John Christopher

#7 · WR · Temple5′11″ · Ormond Beach, FL

John Christopher: WR · Temple · #7.

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John Christopher

WR · Temple · #7

Moves the chains on third down. Two seasons in the Temple receiving corps to date. On tape: 72 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Massachusetts, Week 3, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Temple in the news

Charlotte snaps FBS-high 15-game losing streakOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Temple	20	208	10.4	28
2014	Temple	24	194	8.1	25
Career		44	402	9.1	28

Season	Team
2015	Temple	--
2014	Temple	24
Career		24

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-10vs Penn State	1	13	13.0	13
Wk 3	W 25-23@ Massachusetts	7	72	10.3	19	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 7	W 30-16vs UCF	1	28	28.0	28
Wk 8	W 24-14@ East Carolina	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 9	L 20-24vs No. 9 Notre Dame	2	22	11.0	12
Wk 10	W 60-40@ SMU	3	28	9.3	23
Wk 11	L 23-44@ South Florida	3	27	9.0	12
Wk 12	W 31-12vs Memphis	1	6	6.0	6
Bowl	L 17-32vs Toledo	1	3	3.0	3
Total		20	208	10.4	28

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

W 25-23

at Massachusetts

7 rec · 72 yds

A close one, won by 2 on the road.

With P. Walker — 391 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 43.1 · A. Starzyk — 36.1 yards per punt · 8 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · UCF · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.19P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 28 yds to the UCF 48 for a
Week 11 · South Florida · 4th and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.77P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 10 yds to the SFla 28 for a
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.68P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 19 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.31P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 11 yds to the UMass 46 for a
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.15P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 7 yds to the UMass 43 for a
Week 1 · Penn State · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.08P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 13 yds to the Temp 41 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.56P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 6 yds to the Temp 37 for a
Week 1 · Penn State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.53John Christopher pass complete to P.J. Walker for 25 yds to the PnSt 31 for a
Week 11 · South Florida · 3rd and 19 · Q1 · EPA +1.16P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 12 yds to the SFla 38
Week 10 · SMU · 3rd and 1 · Q3 · EPA +1.05P.J. Walker pass complete to John Christopher for 3 yds to the Temp 37 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Matt Rhule — 16-10 over that span.

2014Temple6-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2015Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#109 / 684 · 84th pct

76.9%

EPA / target#151 / 684 · 78th pct

0.67

Yards / catch#486 / 684 · 29th pct

10.4

Explosive rate#494 / 684 · 27th pct

7.7%

TD rate#553 / 684 · 10th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#392 / 521 · 24th pct

Yards / catch#422 / 521 · 18th pct

10.4

Rec yards#428 / 521 · 18th pct

208

Long catch#462 / 521 · 11th pct

Rec TDs#466 / 521 · 5th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

4th → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

6th → 27th percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 84th percentile

TD rate

11th → 10th percentile

Yards / catch

11th → 29th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.2	17.2	14.5	0.0
Road4g	3.5	34.0	9.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	29.0	13.6	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	18.4	8.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Pass share

46.5%

439 pass / 506 run

Plays / game

67.5

14 games

Team sack rate

3.8%

473 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

20 catches and 3 pass attempts in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

John Christopher

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

20 catches and 3 pass attempts in 9 games

Five seasons at Temple