Patrick Bryant

#13 · WR · Sr. · Illinois6′3″ · 200 lb · Jacksonville, FL · Atlantic Coast

Patrick Bryant: WR · Illinois · #13.

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Patrick Bryant

WR · Illinois · Sr · #13

Beats you over the top. Fourth year in the Illinois receiving corps. One game to point at: 197 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Rutgers — Week 13, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Illinois in the news

Oregon fires OC MehringerLancasterOnline Oct 25
Bret Bielema's father passes awayYahoo Sports Oct 25
Jalen Lott, Messiah Hampton out vs IllinoisDucks Wire Oct 24
Oregon WR Evan Stewart arrested for DUIOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Illinois	53	978	18.5	10	64
2023	Illinois	43	560	13.0	7	46
2022	Illinois	33	450	13.6	2	43
2021	Illinois	6	98	16.3	0	45
Career		135	2,086	15.5	19	64

Season	Team
2024	Illinois	5	14	--
2023	Illinois	--	--	39
2022	Illinois	1	3	85
2021	Illinois	--	--	--
Career		6	17	124

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-0vs Eastern Illinois	5	63	12.6	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 23-17vs No. 19 Kansas	3	70	23.3	0	37
Wk 3	W 30-9vs Central Michigan	7	102	14.6	2	31	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 31-24@ No. 22 Nebraska	5	74	14.8	2	29	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 7-21@ No. 9 Penn State	2	33	16.5	0	17
Wk 7	W 50-49vs Purdue	4	104	26.0	1	32
Wk 8	W 21-7vs No. 24 Michigan	4	32	8.0	0	12
Wk 9	L 9-38@ No. 1 Oregon	3	26	8.7	0	17
Wk 10	L 17-25vs Minnesota	5	72	14.4	0	25
Wk 12	W 38-16vs Michigan State	4	135	33.8	1	57	135-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 38-31@ Rutgers	7	197	28.1	1	64	Season-high 197 yds
Wk 14	W 38-28vs Northwestern	4	70	17.5	1	43
Total		53	978	18.5	10	64

Signature game

Week 13 · 2024

W 38-31

at Rutgers

7 rec · 197 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Rutgers on the road in a shootout.

With L. Altmyer — 249 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.1 · 74 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · H. Beatty — 2 rec · 31 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Rutgers · 4th and 13 · Q4 · EPA +6.31Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 40 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +4.61Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 64 yds to the RUTG 8 for a
Week 7 · Purdue · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.94L.Altmyer pass complete. Catch made by P.Bryant for 29 yards. Pushed out of bounds by N.Green at PUR 32.
Week 7 · Purdue · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.46L.Altmyer pass complete. Catch made by P.Bryant for 32 yards. Pushed out of bounds by PUR at PUR 41.
Week 12 · Michigan State · 1st and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.44Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 57 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Week 2 · Kansas · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 37 yds to the KU 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Northwestern · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Altmyer to Bryant: a 43-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Central Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 31 yds to the CMU 44 for a
Week 12 · Michigan State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 32 yds to the MSU 17 for a
Week 1 · Eastern Illinois · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.20Altmyer to Bryant: a 28-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Bret Bielema — 28-22 over that span.

2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

2024Illinois10-3HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 81 (#31 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

81All-Conference level #31 of 466 · 2024?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#23 / 610 · 96th pct

30.9%

Yards / catch#33 / 610 · 95th pct

18.1

EPA / target#38 / 610 · 94th pct

1.43

TD rate#108 / 610 · 82nd pct

10.9%

Catch rate#380 / 610 · 38th pct

87.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#13 / 541 · 97th pct

Rec yards#31 / 541 · 94th pct

978

Yards / catch#42 / 541 · 92nd pct

18.5

Receptions#93 / 541 · 82nd pct

Long catch#125 / 541 · 77th pct

Rush yards#138 / 299 · 53rd pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

41st → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

38th → 96th percentile

Catch rate

32nd → 38th percentile

TD rate

64th → 82nd percentile

Yards / catch

62nd → 95th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.6	82.6	19.0	0.9
Road4g	4.2	82.5	17.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	74.3	18.0	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	88.7	18.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Pass share

44.1%

352 pass / 446 run

Plays / game

61.4

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

378 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

53 catches and 5 carries in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

81 · #31 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #31 at the position.

Patrick Bryant

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons at Illinois, drafted

2021 4 games

2025