#18

Jack Bech

Former wide receiver at TCU. 2024: 62 catches, 1,034 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · TCU · Sr. · #18

6′2″ · 220 lb · Lafayette, LA

CFB Index 82 · #26 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLas Vegas — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 26, #58 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 342 nationally · Signed with LSU

Statement game9 rec · 200 yds · 1 TDvs UCF (FBS) · L 34-35

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at TCU. 2024: 62 catches, 1,034 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2021.
Transferred from LSU to TCU in 2023.
Drafted round 2 by the Las Vegas in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 1,869 receiving yards — drafted at #58 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 200 yds vs UCF.UCF · L 34-352024

202112 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of St. Thomas More

20238 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-Big 12second

2025

Drafted by Las Vegasround 2, pick 58

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#342 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #58

Las Vegas · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022–2024

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

#58Rd 2 · Pick 26

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #26 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile). Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#59 / 610 · 90th pct

16.7

Explosive rate#147 / 610 · 76th pct

20.3%

TD rate#177 / 610 · 71st pct

8.9%

EPA / target#249 / 610 · 59th pct

0.95

Catch rate#557 / 610 · 9th pct

75.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#19 / 541 · 97th pct

1034

Rec TDs#19 / 541 · 95th pct

Receptions#46 / 541 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#92 / 541 · 83rd pct

16.7

Long catch#229 / 541 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#184 / 299 · 37th pct

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	71.2	13.5	0.3
Road6g	5.8	101	16.8	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.5	117	16.4	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	55.3	13.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #26 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #26 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	TCU	62	1,034	16.7	9	--
2023	TCU	12	146	12.2	0	--
2022	LSU	16	200	12.5	1	--
2021	LSU	43	489	11.4	3	--
Career		133	1,869	14.1	13	--

Season	Team
2024	TCU	--	7	--	34	--
2023	TCU	3	-3	--	--	--
2022	LSU	--	--	92	3	--
2021	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	4	92	37	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 13–7

at Utah

3 rec · 46 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With E. Craw — 42 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Hoover — 263 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.1 · 7 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Stanford · 1&25 · Q3 · EPA +4.06Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 43 yds to the STAN 2 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Texas Tech · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.87Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 52 yds to the TTU 14 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · SMU · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 46 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 6 · Houston · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 29 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 10 · Baylor · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 36 yds to the BAY 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UCF · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.50J.Hoover pass complete. Catch made by J.Bech for 21 yards. Tackled by UCF at UCF 39.
Week 4 · SMU · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Jack Bech 15 Yd pass from Josh Hoover (Kyle Lemmermann Kick)
Week 3 · UCF · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.15J.Hoover pass complete. Catch made by J.Bech for 18 yards. Tackled by D.Pace at UCF 46.
Week 6 · Houston · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA -3.08Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 5 yds to the TCU 49 TCU Penalty, Personal Foul (Jack Bech) to the TCU 34
Week 4 · SMU · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Josh Hoover pass complete to Jack Bech for 19 yds to the TCU 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27@ Stanford	6	139	23.2	1	46	139-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 45-0vs Long Island University	2	11	5.5	0	6
Wk 3	L 34-35vs UCF	9	200	22.2	1	50	Season-high 200 yds
Wk 4	L 42-66@ SMU	8	166	20.8	2	46	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 38-27@ Kansas	10	131	13.1	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 6	L 19-30vs Houston	4	55	13.8	1	29
Wk 8	W 13-7@ Utah	3	46	15.3	0	30
Wk 9	W 35-34vs Texas Tech	4	77	19.3	0	52
Wk 10	L 34-37@ Baylor	5	98	19.6	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 38-13vs Oklahoma State	5	59	11.8	0	25
Wk 13	W 49-28vs Arizona	3	25	8.3	0	10
Wk 14	W 20-13@ Cincinnati	3	27	9.0	0	19
Total		62	1034	15.2	9	52