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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Notre Dame
Will Pauling
WR • 5'10" • 190 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Will Pauling reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Cincinnati • Wisconsin • Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Player Story
Will Pauling built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Chicago, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Cincinnati, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Will Pauling's career was...
Read the storyWill Pauling, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Wisconsin. Will Pauling reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,753
- Receptions
- 155
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Will Pauling quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,753
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Wisconsin
- Top game
- LSU
- High school pipeline
- Frontier · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 381 receiving yards · WR 303rd (top 28%) · FBS Independents 7th (top 19%) · National 352nd (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2022 Postseason | Cincinnati | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 7 | 11 | 112 | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 13 | 8 | 143 | 2 | 82.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 13 | 66 | 694 | 4 | 82.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 9 | 42 | 407 | 3 | 67 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 11 | 26 | 381 | 6 | 53.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wisconsin to Notre Dame | P4 to G5/FCS | 79.8 | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati to Wisconsin | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Dec 20, 2022 |
Will Pauling played WR for Cincinnati, Wisconsin, and Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Will Pauling recorded 19 passing yards, 7 rushing yards, and 1,753 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Wisconsin paired 837 primary output with 75 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 72.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, Wisconsin, Notre Dame.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
34.6
Efficiency
72.4
Usage
13.2
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 13. Purdue: 29. Arkansas: 53. Boise State: 43. NC State: 105. USC: 16. Boston College: 73. Navy: 29. Pittsburgh: 6. Syracuse: 6. Stanford: 8
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. Texas A&M: 2 by 43.3. Purdue: 2 by 96.7. Arkansas: 3 by 100. Boise State: 2 by 100. NC State: 4 by 100. USC: 2 by 53.3. Boston College: 4 by 100. Navy: 2 by 96.7. Pittsburgh: 3 by 13.3. Syracuse: 1 by 40. Stanford: 1 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins36.8 · Games = 10 · +23.8 vs Losses
Losses13 · Games = 1 · -23.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Stanford | W 49-20 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Syracuse | W 70-7 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Pittsburgh | W 37-15 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Navy | W 49-10 | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Boston College | W 25-10 | — | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 18.30 | 1 | 44 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs USC | W 34-24 | — | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs NC State100 receiving yards | W 36-7 | — | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 26.30 | 1 | 42 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boise State | W 28-7 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 1 | 24 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Arkansas | W 56-13 | — | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 1 | 23 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Purdue | W 56-30 | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Texas A&M | L 40-41 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 |
Player Story
Will Pauling story
Will Pauling built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Chicago, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Cincinnati, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Will Pauling's career was his receiving role: 155 catches, 1,753 receiving yards, 15 touchdowns, and 7 rushing yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 passing yards, 7 rushing yards, and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Will Pauling'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
Cincinnati
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Wisconsin
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Notre Dame
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 6 | 40 | 4.8 | — |
| 2022 Postseason | Cincinnati | 122 | 57.8 | 12.3 | 116 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 122 | 57.8 | 12.3 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 837 | 75 | 26.1 | 715 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 837 | 75 | 26.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 407 | 60.8 | 26.6 | -430 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 381 | 72.4 | 13.2 | -26 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ LSU
Week 1 · L 31-35 · Postseason
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
143
Receiving Yards
99.6 takeover
143 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 55 NC State
Week 7 · W 36-7
105
Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Tulane
Week 13 · L 24-27 · Conference game
41
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Alabama
Week 3 · L 10-42
83
Receiving Yards
87.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
83 receiving yards with a 61.5 efficiency score.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 9 · L 13-28 · Conference game
79
Receiving Yards
87 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
79 receiving yards with a 65.8 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Wisconsin
837 primary output · 75 efficiency · 26.1 usage
82.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin
82.3
837 primary · 75 efficiency · 26.1 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
67
407 primary · 60.8 efficiency · 26.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
7
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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