Chris Carpenter

Former wide receiver at UTSA. 2024: 39 catches, 479 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · UTSA · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 160 lb · Jacksonville, TX

CFB Index 44 · #241 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceUTSA 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1131 nationally · Signed with Jacksonville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UTSA. 2024: 39 catches, 479 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jacksonville in 2020.
Transferred from Colorado to UTSA in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UTSA, 647 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds at Tulsa.Tulsa · L 45-462024

2020

Recruited3-star out of Jacksonville

20229 games

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1131 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #241 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (81st percentile). Strength: long catch (83rd percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#116 / 610 · 81st pct

97.6%

Explosive rate#221 / 610 · 64th pct

17.1%

Yards / catch#269 / 610 · 56th pct

12.3

EPA / target#381 / 610 · 38th pct

0.76

TD rate#500 / 610 · 18th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#91 / 541 · 83rd pct

Rush yards#99 / 299 · 66th pct

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Rec yards#212 / 541 · 61st pct

479

Yards / catch#314 / 541 · 41st pct

12.3

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.4	31.1	10.2	0.0
Road5g	4.4	52.2	12.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	27.0	8.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	58.0	15.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #241 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #241 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	39	479	12.3	1	--
2023	UTSA	7	52	7.4	0	--
2022	UTSA	10	71	7.1	0	--
2021	Colorado	7	45	6.4	0	--
2020	Colorado	--	--	--	--	--
Career		63	647	10.3	1	--

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	4	22	261	88	--
2023	UTSA	--	--	113	109	1
2022	UTSA	3	18	340	36	--
2021	Colorado	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Colorado	--	--	15	--	--
Career		7	40	729	233	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–36

vs Memphis

9 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With O. McCown — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · C. Hogan — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 45 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Tulsa · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +6.19Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 69 yds for a TD (Tate Sandell KICK)
Week 10 · Memphis · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 32 yds to the MEM 39 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Texas State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.05E.Marburger pass complete. Catch made by C.Carpenter for 25 yards. Tackled by B.Crosby at TXST 49.
Week 10 · Memphis · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 60 yds to the MEM 6 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · East Carolina · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 19 yds to the UTSA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · East Carolina · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 8 yds to the ECU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.08Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 4 yds to the UTSA 45 UTSA Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the UTSA 35
Week 9 · Tulsa · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.94Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 3 yds to the TLSA 33 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Rice · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 22 yds to the RICE 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Tulsa · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.65Chris Carpenter run for 14 yds to the UTSA 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week