Bub Means

Former wide receiver at Pittsburgh. 2023: 41 catches, 721 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Pittsburgh · Sr.

6′2″ · 215 lb · Lovejoy, GA

CFB Index 63 · #112 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceNew Orleans — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 35, #170 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1887 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Pittsburgh. 2023: 41 catches, 721 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the New Orleans in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 1,552 receiving yards — drafted at #170 overall by New Orleans.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 109 yds at Wake Forest.Wake Forest · L 17-212023

2019

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Lovejoy

2024

Drafted by New Orleansround 5, pick 170

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1887 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #170

New Orleans · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 3rd NFL season

#170Rd 5 · Pick 35

New OrleansEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2022Pittsburgh9-4HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #112 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: td rate (88th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#46 / 639 · 93rd pct

17.6

TD rate#74 / 639 · 88th pct

11.5%

Explosive rate#82 / 639 · 87th pct

23.1%

EPA / target#100 / 639 · 84th pct

1.08

Catch rate#400 / 639 · 37th pct

78.8%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#59 / 566 · 89th pct

17.6

Long catch#63 / 566 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#74 / 566 · 84th pct

Rec yards#96 / 566 · 83rd pct

721

Receptions#173 / 566 · 69th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

68th → 87th percentile

Catch rate

29th → 37th percentile

TD rate

44th → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

79th → 93rd 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	58.6	16.2	0.6
Road6g	3.8	71.3	28.4	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	43.4	25.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	84.0	20.5	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #112 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #112 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Pittsburgh	41	721	17.6	6	--
2022	Pittsburgh	27	401	14.9	2	--
2021	Louisiana Tech	22	430	19.5	2	--
Career		90	1,552	17.2	10	--

Season	Team
2023	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Pittsburgh	3	10	--	--	--
2021	Louisiana Tech	1	-8	244	--	--
Career		4	2	244	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 38–21

vs Louisville

4 rec · 71 yds · 1 TD

With C. Junko — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · C. Veilleux — 200 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.0 · 17 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Bub Means for 75 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 12 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.86Nate Yarnell pass complete to Bub Means for 61 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 11 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Christian Veilleux pass complete to Bub Means for 65 yds to the SYR 15 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Christian Veilleux pass complete to Bub Means for 46 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 3 · West Virginia · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Bub Means for 20 yds to the WVU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wake Forest · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Christian Veilleux pass complete to Bub Means for 31 yds to the WAKE 30 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Duke · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Nate Yarnell pass complete to Bub Means for 29 yds to the DUKE 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Duke · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Nate Yarnell pass complete to Bub Means for 14 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 9 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Christian Veilleux pass complete to Bub Means for 34 yds to the ND 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Christian Veilleux pass complete to Bub Means for 22 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-7vs Wofford	2	39	19.5	0	24
Wk 3	L 6-17@ West Virginia	2	25	12.5	0	20
Wk 4	L 24-41vs North Carolina	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 5	L 21-38@ Virginia Tech	1	75	75.0	1	75
Wk 7	W 38-21vs Louisville	4	71	17.8	1	46
Wk 8	L 17-21@ Wake Forest	9	109	12.1	1	31	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 9	L 7-58@ Notre Dame	3	63	21.0	0	34
Wk 10	L 7-24vs Florida State	7	98	14.0	1	29
Wk 11	L 13-28@ Syracuse	2	71	35.5	0	65
Wk 12	W 24-16vs Boston College	3	78	26.0	1	61
Wk 13	L 19-30@ Duke	6	85	14.2	1	29
Total		41	721	22.8	6	75

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