Player Dossier

2015-2019

Old Dominion

Chris Cunningham

TE • 6'2" • 241 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Chris Cunningham reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Virginia Tech • Old Dominion
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Chris Cunningham built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Old Dominion and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Chris Cunningham's career...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9105

Manor · Manor, TX

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Chris Cunningham, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Chris Cunningham reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
392
Receptions
31
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Chris Cunningham quick answers

Latest team and position
Old Dominion · TE
Career Receiving Yards
392
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 25 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech
Top game
Duke
Recruit profile
4-star · Manor · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Manor · 14 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2019 Receiving yards rank
95 receiving yards · TE 153rd (top 42%) · Conference USA 99th (top 47%) · National 964th (top 49%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0-00-
2016 PostseasonVirginia Tech615143.8
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech6543343.8
2017 PostseasonVirginia Tech7-0070.3
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech79175170.3
2018 PostseasonVirginia Tech5222154.1
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech5552154.1
2019 Regular SeasonOld Dominion7995051.7

Related Context

Chris Cunningham played TE for Virginia Tech and Old Dominion. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chris Cunningham recorded 2 rushing yards, 392 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 175 primary output with 85 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 67.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Old Dominion.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2019 Regular Season · Old Dominion

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

13.6

Efficiency

67.8

Usage

8.4

Consistency

56.8

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Norfolk State: 12. Virginia Tech: 0. Virginia: 26. East Carolina: 33. UAB: 11. UTSA: 11. Middle Tennessee: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Norfolk State: 1 by 80. Virginia: 1 by 100. East Carolina: 3 by 73.3. UAB: 1 by 73.3. UTSA: 1 by 73.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 6.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins12 · Games = 1 · -1.8 vs Losses
Losses13.8 · Games = 6 · +1.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 11/23@ Middle TennesseeL 17-38221104
Sat 11/9vs UTSAL 23-241111111011
Sat 10/19@ UABL 14-381111111011
Sat 9/28vs East CarolinaL 21-243331111013
Sat 9/21@ VirginiaL 17-281262626026
Sat 9/7@ Virginia TechL 17-310.7
Sat 8/31vs Norfolk StateW 24-211121212012

Player Story

Chris Cunningham story

Chris Cunningham built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Old Dominion and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Chris Cunningham's career was his receiving role: 31 catches, 392 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chris Cunningham's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Virginia Tech

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Old Dominion

    2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2016 PostseasonVirginia Tech4853.36.848
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech4853.36.80
2017 PostseasonVirginia Tech175859.6127
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech175859.60
2018 PostseasonVirginia Tech74708.5-101
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech74708.50
2019 Regular SeasonOld Dominion9567.88.421

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Duke

Week 9 · W 24-3 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 5 · L 21-24

33

Receiving Yards

74.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

33 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Virginia

Week 13 · W 34-31 · Conference game

21

Receiving Yards

71.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#4

vs East Carolina

Week 4 · W 54-17

13

Receiving Yards

69.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Cincinnati

Week 1 · L 31-35 · Postseason

22

Receiving Yards

68.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech

175 primary output · 85 efficiency · 9.6 usage

70.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

70.3

175 primary · 85 efficiency · 9.6 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Virginia Tech

54.1

74 primary · 70 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games