Boden Groen

#88 · TE · Sr. · Kansas6′4″ · 240 lb · Santa Ana, CA

Boden Groen is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kansas.

Groen shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 84 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 5, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Zach AtkinsColorado · 2025 · 87% season match
Drew BiberPurdue · 2024 · 84% season match
Dalton KincaidUtah · 2021 · 82% season match
Brayden WillisOklahoma · 2022 · 81% season match
R.J. MarylandSMU · 2023 · 81% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Kansas	36	450	12.5	5	46
2024	Rice	12	94	7.8	0	21
2023	Rice	39	383	9.8	3	31
2022	Rice	9	79	8.8	0	16
Career		96	1,006	10.5	8	46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 9 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	12.5	5	46

Signature game

Week 7 · 2025

L 17-42

at Texas Tech

13 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD

With J. Daniels — 228 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.5 · F. Lappin — 43.8 yards per punt · 8 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +3.96Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 24 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 6 · UCF · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.95Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 46 yds to the UCF 23 for a
Week 13 · Iowa State · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.98Ballard to Groen: a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Wagner · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 26 yds to the WAG 39 for a
Week 10 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Daniels to Groen: a 3-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Missouri · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 24 yds to the MIZ 18 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · West Virginia · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Daniels to Groen: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Arizona · 3rd and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Daniels to Groen: a 20-yard pass.
Week 13 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Daniels to Groen: a 34-yard pass.
Week 5 · Cincinnati · 2nd and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.18Jalon Daniels pass complete to Boden Groen for 24 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

36 rec · 450 yds · 5 TD

32 of 36 receptions matched to play-by-play

21 of 45 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4514% of team targets

Catch rate

71%32 of 45 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

10% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air -2.0 · YAC 9.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

67% of targets (14)

50%catch rate

Air 4.6 · YAC 6.1 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of targets (4)

0%catch rate

Air 11.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

5% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air 23.0 · YAC 11.0 avg

71% catch rate on 45 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

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

2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren and Pete Alamar · Pass-leaning

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 68 (#18 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

68Quality starter #18 of 156 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Pass share

45.1%

344 pass / 419 run

Plays / game

63.6

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

371 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

36 catches in 11 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

68 · #18 of 156 TEs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).