022	Northwestern	19	212	11.2	0	41
2021	Northwestern	19	203	10.7	0	44
2020	Northwestern	6	67	11.2	0	20
Career		132	1,781	13.5	5	80

Season	Team
2024	Northwestern	--	--	--	36
2023	Northwestern	--	--	17	1
2022	Northwestern	1	3	--	--
2021	Northwestern	1	4	--	26
2020	Northwestern	--	--	--	--
Career		2	7	17	63

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 13-6vs Miami (OH)	6	91	15.2	33
Wk 2	L 20-26vs Duke	2	29	14.5	25
Wk 3	W 31-7vs Eastern Illinois	3	18	6.0	8
Wk 4	L 5-24@ Washington	1	2	2.0	2
Wk 6	L 24-41vs No. 23 Indiana	10	128	12.8	47	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 7	W 37-10@ Maryland	3	123	41.0	55
Wk 8	L 3-23vs Wisconsin	2	23	11.5	15
Wk 12	L 7-31vs No. 2 Ohio State	7	92	13.1	21
Wk 13	L 6-50@ Michigan	3	67	22.3	39
Wk 14	L 28-38vs No. 22 Illinois	2	25	12.5	17
Total		39	598	15.3	55

Signature game

Week 6 · 2024

L 24-41

vs Indiana · neutral site

10 rec · 128 yds

With J. Lausch — 243 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 63.3 · 34 rush yds (9 car) · L. Akers — 48 yards per punt · 3 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Ohio State · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.79Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 20 yds to the OSU 32 for a
Week 7 · Maryland · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.72Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 55 yds to the MD 26 for a
Week 7 · Maryland · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 40 yds to the MD 10 for a
Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Mike Wright pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 33 yds to the M-OH 45 for a
Week 14 · Illinois · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 17 yds to the NU 47 for a
Week 6 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 47 yds to the IU 3 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.30Mike Wright pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 9 yds to the NU 44 for a
Week 12 · Ohio State · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.28Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 20 yds to the OSU 36 for a
Week 13 · Michigan · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +2.10Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 20 yds to the NU 35 for a
Week 7 · Maryland · 2nd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +1.84Jack Lausch pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 28 yds to the NU 33 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Northwestern4-8HC: David Braun · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 52 (#184 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

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

52Rotational starter #184 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (82nd percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#36 / 610 · 94th pct

29.5%

Yards / catch#109 / 610 · 82nd pct

15.3

EPA / target#234 / 610 · 62nd pct

0.96

Catch rate#345 / 610 · 44th pct

88.6%

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#146 / 541 · 73rd pct

15.3

Rec yards#158 / 541 · 71st pct

598

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Long catch#201 / 541 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#469 / 541 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 62nd percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 94th percentile

Catch rate

62nd → 44th percentile

TD rate

65th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

74th → 82nd 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Road3g	2.3	64.0	21.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	65.2	15.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	51.8	14.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Pass share

53.3%

392 pass / 344 run

Plays / game

61.3

12 games

Team sack rate

5.4%

408 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

39 catches in 10 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

52 · #184 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #184 at the position.

Bryce Kirtz

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Style of play

Fans

Northwestern in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

39 catches in 10 games

Six seasons at Northwestern

2019