#88

Christian Sims

Senior tight end for Bowling Green. 2022: 45 catches, 458 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Bowling Green · Sr. · #88

6′4″ · 240 lb · Norcross, GA

CFB Index 63 · #21 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceBowling Green 2022 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Bowling Green. 2022: 45 catches, 458 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 3652 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Bowling Green, 948 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20196 games

Signed with Bowling Green2-star out of Norcross

202110 games

All-MACfirst

202212 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3652 national

CFB

College

Bowling Green

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

Played his entire career under Scot Loeffler.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Scot Loeffler — 13-29 over that span.

2019Bowling Green3-9HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning

2020Bowling Green0-5HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-heavy

2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #21 of 132?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (93rd percentile). Strength: rec yards (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#254 / 636 · 60th pct

15.1%

EPA / target#407 / 636 · 36th pct

0.57

Yards / catch#411 / 636 · 35th pct

11.1

TD rate#443 / 636 · 30th pct

3.8%

Catch rate#462 / 636 · 27th pct

71.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#12 / 158 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#17 / 158 · 89th pct

458

Rush yards#12 / 35 · 66th pct

Long catch#79 / 158 · 49th pct

Rec TDs#73 / 158 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 35 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#12 / 35 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#104 / 158 · 34th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

21st → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

20th → 60th percentile

Catch rate

36th → 27th percentile

TD rate

15th → 30th percentile

Yards / catch

15th → 35th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	44.1	10.3	0.0
Road5g	3.0	29.8	13.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	35.0	9.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	42.6	15.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #21 of 132 TEs

Two-star recruit. Now #21 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Bowling Green	45	458	10.2	2	--
2021	Bowling Green	41	418	10.2	2	--
2020	Bowling Green	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Bowling Green	8	72	9.0	1	--
Career		94	948	10.1	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 34–31

vs Marshall

5 rec · 25 yds

Edged out Marshall at home in a shootout.

With S. Sir — 41 AVG · 46 LONG · 9 NO · M. McDonald — 282 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.7 · 24 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Toledo · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.97Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 35 yds to the Toled 42 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kent State · 2&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 21 yds to the KntSt 33 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Western Michigan · 4&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 26 yds to the WMich 9 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Mexico State · 2&20 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Camden Orth pass complete to Christian Sims for 21 yds to the NMxSt 23 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UCLA · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 22 yds for a TD, (Mason Lawler KICK)
Week 1 · New Mexico State · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Camden Orth pass complete to Christian Sims for 16 yds to the BwGrn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ohio · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.42Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 18 yds to the BwGrn 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kent State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 22 yds to the BwGrn 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ohio · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.09Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 11 yds to the BwGrn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Eastern Kentucky · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.85Matt McDonald pass complete to Christian Sims for 13 yds to the EKent 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-45@ UCLA	4	33	8.3	1	22
Wk 2	L 57-59vs Eastern Kentucky	4	46	11.5	0	20
Wk 3	W 34-31vs Marshall	5	25	5.0	0	10
Wk 5	W 31-28@ Akron	3	12	4.0	1	7
Wk 6	L 7-38vs Buffalo	4	53	13.3	0	35
Wk 7	W 17-13vs Miami (OH)	3	20	6.7	0	8
Wk 8	W 34-18@ Central Michigan	3	24	8.0	0	13
Wk 10	W 13-9vs Western Michigan	4	41	10.3	0	26
Wk 11	L 6-40vs Kent State	6	68	11.3	0	22	Season-high 68 yds
Wk 12	W 42-35@ Toledo	1	35	35.0	0	35
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Ohio	4	45	11.3	0	18
Bowl	L 19-24vs New Mexico State	4	56	14.0	0	21
Total		45	458	11.6	2	35

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