Senior tight end for Miami. 2025: 18 catches, 166 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 245 lb · Red Bank, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
18 catches · 1 TD · 9.2 per catch
Swing playSwung Miami from 41% to 69% to win.Miami at SMU · 26-20
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Miami. 2025: 18 catches, 166 receiving yards, 1 TD.
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Explosive rate: 65th percentile.
The full scouting readAlex Bauman
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-AAC. One game to point at: 58 rec yds, 3 receptions against Pittsburgh — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC
All-AAC mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mario Cristobal.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (18th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 14.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 19.2 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #130 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #20 of 22 ACC TEs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ Florida State | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-7@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 33 | Season-high 58 yds |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ Texas A&M | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | W 31-27@ Ole Miss | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bowl | L 21-27@ Indiana | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 18 | 166 | 9.4 | 1 | 33 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Miami
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Miami
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #9
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gus McGee’s 2025 season.
Matches Gus on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Bauer Sharp's senior season at LSU (2025).
Matches Bauer on
Player DNA