#83

Chase Claypool

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2019: 66 catches, 1,037 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Notre Dame · Sr. · #83

6′4″ · 229 lb · Abbotsford, BC

Pittsburgh — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 17, #49 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 171 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

Statement game9 rec · 180 yds · 1 TDvs Wake Forest (FBS) · W 48-37

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2019: 66 catches, 1,037 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2016.
Drafted round 2 by the Pittsburgh in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 2,159 receiving yards — drafted at #49 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 180 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · W 48-372017

20168 games

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Abbotsford

2020

Drafted by Pittsburghround 2, pick 49

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#171 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #49

Pittsburgh · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 7th NFL season

#49Rd 2 · Pick 17

PittsburghEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: rec yards (94th percentile).

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

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

Splits & context

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
Road6g	4.7	84.7	18.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

3 rec · 47 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With I. Book — 165 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.1 · 49 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · T. Jones Jr. — 176 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week