Chris Dawn Jr.

#1 · WR · Texas State5′9″ · 175 lb · Dallas, TX · Mesquite Horn

Receiving yards46785th of 467 receivers Last gameL 45–46at Boise State · Oct 31

Nextat Oregon StateSat Nov 7 · 10:30 pm ET

This week

RecordTexas State is 4-4.
From the game thread
“I'm assembling a team to ride at dawn against liberty biberty”
Boise State fan, r/CFB game thread · at Boise State, Oct 31
Next gameat Oregon State · Sat Nov 7

Worth knowing

Chris Dawn Jr. had 107 receiving yards in the 49-35 win over North Texas, the best game of the season so far.

Every catch and target this season

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 4, middle 3, right 21.

Chris Dawn Jr.

WR · Texas State · #1

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at Texas State. First career honor, 2025: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 107 receiving yards and 4 receptions against North Texas — Week 3, 2026.

467 receiving yards · 41 catches · 5 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Ty LeeMiddle Tennessee · 2016 · 84% season match
Austin DukeCharlotte · 2015 · 84% season match
Corey JonesToledo · 2015 · 83% season match
Que'Sean BrownDuke · 2025 · 75% season match
Miles ColemanNorth Texas · 2025 · 67% season match

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
2026	Texas State	41	467	11.4	5	67
2025	Texas State	65	1,007	15.5	4	82
2024	Texas State	37	418	11.3	6	60
2023	Texas State	9	86	9.6	0	19
Career		152	1,978	13.0	15	82

Season	Team
2026	Texas State	3	10	--	--
2025	Texas State	1	−2	--	--
2024	Texas State	--	--	--	--
2023	Texas State	--	--	45	4
Career		4	8	45	4

Last game (Wk 9): 71 receiving yards, 5 catches, 1 receiving TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-59@ No. 5 Texas	4	40	10.0	0	22
Wk 2	L 26-31vs UTSA	7	54	7.7	1	13
Wk 3	W 49-35vs North Texas	4	107	26.8	2	43	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 4	W 63-10vs Incarnate Word	4	46	11.5	1	19
Wk 5	L 29-31@ San Diego State	5	57	11.4	0	20
Wk 7	W 66-27vs Colorado State	5	44	8.8	0	18
Wk 8	W 20-17vs Utah State	7	48	6.9	0	21
Wk 9	L 45-46@ No. 20 Boise State	5	71	14.2	1	67
Total		41	467	11.4	5	67

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 45-46 at Boise State

5 catches for 71 yards and a touchdown.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 49-35

vs North Texas

4 rec · 107 yds · 2 TD

Edged out North Texas at home in a shootout.

With B. Jackson — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.6 · 30 rush yds (9 car) · T. Burgess Jr. — 214 rush yds (25 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Boise State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +6.52B.Jackson pass complete short middle to C.Dawn, Jr. for 67 yards for a touchdown
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.32B.Jackson pass complete deep right to C.Dawn, Jr. for 39 yards for a touchdown
Week 1 · Texas · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.24B.Jackson pass complete short middle to C.Dawn, Jr. for 22 yards (J.Williams)
Week 3 · North Texas · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.88B.Jackson pass complete short left to C.Dawn, Jr. for 12 yards for a touchdown
Week 2 · UTSA · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Jackson to Dawn Jr.: a 13-yard pass.
Week 4 · Incarnate Word · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.59B.Jackson pass complete short right to C.Dawn, Jr. for 6 yards for a touchdown

4 more plays

Week 3 · North Texas · 1st and 13 · Q2 · EPA +2.33B.Jackson pass complete deep left to C.Dawn, Jr. for 43 yards, out of bounds at UNT04
Week 4 · Incarnate Word · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.31B.Jackson pass complete short middle to C.Dawn, Jr. for 15 yards (A.Tisdell)
Week 4 · Incarnate Word · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.05B.Jackson pass complete short right to C.Dawn, Jr. for 6 yards (A.Tisdell)
Week 2 · UTSA · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.96B.Jackson pass complete short left to C.Dawn, Jr. for 13 yards (E.Newell)

Where he ranks

Rec yards46785thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions41tied for 45thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch11.4tied for 342ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs5tied for 35thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch67tied for 68thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush yards10tied for 110thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

87th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches412nd in the Pac-12 this season; tied for 16th among current FBS players over the whole career (152).

Receiving yards4675th in the Pac-12 this season; 24th among current FBS players over the whole career (1,978).

Receiving touchdowns5tied for 2nd in the Pac-12 this season; tied for 20th among current FBS players over the whole career (15).

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -9 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

41 rec · 467 yds · 5 TD

41 of 41 receptions matched to play-by-play

67 of 68 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6829% of team targets

Catch rate

60%41 of 68 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

16% of targets (11)

91%catch rate

Air -2.3 · YAC 5.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

46% of targets (31)

61%catch rate

Air 4.0 · YAC 3.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of targets (10)

80%catch rate

Air 13.6 · YAC 9.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

22% of targets (15)

20%catch rate

Air 34.3 · YAC 1.0 avg

60% catch rate on 68 targets · 29% of the team's targets · 20% catch rate on 15 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under G.J. Kinne — 27-20 over that span.

2023Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2025Texas State7-6HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy

2026Texas State4-4HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 66 (#78 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #78 of 465?

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (89th percentile). Concern: epa / target (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#148 / 569 · 74th pct

7.4%

Yards / catch#352 / 569 · 38th pct

11.7

Explosive rate#369 / 569 · 35th pct

8.8%

Catch rate#389 / 569 · 32nd pct

60.3%

EPA / target#444 / 569 · 22nd pct

0.21

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#35 / 468 · 90th pct

Receptions#45 / 468 · 89th pct

Long catch#68 / 468 · 85th pct

Rec yards#85 / 468 · 82nd pct

467

Rush yards#110 / 212 · 46th pct

Rush TDs#32 / 212 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#342 / 468 · 26th pct

11.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

92nd → 22nd percentile

Explosive rate

99th → 35th percentile

Catch rate

51st → 32nd percentile

TD rate

18th → 74th percentile

Yards / catch

99th → 38th percentile

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.4	59.8	12.3	0.8
Road3g	4.7	56.0	11.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	58.0	12.7	0.7
Weeks 8+2g	6.0	59.5	10.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

Pass share

40.9%

242 pass / 350 run

Plays / game

74.0

8 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

223 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #3 of 51 Sun Belt WRs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Starter

The No. 1,463 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Pac-12.

Chris Dawn Jr.

This week

Worth knowing

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Starter

Four seasons at Texas State

2023 4 games

2025 12 games

Chris Dawn Jr.

This week

Worth knowing

25% of the catches, 23% of the yards, 26% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Starter

Four seasons at Texas State

2023 4 games

2025 12 games