Tyler Boyd

#23 · WR · Pittsburgh6′2″ · Clairton, PA

Tyler Boyd: WR · Pittsburgh · #23.

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Tyler Boyd

WR · Pittsburgh · #23

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The two seasons at Pittsburgh span two head coaches: Paul Chryst and Pat Narduzzi. On tape: 131 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Iowa, Week 3, 2015.

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
2015	Pittsburgh	91	926	10.2	6	51
2014	Pittsburgh	78	1,261	16.2	8	53
Career		169	2,187	12.9	14	53

Season	Team
2015	Pittsburgh	40	349	257	7
2014	Pittsburgh	12	63	442	162
Career		52	412	699	169

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 24-7@ Akron	11	95	8.6	0	26
Wk 3	L 24-27@ Iowa	10	131	13.1	1	36	Season-high 131 yds
Wk 5	W 17-13@ Virginia Tech	5	48	9.6	0	11
Wk 6	W 26-19vs Virginia	7	54	7.7	1	22
Wk 7	W 31-28@ Georgia Tech	8	68	8.5	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 23-20@ Syracuse	12	93	7.8	0	24
Wk 9	L 19-26vs North Carolina	10	89	8.9	0	19
Wk 10	L 30-42vs No. 8 Notre Dame	3	84	28.0	1	51
Wk 11	W 31-13@ Duke	3	38	12.7	0	21
Wk 12	W 45-34vs Louisville	11	103	9.4	1	35
Wk 13	L 24-29vs Miami	5	70	14.0	0	36
Bowl	L 28-44vs No. 21 Navy	6	53	8.8	0	15
Total		91	926	10.2	6	51

Signature game

Week 12 · 2015

W 45-34

vs Louisville

11 rec · 103 yds · 1 TD · 50 rush yds (4 car)

Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.

With R. Winslow — 39.3 yards per punt · 7 punts · 50 long · N. Peterman — 232 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.9 · 12 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +4.44Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 51 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Tyler Boyd run for 37 yds to the NDame 42 for a
Week 3 · Iowa · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 16 yds to the Pitt 49 for a
Week 12 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 35 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 8 · Syracuse · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 24 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.78Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 24 yds to the NDame 26 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 17 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 22 yds to the Pitt 47 for a
Week 3 · Iowa · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 8 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 13 · Miami · 4th and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Nathan Peterman pass complete to Tyler Boyd for 6 yds to the MiaFl 42 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Pittsburgh6-7HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2015Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#211 / 684 · 69th pct

71.7%

TD rate#299 / 684 · 56th pct

4.7%

EPA / target#311 / 684 · 55th pct

0.51

Explosive rate#492 / 684 · 28th pct

7.9%

Yards / catch#502 / 684 · 27th pct

10.2

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#3 / 247 · 99th pct

349

Receptions#11 / 521 · 98th pct

Rec yards#47 / 521 · 91st pct

926

Rec TDs#74 / 521 · 83rd pct

Long catch#225 / 521 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#436 / 521 · 16th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

69th → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 28th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 69th percentile

TD rate

46th → 56th percentile

Yards / catch

88th → 27th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	7.2	80.0	13.6	0.6
Road6g	8.2	78.8	10.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.8	74.8	9.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	79.5	13.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

40.6%

342 pass / 501 run

Plays / game

64.8

13 games

Team sack rate

7.7%

379 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

91 catches, 40 carries and 3 pass attempts in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tyler Boyd

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Three seasons at Pittsburgh, drafted

2013

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