Kris Strange

#8 · WR · Eastern Michigan5′11″ · Pickerington, OH · Pickerington Central

Kris Strange: WR · Eastern Michigan · #8.

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Kris Strange

WR · Eastern Michigan · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Eastern Michigan since. One game to point at: 63 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Wyoming — Week 2, 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.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Eastern Michigan	26	273	10.5	1	27
2014	Eastern Michigan	14	179	12.8	2	45
Career		40	452	11.3	3	45

Season	Team
2015	Eastern Michigan	--	--
2014	Eastern Michigan	1	17
Career		1	17

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 34-38vs Old Dominion	5	32	6.4	0	10
Wk 2	W 48-29@ Wyoming	3	63	21.0	0	21	Season-high 63 yds
Wk 3	L 17-28vs Ball State	4	43	10.8	0	27
Wk 4	L 36-58vs Army	1	23	23.0	1	23
Wk 6	L 21-47vs Akron	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 8	L 21-49@ Northern Illinois	6	38	6.3	0	13
Wk 9	L 28-58vs Western Michigan	2	33	16.5	0	27
Wk 10	L 13-28@ Miami (OH)	2	19	9.5	0	15
Wk 11	L 17-28vs Massachusetts	1	12	12.0	0	12
Total		26	273	10.5	1	27

Signature game

Week 8 · 2015

L 21-49

at Northern Illinois

6 rec · 38 yds

With A. Barnes — 43.4 yards per punt · 7 punts · 55 long · B. Roback — 219 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.1

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Army · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.39Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 23 yds for a TD, (Dylan Mulder KICK)
Week 2 · Wyoming · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 21 yds to the EMich 44 for a
Week 9 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 27 yds to the EMich 43 for a
Week 3 · Ball State · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 27 yds to the BalSt 19 for a
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 10 yds to the ODU 44 for a
Week 8 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.78Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 9 yds to the NoIll 1 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.30Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 21 yds to the EMich 33 for a
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.19Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for a loss of 1 yard to the ODU 45
Week 3 · Ball State · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.11Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 6 yds to the EMich 30 for a
Week 8 · Northern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.03Brogan Roback pass complete to Kris Strange for 8 yds to the EMich 41

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 3-21 over that span.

2014Eastern Michigan2-10HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2015Eastern Michigan1-11HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

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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

Concern: epa / target (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#195 / 684 · 71st pct

14.6%

Catch rate#447 / 684 · 35th pct

63.4%

Yards / catch#477 / 684 · 30th pct

10.5

TD rate#498 / 684 · 27th pct

2.4%

EPA / target#551 / 684 · 20th pct

0.26

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#314 / 521 · 39th pct

Rec yards#362 / 521 · 31st pct

273

Rec TDs#364 / 521 · 21st pct

Yards / catch#411 / 521 · 20th pct

10.5

Long catch#465 / 521 · 10th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

91st → 20th percentile

Explosive rate

46th → 71st percentile

Catch rate

59th → 35th percentile

TD rate

89th → 27th percentile

Yards / catch

59th → 30th 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
Home6g	2.5	25.5	12.3	0.2
Road3g	3.7	40.0	12.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	34.2	13.2	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	25.5	11.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

49.6%

409 pass / 415 run

Plays / game

68.7

12 games

Team sack rate

5.5%

439 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

26 catches in 9 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kris Strange

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Awards

26 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at Eastern Michigan

2011