#88

Boden Groen

Senior tight end for Kansas. 2025: 36 catches, 450 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Kansas · Sr. · #88

6′4″ · 240 lb · Santa Ana, CA

CFB Index 68 · #18 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Kansas for 2026

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Explosive rate: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

450

receiving yards · 2025

36 catches · 5 TD · 12.5 per catch

Statement game13 rec · 76 yds · 1 TDat Texas Tech (FBS) · L 17-42

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Kansas. 2025: 36 catches, 450 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed with Rice in 2022.
Transferred from Rice to Kansas in 2025.

His career, year by year

Boden Groen

TE · Kansas · Sr · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Boden Groen has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 84 rec yds, 5 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning

2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #18 of 156?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#12 / 798 · 99th pct

24.4%

EPA / target#162 / 798 · 80th pct

0.62

TD rate#160 / 798 · 80th pct

4.9%

Catch rate#196 / 798 · 76th pct

75.6%

Yards / catch#285 / 798 · 64th pct

12.7

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#14 / 175 · 89th pct

Rec yards#23 / 175 · 87th pct

450

Receptions#29 / 175 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#38 / 175 · 77th pct

12.5

Long catch#43 / 175 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

22%9 of his 41 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	28.2	10.7	0.5
Road5g	4.6	56.2	19.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	44.3	16.4	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	35.0	11.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #18 of 156 TEs

Unranked recruit. Now #18 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #7 of 19 Big 12 TEs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	36	450	12.5	5	--
2024	Rice	12	94	7.8	0	--
2023	Rice	39	383	9.8	3	--
2022	Rice	9	79	8.8	0	--
Career		96	1,006	10.5	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 46–7

vs Wagner

2 rec · 53 yds

Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.

With J. Daniels — 280 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · T. Nagy — 2 rec · 20 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Texas Tech · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.96Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 24 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 6 · UCF · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.95Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 46 yds to the UCF 23 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Iowa State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.98Boden Groen 21 Yd pass from Cole Ballard (Laith Marjan Kick)
Week 1 · Wagner · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 26 yds to the WAG 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Oklahoma State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62(10:23) Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete short middle to #88 B.Groen caught at OSU00, for 3 yards to the OSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:19 #99 L.Marjan kick attempt good (H: #37 G.Addison, LS: #51 E.Duggar)
Week 2 · Missouri · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 24 yds to the MIZ 18 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · West Virginia · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Boden Groen 7 Yd pass from Jalon Daniels (Laith Marjan Kick)
Week 11 · Arizona · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.52(07:53) Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete short left to #88 B.Groen caught at KAN40, for 20 yards to the ARIZ49 (#2 T.Stukes; #43 D.Johnson), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.19(08:41) Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete deep right to #88 B.Groen caught at ISU39, for 34 yards to the ISU28 (#29 D.Surges), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Cincinnati · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.18Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 24 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Fresno State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 1	W 46-7vs Wagner	2	53	26.5	0	27
Wk 2	L 31-42@ Missouri	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 4	W 41-10vs West Virginia	1	7	7.0	1	7
Wk 5	L 34-37vs Cincinnati	5	84	16.8	1	24	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 6	W 27-20@ UCF	2	63	31.5	0	46
Wk 7	L 17-42@ Texas Tech	13	76	5.8	1	24
Wk 9	L 17-42vs Kansas State	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 10	W 38-21vs Oklahoma State	2	5	2.5	1	3
Wk 11	L 20-24@ Arizona	2	42	21.0	0	22
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Iowa State	5	76	15.2	1	34
Total		36	450	14.7	5	46

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

Boden Groen

20226 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

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Awards

Rotational

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Signature game

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