Chase Claypool

#83 · WR · Sr. · Notre Dame6′4″ · 229 lb · Abbotsford, BC

Chase Claypool: WR · Notre Dame · #83.

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Chase Claypool

WR · Notre Dame · Sr · #83

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Fourth year in the Notre Dame receiving corps. On tape: 146 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Iowa State, Bowl, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

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
2019	Notre Dame	66	1,037	15.7	13	47
2018	Notre Dame	50	639	12.8	4	35
2017	Notre Dame	29	402	13.9	2	44
2016	Notre Dame	5	81	16.2	0	33
Career		150	2,159	14.4	19	47

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	--	--
2018	Notre Dame	--	--
2017	Notre Dame	2	−3
2016	Notre Dame	1	9
Career		3	6

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-17@ Louisville	5	94	18.8	0	34	146-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 66-14vs New Mexico	4	96	24.0	1	37
Wk 4	L 17-23@ No. 3 Georgia	6	66	11.0	1	23
Wk 5	W 35-20vs No. 18 Virginia	6	30	5.0	0	7
Wk 6	W 52-0vs Bowling Green	3	61	20.3	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 30-27vs USC	3	47	15.7	0	26
Wk 9	L 14-45@ No. 19 Michigan	2	42	21.0	0	24
Wk 10	W 21-20vs Virginia Tech	8	118	14.8	0	30
Wk 11	W 38-7@ Duke	5	97	19.4	1	35
Wk 12	W 52-20vs No. 21 Navy	7	117	16.7	4	47	4 TD catches
Wk 13	W 40-7vs Boston College	7	60	8.6	1	12
Wk 14	W 45-24@ Stanford	3	63	21.0	2	41	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 33-9vs Iowa State	7	146	20.9	1	43
Total		66	1037	15.7	13	47

Signature game

Week 12 · 2019

W 52-20

vs Navy

7 rec · 117 yds · 4 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Navy.

With I. Book — 284 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 31 rush yds (5 car) · B. Lenzy — 2 rec · 87 yds · 1 TD · 10 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Iowa State · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.87Book to Claypool: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.61Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 47 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Doerer KICK)
Week 12 · Navy · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.46Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 20 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Doerer KICK)
Week 10 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.26Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 30 yds to the VTech 48 for a
Week 14 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 41 yds for a TD (Jonathan Doerer KICK)
Week 10 · Virginia Tech · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 26 yds to the VTech 7 for a

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Week 3 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Book to Claypool: a 37-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Iowa State · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 21 yds to the IowSt 25 for a
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 34 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Doerer KICK)
Week 1 · Louisville · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Ian Book pass complete to Chase Claypool for 16 yds to the Lvile 44 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 37-14 over that span.

2016Notre Dame4-8HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (86th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#103 / 728 · 86th pct

10.1%

Explosive rate#130 / 728 · 82nd pct

18.3%

Yards / catch#172 / 728 · 76th pct

14.8

EPA / target#367 / 728 · 50th pct

0.53

Catch rate#646 / 728 · 11th pct

57.8%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#7 / 556 · 98th pct

Rec yards#33 / 556 · 94th pct

1037

Receptions#47 / 556 · 91st pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#130 / 556 · 76th pct

15.7

Long catch#302 / 556 · 45th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

63rd → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

59th → 11th percentile

TD rate

27th → 86th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 76th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	75.6	15.0	1.1
Road5g	4.2	72.4	18.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	77.1	16.5	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	82.8	16.9	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Brian Kelly

Pass share

47.4%

416 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.3%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

66 catches in 13 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Chase Claypool

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons at Notre Dame, drafted

2016 8 games

2020

Where it started