Maurice Ffrench

#2 · WR · Sr. · Pittsburgh5′11″ · 200 lb · New Brunswick, NJ

Maurice Ffrench: WR · Pittsburgh · #2.

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Maurice Ffrench

WR · Pittsburgh · Sr · #2

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Four seasons in the Pittsburgh receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2019: All-ACC. On tape: 165 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Eastern Michigan, Bowl, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

Pittsburgh in the news

Cornell coach Ed Dawson diesPittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Pittsburgh	96	850	8.9	4	96
2018	Pittsburgh	35	515	14.7	6	78
2017	Pittsburgh	25	272	10.9	0	32
2016	Pittsburgh	--	--	--	--	--
Career		156	1,637	10.5	10	96

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-30vs Virginia	6	54	9.0	0	16	165-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 20-10vs Ohio	10	138	13.8	1	74	138-yard receiving day
Wk 3	L 10-17@ No. 13 Penn State	8	43	5.4	0	16
Wk 4	W 35-34vs No. 15 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 34-30vs Eastern Michigan	12	165	13.8	1	96
Total		96	850	8.9	4	96

Signature game

Week 2 · 2019

W 20-10

vs Ohio

10 rec · 138 yds · 1 TD

With K. Pickett — 321 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.3 · K. Christodoulou — 45.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 54 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.94Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 96 yds for a TD (Alex Kessman KICK)
Week 3 · Penn State · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 16 yds to the Pitt 44 for a
Week 10 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −2.82Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 5 yds Maurice Ffrench fumbled, forced by David Curry, recovered by GTech Justice Dingle
Week 8 · Syracuse · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 19 yds to the Pitt 47 for a
Week 8 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Pickett to Ffrench: a 14-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −2.53Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 8 yds to the Pitt 41 PITTSBURGH Penalty, personal foul (-15 Yards) to the Pitt 44

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Week 10 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 12 yds to the GTech 47 for a
Week 8 · Syracuse · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 16 yds to the Syrac 31 for a
Week 14 · Boston College · 4th and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.23Kenny Pickett pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 9 yds to the BC 27 for a
Week 5 · Delaware · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.12Nick Patti pass complete to Maurice Ffrench for 12 yds to the Delaw 33 for a

Teams and coaches

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (85th percentile). Strength: long catch (100th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#109 / 728 · 85th pct

79.7%

TD rate#596 / 728 · 18th pct

1.7%

EPA / target#624 / 728 · 14th pct

0.22

Yards / catch#651 / 728 · 11th pct

8.1

Explosive rate#678 / 728 · 7th pct

3.4%

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

47th → 14th percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 7th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 85th percentile

TD rate

89th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

74th → 11th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

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
Road4g	8.8	65.0	8.2	0.2

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

2019 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

54.6%

513 pass / 426 run

Plays / game

72.2

13 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

546 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Maurice Ffrench

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Pittsburgh

2016 7 games

2019 11 games