Christian Kirk

Former wide receiver at Texas A&M. 2017: 71 catches, 919 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Texas A&M · #3

5′11″ · 200 lb · Scottsdale, AZ

Arizona — drafted 2018, Rd 2, Pick 15, #47 overall

Recruiting

5★

WR recruit

No. 25 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

Career night13 rec · 189 yds · 3 TDvs Wake Forest (FBS) · L 52-55

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas A&M. 2017: 71 catches, 919 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2015.
Drafted round 2 by the Arizona in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas A&M, 2,856 receiving yards — drafted at #47 overall by Arizona.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 189 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · L 52-552017

201513 games

Signed with Texas A&M5-star out of Saguaro

2018

Drafted by Arizonaround 2, pick 47

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#25 national

CFB

College

Texas A&M

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #47

Arizona · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Kevin Sumlin

Texas A&M

Played his entire career under Kevin Sumlin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 9th NFL season

#47Rd 2 · Pick 15

ArizonaEntering 9th NFL season

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2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

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

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.9	68.8	11.8	0.9
Road5g	4.8	73.8	16.5	0.6

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2017

W 31–24

at Ole Miss

5 rec · 77 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With S. Tripucka — 46 AVG · 64 LONG · 8 NO · N. Starkel — 272 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.0 · -3 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week