#10

Chris Finke

Senior wide receiver for Notre Dame. 2019: 41 catches, 456 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Notre Dame · Sr. · #10

5′9″ · 184 lb · Dayton, OH

Notre Dame 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Notre Dame. 2019: 41 catches, 456 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 1,251 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 86 yds at USC.USC · W 24-172018

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 37-14 over that span.

2016Notre Dame4-8HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#177 / 556 · 68th pct

Rec TDs#164 / 556 · 66th pct

Long catch#215 / 556 · 60th pct

Rec yards#246 / 556 · 56th pct

456

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#408 / 556 · 26th pct

11.1

Rush yards#232 / 283 · 17th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.6	48.1	16.7	0.3
Road5g	3.2	23.8	6.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	32.6	13.2	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	45.6	12.3	0.6

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 · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	41	456	11.1	4	--
2018	Notre Dame	49	571	11.7	2	--
2017	Notre Dame	6	102	17.0	0	--
2016	Notre Dame	10	122	12.2	2	--
Career		106	1,251	11.8	8	--

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	2	2	--	180	--
2018	Notre Dame	5	20	--	196	--
2017	Notre Dame	--	--	--	156	--
2016	Notre Dame	--	--	85	70	--
Career		7	22	85	602	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

7 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With I. Book — 165 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.1 · 49 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · T. Jones Jr. — 176 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-17@ Louisville	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	W 66-14vs New Mexico	2	57	28.5	1	54
Wk 4	L 17-23@ Georgia	4	22	5.5	0	8
Wk 5	W 35-20vs Virginia	2	32	16.0	0	28
Wk 6	W 52-0vs Bowling Green	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 7	W 30-27vs USC	5	45	9.0	0	19
Wk 9	L 14-45@ Michigan	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	W 21-20vs Virginia Tech	5	51	10.2	0	18
Wk 11	W 38-7@ Duke	5	49	9.8	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 52-20vs Navy	3	57	19.0	0	28
Wk 13	W 40-7vs Boston College	7	71	10.1	1	21	Season-high 71 yds
Bowl	W 33-9@ Iowa State	6	46	7.7	0	20
Total		41	456	12.9	4	54

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology