#81

Austin Stogner

Senior tight end for Oklahoma. 2023: 17 catches, 196 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Oklahoma · Sr. · #81

6′6″ · 255 lb · Plano, TX

CFB Index 37 · #110 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceOklahoma 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 121 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Oklahoma. 2023: 17 catches, 196 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2019.
Transferred from South Carolina to Oklahoma in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oklahoma, 1,085 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20196 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Prestonwood Christian

20207 games

All-Big 12second

202210 games

Entered the portal

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#121 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

2021

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

era →

2022–2023

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Lincoln Riley, Bob Stoops, and Brent Venables. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #110 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#324 / 639 · 49th pct

0.75

Yards / catch#326 / 639 · 49th pct

12.1

TD rate#380 / 639 · 40th pct

4.3%

Explosive rate#476 / 639 · 25th pct

8.7%

Catch rate#544 / 639 · 15th pct

69.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#71 / 160 · 55th pct

11.5

Long catch#78 / 160 · 51st pct

Rec yards#105 / 160 · 34th pct

196

Receptions#111 / 160 · 30th pct

Rec TDs#108 / 160 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

32nd → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

58th → 25th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 15th percentile

TD rate

29th → 40th percentile

Yards / catch

41st → 49th 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	25.0	12.1	0.2
Road6g	1.3	11.8	9.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	12.2	9.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	22.5	11.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #110 of 137 TEs

Former four-star. Now #110 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oklahoma	17	196	11.5	1	--
2022	South Carolina	20	235	11.8	1	--
2021	Oklahoma	14	166	11.9	3	--
2020	Oklahoma	26	422	16.2	3	--
2019	Oklahoma	7	66	9.4	2	--
Career		84	1,085	12.9	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 34–30

at Texas

3 rec · 24 yds

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 285 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.8 · 113 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · J. Farooq — 13 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Iowa State · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 19 yds to the ISU 32
Week 11 · West Virginia · 4&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 8 yds to the WVU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · West Virginia · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.43Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 23 yds to the WVU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · West Virginia · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 3 yds for a TD (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 6 · Texas · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.45Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 8 yds to the OU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.43Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 35 yds to the WVU 17 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · BYU · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.30Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 10 yds to the BYU 5 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · TCU · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.22Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 18 yds to the TCU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kansas · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.17Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 12 yds to the KU 9 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Oklahoma State · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +1.13Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Austin Stogner for 10 yds to the OKST 30

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 28-11vs SMU	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 3	W 66-17@ Tulsa	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 4	W 20-6@ Cincinnati	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 5	W 50-20vs Iowa State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 6	W 34-30@ Texas	3	24	8.0	0	11
Wk 8	W 31-29vs UCF	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 9	L 33-38@ Kansas	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 10	L 24-27@ Oklahoma State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 11	W 59-20vs West Virginia	4	69	17.3	1	35	Season-high 69 yds
Wk 12	W 31-24@ BYU	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 69-45vs TCU	2	26	13.0	0	18
Total		17	196	10.5	1	35

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

Austin Stogner

20196 games

20207 games

202210 games

202311 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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