Canaan Severin

Wide receiver for Virginia. 2015: 54 catches, 759 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Virginia · #9

6′2″ · Marlborough, MA

Virginia 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 364 nationally · Signed with Virginia

Statement game11 rec · 153 ydsvs Notre Dame (FBS) · L 27-34

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Virginia. 2015: 54 catches, 759 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Virginia in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Virginia, 1,337 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 153 yds vs Notre Dame.Notre Dame · L 27-342015

2012

Signed with Virginia4-star out of Worcester Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#364 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike London, all balanced offenses — 9-15 over that span.

2014Virginia5-7HC: Mike London · Balanced

2015Virginia4-8HC: Mike London · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (92nd percentile). Strength: rec yards (84th percentile). Concern: long catch (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#35 / 521 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#86 / 521 · 84th pct

759

Receptions#95 / 521 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#183 / 521 · 64th pct

14.1

Long catch#373 / 521 · 28th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	60.7	14.4	0.6
Road5g	4.8	66.8	14.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	69.7	14.3	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	56.8	14.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Virginia	54	759	14.1	8	--
2014	Virginia	42	578	13.8	5	--
Career		96	1,337	13.9	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2015

W 35–29

vs William & Mary

3 rec · 53 yds · 1 TD

Edged out William & Mary at home in a shootout.

With T. Mizzell — 44 rush yds (5 car) · M. Johns — 263 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 87.9 · 2 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week