#17
Notre Dame · 2026

Elijah Burress

WRSophomore6' 1", 190 lbsTotowa, NJ
Notre Dame Fighting Irish7-1 · TDC #1
Snap share
10%
likely 5–13%
Receptions
4
1233rd of 2089 in FBS
Rec. yards
63
1031st of 2074 in FBS
Yards / catch
15.8
Rec. TD
1
412th of 914 in FBS
EPA / play
+0.39
7 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

7 plays · +2.7 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.39
Passing+0.39
1st down+1.66
2nd down-0.16
3rd down+0.03
Standard downs+0.61
Passing downs-0.15
BurressWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays3%
Pass plays8%
Run plays0%
1st down2%
2nd down6%
3rd down3%
Standard downs3%
Passing downs4%
BurressWR/TE average

Charting

Where Burress's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Targets
7
4 caught (57%)
Avg. depth of target
16.7
air yards per target
YAC per catch
6.5
26 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
37
of 63 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
43%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted7 targets charted

57% comp16.7 avg. depth6.5 YAC/catch43% 20+ air yds1–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: noneLeft, 5–9 air yards: noneLeft, 10–14 air yards: 1 targets (14%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: 1 targets (14%), 1 caught (100%), 30 yds, 30.0 per target1100% · 30yLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: noneMiddle, 5–9 air yards: noneMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: 1 targets (14%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, Behind air yards: noneRight, 0–4 air yards: 2 targets (29%), 2 caught (100%), 21 yds, 10.5 per target2100% · 21yRight, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (14%), 1 caught (100%), 12 yds, 12.0 per target1100% · 12yRight, 10–14 air yards: noneRight, 15–19 air yards: noneRight, 20–29 air yards: 1 targets (14%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 30+ air yards: none
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.
2025 charting · Notre Dame

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Burress’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
5
3 caught (60%)
Avg. depth of target
11.2
air yards per target
YAC per catch
1.0
3 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
18
of 21 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
20%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted5 targets charted

50% comp11.2 avg. depth1.0 YAC/catch20% 20+ air yds0–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: noneLeft, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (20%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: noneMiddle, 5–9 air yards: noneMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: noneRight, 0–4 air yards: 2 targets (40%), 2 caught (100%), 9 yds, 4.5 per target2100% · 9yRight, 5–9 air yards: noneRight, 10–14 air yards: 1 targets (20%), 1 caught (100%), 12 yds, 12.0 per target1100% · 12yRight, 15–19 air yards: noneRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: 1 targets (20%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0y
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Career

2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnaps
2026 so farNotre Dame#1 · 7-1310%
2025Notre Dame#3 · 10-217%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Elijah Burress's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Elijah Burress's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

6.2 avg. game scoreBest: 6.4 vs Stanford (Week 6)0 of 2 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1vsWisconsinW 41–13—no stats recorded
2RiceW 52–06.033311.0016
3Michigan StateW 27–10—no stats recorded
4@PurdueW 49–10—no stats recorded
5@North CarolinaW 37–26—no stats recorded
6StanfordW 58–76.413030.0130
7@BYUL 24–28—no stats recorded
9vsNavyW 35–13—no stats recorded
2026 · 2 games6.246315.8130

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions41233rd / 2089
Yards631031st / 2074
Yards / catch15.8—
Touchdowns1412th / 914
Long30—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 2 · Rice65~39 (12–53)560%
Wk 6 · Stanford75~8 (2–13)111%
Wk 9 · Navy59~6 (2–10)110%
Season54053 (25–68)710%

Position Room

15 WRs on the Notre Dame roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
6Jordan FaisonWRSR38497423%+0.57
14Micah GilbertWRJR24430314%+0.96
1Jaden GreathouseWRSR22289213%+0.66
8Jerome Bettis Jr.WRSO10170111%+0.62
3Mylan GrahamWRJR53706%-0.18
17Elijah BurressWRSO46318%+0.39
33Matt JefferyWRJR43716%+0.07
19Logan SaldateWRJR33607%+0.86
11Devin FitzgeraldWRFR22503%+0.90
0Quincy PorterWRSO—————
4Bubba FrazierWRFR———3%-4.06
15Brayden RobinsonWRFR———0%-3.00
16Dylan FaisonWRFR—————
18Kaydon FinleyWRFR—————
31Xavier SouthallWRJR—————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Notre Dame depth chart →