Player Dossier

2010-2012

Vanderbilt

Chris Boyd

WR • 6'4" • Roswell, GA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Chris Boyd reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

79

High-end production for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

61

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Chris Boyd built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Roswell, GA wearing No. 80, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Chris Boyd's career was his receiving role: 81...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8467

Roswell · Roswell, GA

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Chris Boyd, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Chris Boyd reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,247
Receptions
81
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Chris Boyd quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,247
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
Army
Recruit profile
3-star · Roswell · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Roswell · 36 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 80 · Class 2012
2012 Receiving yards rank
774 receiving yards · WR 84th (top 10%) · SEC 12th (top 6%) · National 89th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0-00-
2011 PostseasonVanderbilt11269171
2011 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1129404771
2012 PostseasonVanderbilt13418183.7
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1346756483.7

Related Context

Chris Boyd played WR for Vanderbilt. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chris Boyd recorded 19 rushing yards, 1,247 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 774 primary output with 83.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 80.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2011 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

43

Efficiency

80.8

Usage

22

Consistency

69

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 69. Elon: 41. UConn: 46. Ole Miss: 18. Georgia: 23. Army: 90. Arkansas: 24. Florida: 41. Kentucky: 37. Tennessee: 66. Wake Forest: 18

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. Cincinnati: 2 by 100. Elon: 2 by 100. UConn: 2 by 100. Ole Miss: 3 by 40. Georgia: 1 by 100. Army: 4 by 100. Arkansas: 3 by 53.3. Florida: 2 by 100. Kentucky: 3 by 82.2. Tennessee: 6 by 73.3. Wake Forest: 3 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins41.7 · Games = 6 · -2.9 vs Losses
Losses44.6 · Games = 5 · +2.9 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

Army

Best efficiency game

100 vs Cincinnati

Result
Sat 12/31vs CincinnatiL 24-3126934.534.50168
Sat 11/26@ Wake ForestW 41-73186608
Sun 11/20@ TennesseeL 21-2766610.611120
Sat 11/12vs KentuckyW 38-83371212.30114
Sat 11/5@ FloridaL 21-2624120.520.50131
Sat 10/29vs ArkansasL 28-3132488013
Sat 10/22vs ArmyW 44-2149022.522.50143
Sat 10/15vs GeorgiaL 28-331232323023
Sat 9/17vs Ole MissW 30-73186607
Sat 9/10vs UConnW 24-212462323142
Sat 9/3vs Elon2+ TDW 45-1424120.520.50230

Player Story

Chris Boyd story

Chris Boyd built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Roswell, GA wearing No. 80, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Chris Boyd's career was his receiving role: 81 catches, 1,247 receiving yards, 13 touchdowns, and 19 rushing yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 19 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Vanderbilt.

The arc is straightforward: Chris Boyd moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2010-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201120122012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0
2011 PostseasonVanderbilt47380.822473
2011 Regular SeasonVanderbilt47380.8220
2012 PostseasonVanderbilt77483.824.1301
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt77483.824.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Army

Week 8 · W 44-21

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

90

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Georgia

Week 4 · L 3-48 · Conference game

110

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

110 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Presbyterian

Week 3 · W 58-0

90

Receiving Yards

93.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Kentucky

Week 10 · W 40-0 · Conference game

81

Receiving Yards

87.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

81 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.

#5

vs Auburn

Week 8 · W 17-13 · Conference game

77

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 85.6 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt

774 primary output · 83.8 efficiency · 24.1 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

83.7

774 primary · 83.8 efficiency · 24.1 usage

#3

2011 Postseason · Vanderbilt

71

473 primary · 80.8 efficiency · 22 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games