Christian Blake

#4 · WR · Northern Illinois6′1″ · 180 lb · Ft. Lauderdale, FL · Cardinal Gibbons

Christian Blake: WR · Northern Illinois · #4.

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Christian Blake

WR · Northern Illinois · #4

Moves the chains on third down. Fourth year in the Northern Illinois receiving corps. On tape: 153 receiving yards and 12 receptions against San Diego State, Week 5, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

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
2017	Northern Illinois	41	442	10.8	4	50
2016	Northern Illinois	34	457	13.4	2	51
2015	Northern Illinois	5	44	8.8	0	24
2014	Northern Illinois	3	29	9.7	0	15
Career		83	972	11.7	6	51

Season	Team
2017	Northern Illinois	16	58	171
2016	Northern Illinois	10	31	--
2015	Northern Illinois	--	--	--
2014	Northern Illinois	--	--	--
Career		26	89	171

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-23vs Boston College	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 2	W 38-10vs Eastern Illinois	3	24	8.0	1	18
Wk 3	W 21-17@ Nebraska	5	77	15.4	0	47
Wk 5	L 28-34@ No. 19 San Diego State	12	153	12.8	2	50	Season-high 153 yds
Wk 6	W 24-3vs Kent State	2	7	3.5	0	5
Wk 7	W 14-13@ Buffalo	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 8	W 48-17@ Bowling Green	3	17	5.7	0	8
Wk 9	W 30-27vs Eastern Michigan	3	39	13.0	0	16
Wk 10	L 17-27@ Toledo	2	16	8.0	0	11
Wk 11	W 63-17vs Ball State	2	27	13.5	1	19
Wk 12	W 35-31vs Western Michigan	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	L 24-31@ Central Michigan	4	26	6.5	0	11
Bowl	L 14-36vs Duke	3	28	9.3	0	18
Total		41	442	10.8	4	50

Signature game

Week 5 · 2017

L 28-34

at San Diego State

12 rec · 153 yds · 2 TD

With M. Ference — 36.4 yards per punt · 8 punts · 56 long · D. Santacaterina — 262 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 19.4

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Ball State · 2nd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Marcus Childers pass complete to Christian Blake for 19 yds for a TD, (Christian Hagan KICK)
Week 3 · Nebraska · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.31Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 47 yds to the Neb 28 for a
Week 2 · Eastern Illinois · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 18 yds for a TD, (Christian Hagan KICK)
Week 5 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 34 yds for a TD, (Christian Hagan KICK)
Week 5 · San Diego State · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 10 yds to the SDSt 43 for a
Week 5 · San Diego State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 12 yds to the SDSt 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Christian Blake run for 13 yds to the WMich 46 for a
Week 5 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 10 yds for a TD, (Christian Hagan KICK)
Week 5 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 50 yds to the SDSt 10 for a
Week 3 · Nebraska · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +1.78Daniel Santacaterina pass complete to Christian Blake for 16 yds to the Neb 2 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Rod Carey — 32-21 over that span.

2014Northern Illinois11-3HC: Rod Carey · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2015Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-heavy

2016Northern Illinois5-7HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#321 / 709 · 55th pct

4.9%

Yards / catch#483 / 709 · 32nd pct

10.7

Explosive rate#652 / 709 · 8th pct

3.7%

EPA / target#683 / 709 · 4th pct

0.03

Catch rate#686 / 709 · 3rd pct

50.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#53 / 283 · 81st pct

Receptions#159 / 539 · 69th pct

Rec TDs#151 / 539 · 67th pct

Rec yards#244 / 539 · 55th pct

442

Long catch#246 / 539 · 53rd pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#422 / 539 · 22nd pct

10.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

42nd → 4th percentile

Explosive rate

18th → 8th percentile

Catch rate

9th → 3rd percentile

TD rate

36th → 55th percentile

Yards / catch

64th → 32nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.8	17.8	9.6	0.3
Road6g	4.5	51.2	11.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	43.9	11.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	22.5	9.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Rod Carey

Pass share

42.7%

405 pass / 543 run

Plays / game

72.9

13 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

439 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

41 catches, 16 carries and 4 pass attempts in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Christian Blake

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Starter

Four seasons at Northern Illinois

2014