Chris Booker

#13 · WR · Arkansas State5′11″ · 174 lb · Union, SC

Chris Booker: WR · Arkansas State · #13.

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Chris Booker

WR · Arkansas State · #13

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the same receiving corps at Arkansas State. A game that shows it: 76 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Arkansas-Pine Bluff — Week 3, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	25	363	14.5	6	41
2016	Arkansas State	19	194	10.2	0	68
Career		44	557	12.7	6	68

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	1	−3
2016	Arkansas State	1	−3
Career		2	−6

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 36-43@ Nebraska	7	72	10.3	0	17
Wk 3	W 48-3vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4	76	19.0	2	38	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 4	L 21-44@ SMU	3	42	14.0	0	29
Wk 6	W 43-25@ Georgia Southern	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 11	L 19-24@ South Alabama	1	18	18.0	1	18
Wk 12	W 30-12vs Texas State	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 13	W 67-50@ UL Monroe	3	40	13.3	1	27
Wk 14	L 25-32vs Troy	1	39	39.0	1	39
Bowl	L 30-35vs Middle Tennessee	4	58	14.5	1	41
Total		25	363	14.5	6	41

Signature game

Week 3 · 2017

W 48-3

vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff

4 rec · 76 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 45-point win at home against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

With J. Hansen — 336 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.0 · C. Grace — 37 yards per punt · 5 punts · 47 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Hansen to Booker: a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Week 14 · Troy · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 39 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 3 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 38 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)
Week 11 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 18 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 3 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 25 yds to the ArkPB 45 for a
Week 3 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 1st and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Logan Bonner pass complete to Christian Booker for 9 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Nebraska · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 16 yds to the Neb 25 for a
Week 4 · SMU · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.95Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 10 yds to the ArkSt 44 for a
Week 4 · SMU · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.84Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 29 yds to the SMU 30 for a
Week 13 · UL Monroe · 1st and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.69Justice Hansen pass complete to Christian Booker for 4 yds for a TD, (Sawyer Williams KICK)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Blake Anderson — 15-10 over that span.

2016Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas State7-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: rush yards (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#15 / 709 · 98th pct

15.2%

EPA / target#165 / 709 · 77th pct

0.68

Explosive rate#200 / 709 · 72nd pct

15.2%

Catch rate#226 / 709 · 68th pct

72.7%

Yards / catch#285 / 709 · 60th pct

13.4

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 86th pct

Rec TDs#83 / 539 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#188 / 539 · 65th pct

14.5

Rec yards#306 / 539 · 43rd pct

363

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Receptions#331 / 539 · 37th pct

Long catch#365 / 539 · 32nd pct

Rush yards#260 / 283 · 8th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

40th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

93rd → 68th percentile

TD rate

9th → 98th percentile

Yards / catch

24th → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home3g	2.0	44.3	25.3	1.0
Road5g	3.0	34.4	11.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	49.6	11.6	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	28.8	22.1	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Pass share

52.9%

511 pass / 455 run

Plays / game

80.5

12 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

556 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

25 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Chris Booker

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

25 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Two seasons at Arkansas State

Moves

2016 7 games