Chris Brazzell II

#17 · WR · Jr. · Tennessee6′5″ · 200 lb · Midland, TX · Midland Legacy

Chris Brazzell II: WR · Tennessee · #17.

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Chris Brazzell II

WR · Tennessee · Jr · #17

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. All-SEC in 2025 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 177 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Georgia — Week 3, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Tennessee in the news

Napier fired as Florida coachOct 30
2027 CB Preston Glasco commits to TennesseeOct 29
Tennessee fires head coachOct 26
Tennessee AD criticizes officiatingOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Tennessee	62	1,017	16.4	9	72
2024	Tennessee	29	333	11.5	2	53
2023	Tulane	44	711	16.2	5	47
2022	Tulane	1	11	11.0	0	11
Career		136	2,072	15.2	16	72

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-26vs Syracuse	5	62	12.4	0	18
Wk 2	W 72-17vs East Tennessee State	9	125	13.9	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia	6	177	29.5	3	72	Season-high 177 yds
Wk 4	W 56-24vs UAB	5	62	12.4	1	22
Wk 5	W 41-34@ Mississippi State	6	105	17.5	1	32
Wk 7	W 34-31vs Arkansas	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 8	L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama	7	66	9.4	0	19
Wk 9	W 56-34@ Kentucky	4	138	34.5	1	50	138-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 27-33vs No. 18 Oklahoma	6	68	11.3	0	27
Wk 12	W 42-9vs New Mexico State	3	65	21.7	0	45
Wk 13	W 31-11@ Florida	4	53	13.3	0	19
Wk 14	L 24-45vs No. 12 Vanderbilt	6	91	15.2	1	52
Total		62	1017	16.4	9	72

Signature game

Week 3 · 2025

L 41-44

vs Georgia

6 rec · 177 yds · 3 TD

With J. Aguilar — 371 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 85.9 · J. Ross — 48.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Georgia · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +6.37Joey Aguilar pass complete to Chris Brazzell II for 72 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 3 · Georgia · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +4.92Joey Aguilar pass complete to Chris Brazzell II for 56 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 14 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +4.53Aguilar to Brazzell II: a 52-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · East Tennessee State · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.67Joey Aguilar pass complete to Chris Brazzell II for 21 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 9 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.16Aguilar to Brazzell II: a 47-yard pass.
Week 9 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Aguilar to Brazzell II: a 35-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 5 · Mississippi State · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Joey Aguilar pass complete to Chris Brazzell II for 11 yds to the MSST 36 for a
Week 9 · Kentucky · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Aguilar to Brazzell II: a 50-yard pass.
Week 2 · East Tennessee State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Jake Merklinger pass complete to Chris Brazzell II for 33 yds for a TD
Week 5 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Joey Aguilar pass complete to Chris Brazzell II for 15 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

62 rec · 1017 yds · 9 TD

61 of 62 receptions matched to play-by-play

37 of 89 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

8922% of team targets

Catch rate

69%61 of 89 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

11% of targets (4)

100%catch rate

Air -1.5 · YAC 5.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

22% of targets (8)

88%catch rate

Air 6.1 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

43% of targets (16)

38%catch rate

Air 13.8 · YAC 1.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

24% of targets (9)

56%catch rate

Air 37.3 · YAC 4.6 avg

69% catch rate on 89 targets · 22% of the team's targets · 56% catch rate on 9 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

20%18 of his 89 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2023Tulane11-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

2025Tennessee8-5HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 84 (#21 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

84All-Conference level #21 of 485 · 2025?

Bounce-Back10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#35 / 798 · 96th pct

9.0%

EPA / target#75 / 798 · 91st pct

0.75

Yards / catch#78 / 798 · 90th pct

15.9

Explosive rate#184 / 798 · 77th pct

14.6%

Catch rate#382 / 798 · 52nd pct

68.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#19 / 558 · 97th pct

1017

Rec TDs#17 / 558 · 97th pct

Receptions#50 / 558 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#75 / 558 · 87th pct

16.4

Long catch#77 / 558 · 86th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

9th → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 77th percentile

Catch rate

0th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

34th → 96th percentile

Yards / catch

24th → 90th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.1	84.7	15.6	1.0
Road4g	5.2	90.5	18.7	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	89.3	15.1	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	80.2	17.6	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Pass share

47.3%

437 pass / 486 run

Plays / game

71.0

13 games

Team sack rate

4.0%

449 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

84 · #21 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #21 at the position.

Starter

The No. 1,307 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the SEC as a junior.

Chris Brazzell II

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