#2Chris Barnes

WR·Wake Forest·2025

Chris Barnes is a Versatile WR for Wake Forest. Chris's 2025 season ranks in the 100th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 68 plays — a elite rate for the WR.

What projects, and what doesn't · WRs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

Usage share (volume)0.47
Beats guessing the WR average by 16%. n=6,302 WR seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.09
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=5,767 WR seasons
Total EPA (value)0.45
Beats guessing the WR average by 12%. n=5,767 WR seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Chris Barnes's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Rushing

143 Rush yards0 Rush TD13 Carries11.0 Yards/carry

Receiving

39 Receptions547 Rec yards3 Rec TD14.0 Yards/rec

Returns

7 Kick returns263 KR yards1 KR TD

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs WR peers

Efficiency100
Volume27
Explosiveness47
Consistency55
Pass-Down0

Player type

Versatile WR

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite

Game-to-game consistency55th %ile · average

Key findings

▸Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
▸5 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.16 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 1.79 EPA/play in Wk 7 vs Oregon State (SP+ -16).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Star

Top-10 nationally. Multiple mid-to-large collective deals expected.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Historical Comparables · WR · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

Player	Team	Yr	Plays	WEPA/play	Line val	Total EPA
Eli Heidenreich	Navy	2024	66	0.340	0.7	22.4
Ainias Smith	Texas A&M	2020	55	0.310	0.5	17.0
Noah Short	Army	2024	69	0.300	0.5	20.7
Cade Harris	Air Force	2024	45	0.330	0.5	14.8
Chris Tyree	Notre Dame	2020	76	0.310	0.6	23.6

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
1	vsKennesaw State	W10-9	-5.4	3	23	7.7	0	15	0.34
2	vsWestern Carolina	W42-10	—	6	149	24.8	0	64	1.00
3	vsNC State	L24-34	4.8	3	76	25.3	0	70	0.72
5	vsGeorgia Tech	L29-30	9.3	3	39	13.0	0	35	-0.30
6	@Virginia Tech	W30-23	-10.1	5	21	4.2	0	10	0.02
7	@Oregon State	W39-14	-15.9	3	102	34.0	3	55	1.79
9	vsSMU	W13-12	13.4	5	66	13.2	0	32	0.33
10	@Florida State	L7-42	7.2	4	16	4.0	0	7	0.10
11	@Virginia	W16-9	11.1	2	12	6.0	0	9	-0.63
13	vsDelaware	W52-14	-10.9	3	19	6.3	0	12	0.72
14	@Duke	L32-49	6.6	2	24	12.0	0	19	0.49

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

9.3%

Passing plays

15.6%

Rushing plays

3.6%

Standard downs

9.7%

Passing downs

8.6%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.53
Passing downs: -0.05
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.31 / 0.51

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).