#13

Patrick Bryant

Former wide receiver at Illinois. 2024: 53 catches, 978 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Illinois · Sr. · #13

6′3″ · 200 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 81 · #31 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceDenver — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 10, #74 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1031 nationally · Signed with Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Illinois. 2024: 53 catches, 978 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2021.
Drafted round 3 by the Denver in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Illinois, 2,086 receiving yards — drafted at #74 overall by Denver.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 197 yds at Rutgers.Rutgers · W 38-312024

20214 games

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Atlantic Coast

2025

Drafted by Denverround 3, pick 74

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1031 national

CFB

College

Illinois

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #74

Denver · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Bret Bielema

Illinois

Played his entire career under Bret Bielema.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 2nd NFL season

#74Rd 3 · Pick 10

DenverEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #31 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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).

Splits & context

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
Road5g	4.2	80.0	17.1	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #31 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Rutgers · 4&13 · Q4 · EPA +6.31Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 40 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.61Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 64 yds to the RUTG 8 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Purdue · 3&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 · 2&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 · 1&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.44Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 57 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Week 2 · Kansas · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 37 yds to the KU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Northwestern · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Pat Bryant 43 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (David Olano Kick)
Week 3 · Central Michigan · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 31 yds to the CMU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Michigan State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Luke Altmyer pass complete to Pat Bryant for 32 yds to the MSU 17 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Illinois · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.20Pat Bryant 28 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (David Olano Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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@ Nebraska	5	74	14.8	2	29	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 7-21@ 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 Michigan	4	32	8.0	0	12
Wk 9	L 9-38@ 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 38-28@ Northwestern	4	70	17.5	1	43
Total		53	978	18.2	10	64