#11

CJ Lewis

Senior wide receiver for Bowling Green. 2022: 26 catches, 352 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Bowling Green · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 215 lb · Hamden, CT

CFB Index 37 · #346 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceBowling Green 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 759 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Bowling Green. 2022: 26 catches, 352 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2017.
Transferred from Boston College to Bowling Green in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Bowling Green, 1,156 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 82 yds vs Buffalo.Buffalo · L 7-382022

2017

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Cheshire Academy

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#759 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Carl Pelini

Bowling Green

2019–2022

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Carl Pelini → Scot Loeffler. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #346 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#191 / 636 · 70th pct

13.8

Explosive rate#233 / 636 · 63rd pct

15.6%

TD rate#312 / 636 · 50th pct

6.2%

EPA / target#430 / 636 · 32nd pct

0.54

Catch rate#574 / 636 · 10th pct

62.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#239 / 550 · 56th pct

13.5

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Receptions#326 / 550 · 40th pct

Rec yards#335 / 550 · 39th pct

352

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Long catch#442 / 550 · 19th pct

Rush yards#228 / 275 · 16th pct

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Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	46.0	15.2	0.4
Road6g	1.8	20.3	12.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	41.4	13.3	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	1.2	15.5	13.8	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

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #346 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #346 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Bowling Green	26	352	13.5	2	--
2021	Boston College	13	201	15.5	0	--
2020	Boston College	28	460	16.4	5	--
2019	Boston College	2	13	6.5	0	--
2018	Boston College	11	130	11.8	1	--
Career		80	1,156	14.4	8	--

Season	Team
2022	Bowling Green	1	-1	--	--	--
2021	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	-1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 34–31

vs Marshall

15 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.2

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 1 · UCLA · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Matt McDonald pass complete to CJ Lewis for 27 yds to the UCLA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Marshall · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05M.McDonald pass complete to MSH 48. Catch made by C.Lewis at MSH 48. Gain of 20 yards. Tackled by MSH at MSH 28.
Week 2 · Eastern Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.94CJ Lewis 34 Yd pass from Matt McDonald (Mason Lawler Kick)
Week 2 · Eastern Kentucky · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Matt McDonald pass complete to CJ Lewis for 6 yds for a TD, (Mason Lawler KICK)
Week 3 · Marshall · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.72M.McDonald pass complete to BGN 30. Catch made by C.Lewis at BGN 30. Gain of 14 yards. Tackled by MSH at BGN 44.
Week 6 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Matt McDonald pass complete to CJ Lewis for 26 yds to the Buff 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Miami (OH) · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Matt McDonald pass complete to CJ Lewis for 11 yds to the MiaOh 44 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Western Michigan · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA -1.26CJ Lewis sacked by Keni-H Lovely for a loss of 1 yard to the WMich 43
Week 13 · Ohio · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +1.12Matt McDonald pass complete to CJ Lewis for 14 yds to the BwGrn 23 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.09Matt McDonald pass complete to CJ Lewis for 15 yds to the Buff 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-45@ UCLA	3	33	11.0	0	27
Wk 2	L 57-59vs Eastern Kentucky	3	60	20.0	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 34-31vs Marshall	4	45	11.3	0	20
Wk 4	L 14-45@ Mississippi State	2	11	5.5	0	6
Wk 5	W 31-28@ Akron	2	31	15.5	0	21
Wk 6	L 7-38vs Buffalo	4	82	20.5	0	26	Season-high 82 yds
Wk 7	W 17-13vs Miami (OH)	3	28	9.3	0	12
Wk 8	W 34-18@ Central Michigan	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 10	W 13-9vs Western Michigan	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 12	W 42-35@ Toledo	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Ohio	1	14	14.0	0	14
Total		26	352	13.5	2	34

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