Christian Kirk

#3 · WR · Texas A&M5′11″ · 200 lb · Scottsdale, AZ · Saguaro

Christian Kirk: WR · Texas A&M · #3.

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Christian Kirk

WR · Texas A&M · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Three seasons in the Texas A&M receiving corps to date. All-SEC in 2017 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 189 receiving yards and 13 receptions against Wake Forest, Bowl, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Texas A&M in the news

Texas A&M football star dies at 49New York Post Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Texas A&M	71	919	12.9	10	81
2016	Texas A&M	83	928	11.2	9	69
2015	Texas A&M	80	1,009	12.6	7	66
Career		234	2,856	12.2	26	81

Season	Team
2017	Texas A&M	4	31	490	191	1
2016	Texas A&M	8	35	173	282	3
2015	Texas A&M	11	54	385	341	2
Career		23	120	1,048	814	6

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 44-45@ UCLA	5	60	12.0	0	15	3 TD catches
Wk 2	W 24-14vs Nicholls	6	47	7.8	1	27
Wk 3	W 45-21vs Louisiana	3	34	11.3	1	18
Wk 4	W 50-43vs Arkansas	5	110	22.0	2	81	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 24-17vs South Carolina	4	13	3.3	0	6
Wk 6	L 19-27vs No. 1 Alabama	4	52	13.0	1	25
Wk 7	W 19-17@ Florida	2	44	22.0	0	40
Wk 9	L 14-35vs Mississippi State	5	33	6.6	0	11
Wk 10	L 27-42vs No. 16 Auburn	8	62	7.8	0	29
Wk 11	W 55-14vs New Mexico	4	120	30.0	1	60
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Ole Miss	5	77	15.4	0	25
Wk 13	L 21-45@ No. 19 LSU	7	78	11.1	1	31
Bowl	L 52-55vs Wake Forest	13	189	14.5	3	52
Total		71	919	12.9	10	81

Signature game

Bowl · 2017

L 52-55

vs Wake Forest · neutral site

13 rec · 189 yds · 3 TD

With N. Starkel — 499 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.5 · S. Tripucka — 38.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 45 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Arkansas · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +7.09Kellen Mond pass complete to Christian Kirk for 81 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 1 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +4.86Nick Starkel pass complete to Christian Kirk for 52 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 11 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.76Nick Starkel pass complete to Christian Kirk for 60 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera PAT MISSED)
Week 10 · Auburn · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Nick Starkel pass complete to Christian Kirk for 29 yds to the Aub 39 for a
Week 6 · Alabama · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Kellen Mond pass complete to Christian Kirk for 17 yds to the Alab 49 for a
Week 1 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Nick Starkel pass complete to Christian Kirk for 10 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)

4 more plays

Week 6 · Alabama · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Kellen Mond pass complete to Christian Kirk for 2 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 2 · Nicholls · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Kellen Mond pass complete to Christian Kirk for 27 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 13 · LSU · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Nick Starkel pass complete to Christian Kirk for 10 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 6 · Alabama · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Kellen Mond pass complete to Christian Kirk for 25 yds to the TexAM 47 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Kevin Sumlin — 23-16 over that span.

2015Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2017Texas A&M7-6HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

Our ratings

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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: td rate (86th percentile). Strength: rec tds (97th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#101 / 709 · 86th pct

9.3%

Yards / catch#316 / 709 · 56th pct

12.9

EPA / target#323 / 709 · 55th pct

0.53

Explosive rate#362 / 709 · 49th pct

11.2%

Catch rate#386 / 709 · 46th pct

66.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#14 / 539 · 97th pct

Receptions#29 / 539 · 94th pct

Long catch#28 / 539 · 94th pct

Rec yards#42 / 539 · 92nd pct

919

Rush yards#86 / 283 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#298 / 539 · 44th pct

12.9

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#195 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

30th → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

53rd → 49th percentile

Catch rate

59th → 46th percentile

TD rate

68th → 86th percentile

Yards / catch

35th → 56th 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
Home7g	4.9	51.6	11.4	0.6
Road4g	4.8	64.8	15.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.2	68.6	13.2	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	74.0	14.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Kevin Sumlin

Pass share

47.6%

449 pass / 495 run

Plays / game

72.6

13 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

488 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Christian Kirk

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Style of play

Fans

Texas A&M in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons at Texas A&M, drafted

2015 13 games

2016 13 games

2017 13 games

2018