#88

Anthony Torres

Former tight end at Toledo. 2024: 31 catches, 404 receiving yards, 9 TD.

TE · Toledo · Sr. · #88

6′6″ · 250 lb · Mishawaka, IN

CFB Index 59 · #28 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceToledo 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1178 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Toledo. 2024: 31 catches, 404 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Michigan in 2018.
Transferred from Western Michigan to Toledo in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Toledo, 1,069 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 82 yds at Akron.Akron · L 14-212024

2018

Signed with Western Michigan3-star out of Penn

20224 games

Entered the portal

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1178 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Western Michigan8-5HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #28 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile). Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#34 / 610 · 94th pct

14.3%

Yards / catch#246 / 610 · 60th pct

12.6

EPA / target#280 / 610 · 54th pct

0.90

Explosive rate#305 / 610 · 49th pct

14.3%

Catch rate#517 / 610 · 15th pct

80.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#2 / 168 · 99th pct

Long catch#2 / 168 · 99th pct

Rec yards#33 / 168 · 81st pct

404

Yards / catch#36 / 168 · 78th pct

13.0

Receptions#45 / 168 · 73rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

97th → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 49th percentile

Catch rate

41st → 15th percentile

TD rate

80th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

94th → 60th percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	21.7	9.6	0.7
Road6g	2.7	42.0	21.6	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	25.3	9.3	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	37.8	22.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #28 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #28 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Toledo	31	404	13.0	9	--
2023	Toledo	26	464	17.8	3	--
2022	Toledo	5	64	12.8	0	--
2021	Western Michigan	12	137	11.4	0	--
Career		74	1,069	14.4	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 49–10

vs Duquesne

3 rec · 39 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Duquesne.

With T. Gleason — 202 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.3 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Newton — 5 rec · 98 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Eastern Michigan · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +7.12Tucker Gleason pass complete to Anthony Torres for 78 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 14 · Akron · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Anthony Torres 7 Yd pass from Tucker Gleason (Dylan Cunanan Kick)
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Tucker Gleason pass complete to Anthony Torres for 7 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Anthony Torres 2 Yd pass from Tucker Gleason (Dylan Cunanan PAT blocked)
Week 14 · Akron · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.78Tucker Gleason pass complete to Anthony Torres for 21 yds to the TOL 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Massachusetts · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.73Tucker Gleason pass complete to Anthony Torres for 7 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Tucker Gleason pass complete to Anthony Torres for 14 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 13 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Tucker Gleason pass complete to Anthony Torres for 23 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 1 · Duquesne · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Anthony Torres 14 Yd pass from Tucker Gleason (Dylan Cunanan Kick)
Week 6 · Miami (OH) · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Anthony Torres 1 Yd pass from Tucker Gleason (Dylan Cunanan Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-10vs Duquesne	3	39	13.0	1	14
Wk 2	W 38-23vs Massachusetts	1	7	7.0	1	7
Wk 3	W 41-17@ Mississippi State	3	34	11.3	0	16
Wk 4	L 21-26@ Western Kentucky	3	27	9.0	2	14	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 30-20vs Miami (OH)	2	1	0.5	1	1
Wk 7	L 15-30@ Buffalo	2	27	13.5	0	19
Wk 8	W 13-6@ Northern Illinois	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	L 26-41vs Bowling Green	2	14	7.0	0	8
Wk 10	W 29-28@ Eastern Michigan	1	78	78.0	1	78
Wk 12	W 37-10vs Central Michigan	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	L 7-24vs Ohio	2	39	19.5	1	23
Wk 14	L 14-21@ Akron	6	82	13.7	1	24	Season-high 82 yds
Bowl	W 48-46vs Pittsburgh	4	42	10.5	1	27
Total		31	404	15.2	9	78

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology