#12

Chris Godwin

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2016: 59 catches, 982 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Penn State · #12

6′1″ · Middletown, DE

Tampa Bay — drafted 2017, Rd 3, Pick 20, #84 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 173 nationally · Signed with Penn State

Statement game9 rec · 187 yds · 2 TDvs USC (FBS) · L 49-52

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2016: 59 catches, 982 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.
Drafted round 3 by the Tampa Bay in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 2,421 receiving yards — drafted at #84 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 187 yds vs USC.USC · L 49-522016

201413 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Middletown

2017

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 3, pick 84

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#173 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #84

Tampa Bay · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 10th NFL season

#84Rd 3 · Pick 20

Tampa BayEntering 10th NFL season

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2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin — 25-15 over that span.

2014Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#21 / 524 · 96th pct

Rec yards#40 / 524 · 92nd pct

982

Receptions#73 / 524 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#75 / 524 · 85th pct

16.6

Long catch#93 / 524 · 82nd pct

Rush yards#137 / 257 · 46th pct

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.1	95.2	18.8	0.8
Road5g	3.6	44.0	11.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	85.3	14.7	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	3.9	67.1	17.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Penn State	59	982	16.6	11	--
2015	Penn State	69	1,101	16.0	5	--
2014	Penn State	26	338	13.0	2	--
Career		154	2,421	15.7	18	--

Season	Team
2016	Penn State	1	13	--	--	--
2015	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Penn State	2	1	--	--	--
Career		3	14	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016

W 24–21

vs Ohio State

13 rush yds (1 car)

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

With B. Gillikin — 37 AVG · 47 LONG · 7 NO · T. McSorley — 154 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.9 · 63 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week