Senior tight end for Colorado. 2022: 20 catches, 153 receiving yards.
6′3″ · 250 lb · Fort Collins, CO
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 story
4 tight end for Colorado. 2022: 20 catches, 153 receiving yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearBrady Russell
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Five seasons at Colorado, four different head coaches: Kurt Roper, Mel Tucker, Karl Dorrell and Mike Sanford Jr.. The receipt on tape: 39 rec yds, 4 receptions against Utah, Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado, 776 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Kurt Roper, Mel Tucker, Karl Dorrell, and Mike Sanford Jr.. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (2nd 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).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 24.6 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.5 | 26.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 16.8 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-38vs TCU | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-45vs UCLA | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-42@ Oregon State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42vs Arizona State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-49vs Oregon | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-55@ USC | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-54@ Washington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-63vs Utah | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Total | 20 | 153 | 6.9 | 0 | 14 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Tristen Tewes’s 2021 season.
Matches Tristen on
Differs from Tristen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyneil Hopper's graduate season at Boise State (2022).
Matches Tyneil on
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Player DNA