Chris Brown

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2015: 48 catches, 597 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Notre Dame · #2

6′1″ · Hanahan, SC

Pittsburgh — drafted 1984, Rd 6, Pick 24, #164 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 454 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2015: 48 catches, 597 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2012.
Drafted round 6 by the Pittsburgh in 1984.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Notre Dame, 1,145 receiving yards — drafted at #164 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

1984

Drafted by Pittsburghround 6, pick 164

2012

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Hanahan

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#454 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #164

Pittsburgh · 1984

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 43rd NFL season

#164Rd 6 · Pick 24

PittsburghEntering 43rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Brian Kelly — 18-8 over that span.

2014Notre Dame8-5HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2015Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#125 / 521 · 76th pct

Rec yards#159 / 521 · 69th pct

597

Rec TDs#153 / 521 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#298 / 521 · 42nd pct

12.4

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.1	51.7	13.0	0.4
Road6g	3.2	39.2	9.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	48.8	13.5	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	41.4	8.5	0.2

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 · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Notre Dame	48	597	12.4	4	--
2014	Notre Dame	39	548	14.1	1	--
Career		87	1,145	13.2	5	--

Season	Team
2015	Notre Dame	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Notre Dame	1	5	--	--	--
Career		1	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2015

W 41–31

vs USC

3 rec · 38 yds

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With D. Kizer — 227 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.8 · 47 rush yds (14 car) · C. Sanders — 22 AVG · 33 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week