#15

Linell Bonner

Wide receiver for Houston. 2017: 80 catches, 889 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Houston · #15

6′0″ · 200 lb · Houston, TX

Houston 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for Houston. 2017: 80 catches, 889 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Houston, 2,324 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 235 yds at Memphis.Memphis · L 44-482016

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Houston

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

2 coaches

2015–2016

Tom Herman

Houston

2017

Major Applewhite

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Houston13-1HC: Tom Herman · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (98th percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile). Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#13 / 539 · 98th pct

Rec yards#46 / 539 · 92nd pct

889

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Long catch#156 / 539 · 71st pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#403 / 539 · 25th pct

11.1

Rush yards#255 / 283 · 9th pct

-2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.8	100	12.8	0.5
Road5g	6.6	57.2	8.7	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	63.8	8.5	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	7.2	101	13.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Houston	80	889	11.1	5	--
2016	Houston	98	1,118	11.4	3	--
2015	Houston	25	317	12.7	5	--
Career		203	2,324	11.4	13	--

Season	Team
2017	Houston	1	-2	--	--	--
2016	Houston	5	6	--	--	--
2015	Houston	--	--	3	--	--
Career		6	4	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 28–24

at South Florida

6 rec · 40 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With D. Roy — 48 AVG · 58 LONG · 8 NO · D. King — 137 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 83 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 19-16@ Arizona	9	59	6.6	1	22
Wk 3	W 38-3vs Rice	10	132	13.2	0	32	132-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Texas Tech	7	66	9.4	1	21
Wk 5	W 20-13@ Temple	6	43	7.2	1	11
Wk 7	L 17-45@ Tulsa	5	44	8.8	0	17
Wk 8	L 38-42vs Memphis	8	121	15.1	0	24
Wk 9	W 28-24@ South Florida	6	40	6.7	0	23
Wk 10	W 52-27vs East Carolina	7	147	21.0	1	62	Season-high 147 yds
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Tulane	7	100	14.3	0	23
Wk 13	W 24-14vs Navy	8	98	12.3	0	32
Bowl	L 27-33vs Fresno State	7	39	5.6	1	18
Total		80	889	10.9	5	62

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

Linell Bonner

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

DNA match

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