Maurice Ffrench

Senior wide receiver for Pittsburgh. 2019: 96 catches, 850 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 200 lb · New Brunswick, NJ

Pittsburgh 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1009 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

Statement game12 rec · 165 yds · 1 TDvs Eastern Michigan (FBS) · W 34-30

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Pittsburgh. 2019: 96 catches, 850 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 1,637 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds at Eastern Michigan.Eastern Michigan · W 34-302019

20167 games

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of New Brunswick

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1009 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 28-24 over that span.

2016Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#2 / 556 · 100th pct

Receptions#6 / 556 · 99th pct

Rec yards#69 / 556 · 88th pct

850

Rec TDs#164 / 556 · 66th pct

Rush yards#117 / 283 · 58th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#514 / 556 · 8th pct

8.9

Fumbles lost#216 / 223 · 2nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	8.2	70.8	8.5	0.3
Road5g	9.4	85.0	9.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.9	80.1	8.7	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	8.5	72.2	9.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Pittsburgh	96	850	8.9	4	--
2018	Pittsburgh	35	515	14.7	6	--
2017	Pittsburgh	25	272	10.9	0	--
2016	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
Career		156	1,637	10.5	10	--

Season	Team
2019	Pittsburgh	9	22	94	166	--
2018	Pittsburgh	19	164	547	-2	--
2017	Pittsburgh	9	71	11	--	--
2016	Pittsburgh	12	122	--	--	--
Career		49	379	652	164	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 35–34

vs UCF

14 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.

With K. Christodoulou — 45 AVG · 56 LONG · 7 NO · K. Pickett — 224 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.7 · 61 rush yds (12 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-30vs Virginia	6	54	9.0	0	16	Season-high 165 yds
Wk 2	W 20-10vs Ohio	10	138	13.8	1	74	138-yard receiving day
Wk 3	L 10-17@ Penn State	8	43	5.4	0	16
Wk 4	W 35-34vs UCF	7	50	7.1	1	12
Wk 5	W 17-14vs Delaware	9	57	6.3	0	12
Wk 6	W 33-30@ Duke	10	54	5.4	0	11
Wk 8	W 27-20@ Syracuse	6	92	15.3	1	22
Wk 9	L 12-16vs Miami	8	47	5.9	0	8
Wk 10	W 20-10@ Georgia Tech	11	71	6.5	0	17
Wk 14	L 19-26vs Boston College	9	79	8.8	0	27
Bowl	W 34-30@ Eastern Michigan	12	165	13.8	1	96
Total		96	850	8.8	4	96

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