#11

Lewis Bond

Former wide receiver at Boston College. 2025: 89 catches, 1,010 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Boston College · Sr. · #11

5′11″ · 190 lb · Chicago, IL

CFB Index 86 · #15 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Houston — Rd 6, Pick 23, #204 overall

The numbers

1,010

receiving yards · 2025

89 catches · 1 TD · 11.3 per catch

Backed by 8 rec · 171 yds -- top 1% receiving yards game.

The play that turned itSwung Michigan State from 54% to 88% to win.Boston College at Michigan State · 42-40

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Boston College. 2025: 89 catches, 1,010 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Houston in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 81st percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Five seasons at Boston College, 2,402 receiving yards — drafted at #204 overall by Houston.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 171 yds at Syracuse.Syracuse · W 34-122025

2021

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Kenwood Academy

202512 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCsecond

2026

Drafted by Houstonround 6, pick 204

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1157 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #204

Houston · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches

2021–2023

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

2024–2025

Bill O'Brien

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Houston2026 NFL rookie season

#204Rd 6 · Pick 23

Houston2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

86All-Conference level #15 of 485?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (81st percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#156 / 798 · 81st pct

0.62

Catch rate#161 / 798 · 80th pct

76.6%

Yards / catch#398 / 798 · 50th pct

11.5

Explosive rate#447 / 798 · 44th pct

9.0%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#5 / 558 · 99th pct

Rec yards#20 / 558 · 97th pct

1010

Long catch#202 / 558 · 63rd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#381 / 558 · 32nd pct

11.3

Rush yards#212 / 287 · 25th pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

63rd → 81st percentile

Explosive rate

75th → 44th percentile

Catch rate

75th → 80th percentile

TD rate

36th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

30th → 50th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

28%31 of his 111 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	7.9	92.3	11.8	0.0
Road5g	6.8	72.8	10.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	72.7	9.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	95.7	12.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #15 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #15 at the position.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	89	1,010	11.3	1	--
2024	Boston College	67	689	10.3	3	--
2023	Boston College	52	646	12.4	7	--
2022	Boston College	5	51	10.2	0	--
2021	Boston College	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		214	2,402	11.2	11	--

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	4	3	--	--	--
2024	Boston College	3	4	--	--	--
2023	Boston College	1	2	72	67	--
2022	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
Career		8	9	72	67	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 66–10

vs Fordham

11 rec · 138 yds

Dominant 56-point win at home against Fordham.

With G. James — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · D. Lonergan — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.3 · -3 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · UConn · 3&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.89Grayson James pass complete to Lewis Bond for 27 yds to the CONN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.63(12:52) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete deep middle to #11 L.Bond caught at BC41, for 54 yards to the SYRA25 (#19 C.Perry), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · California · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 14 yds to the CAL 43 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +2.81(01:43) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete deep left to #11 L.Bond caught at BC 41, for 22 yards to the BC 43 (#28 L.Talich; #15 L.Moore), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.80(06:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete short middle to #11 L.Bond caught at ND 44, for 18 yards to the ND 35 (#15 L.Moore), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · UConn · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Grayson James pass complete to Lewis Bond for 13 yds to the CONN 24 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Clemson · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Shaker Reisig pass complete to Lewis Bond for 7 yds to the CLEM 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.73(04:33) Shotgun #9 D.Lonergan pass complete deep left to #11 L.Bond caught at BCE45, for 32 yards to the GT 43 (#15 T.Butler), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · California · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 11 yds to the BC 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.57(07:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Lonergan pass complete short left to #11 L.Bond caught at BC 39, for 13 yards to the ND 49 (#7 J.Stroman), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	11	138	12.5	0	32	138-yard receiving day
Wk 2	L 40-42@ Michigan State	11	90	8.2	0	19
Wk 3	L 20-30@ Stanford	7	47	6.7	0	11
Wk 5	L 24-28vs California	7	77	11.0	0	16
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 7	L 10-41vs Clemson	7	70	10.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	5	69	13.8	0	27
Wk 9	L 24-38@ Louisville	6	42	7.0	1	10
Wk 10	L 10-25vs Notre Dame	8	92	11.5	0	22
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	9	94	10.4	0	22
Wk 12	L 34-36vs Georgia Tech	8	106	13.3	0	32
Wk 14	W 34-12@ Syracuse	8	171	21.4	0	54	Season-high 171 yds
Total		89	1010	11.1	1	54

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Catch rate says one thing, EPA says another

checked · no story

11/313rd-down conversions

0.643rd-down EPA/target

0.62Other-downs EPA/target

18 of 31 caught on third down (58.1%) — EPA/target 0.64 vs 0.62 elsewhere (11 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.