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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / Brandon Frazier /Auburn

Brandon Frazier

TE · Auburn · Sr · #87

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

97 REC YDS · 13 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Auburn for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Auburn for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · Auburn

Returning around him

  • 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 5 Auburn players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -1 net (38 in / 39 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Auburn · Last season: 5-7 (AP #22) · Talent rank #13 · 2026 recruiting class #8

TE · AUBURN · SEC

Brandon Frazier

  • 4
  • #87
  • 6-7 | 267 lb
  • Mckinney, TX

CFB Zeitgeist Score

6

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by receptions at the 9th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#2179

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP TE AWARD

Mackey

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
19.02022
73.02023
16.02024
97.02025

+411%

Up 411% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#341 national
CFB
College
Auburn
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionTE
Class4
Jersey87
Measurements6-7 | 267 lb
HometownMckinney, TX
Primary teamAuburn

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 341 recruit
Composite rating 0.8975 HighSchool
Signed with Auburn 2020
Origin McKinney North McKinney, TX, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 4-star | 0.8975 No. 341 recruit | HighSchool | Auburn

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#2179Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2660Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Auburn

Composite

0.8975

#341 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Brandon Frazier

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Brandon Frazier

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 6g
97Rec yards
13Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
16.2Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
210.2Rec yards
28Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 97): needs 86.1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 97): needs 129/game over remaining 7.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 13): needs 6.7/game over remaining 7.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 13): needs 9.6/game over remaining 7.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.4/game over remaining 7.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Brandon Frazier's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Auburn, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #2179 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.3% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 341 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

TE season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 13 0 rec TD | #154/475 (68th pct)
Receiving yards 97 7.5 per catch | #196/475 (59th pct)
Scrimmage yards 97 Total offensive yardage | #196/475 (59th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
13 68th
YDS
97 59th
YPR
7.5 26th
TD
0 46th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 38-24@ Baylor2157.509
Wk 5L 10-16@ Texas A&M5285.6014Season-high 28 yds
Wk 7L 10-20vs Georgia177.007
Wk 9W 33-24@ Arkansas2126.008
Wk 10L 3-10vs Kentucky2168.008
Wk 14L 20-27vs Alabama11919.0019
Total13978.8019
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy
2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Auburn13977.50--
2024Auburn11616.00--
2023Auburn77310.42--
2022Auburn2199.50--
Career4 loaded seasons232058.92--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.

Role share

A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 4.3% 9.2% pass-game share | #110/468 (77th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #257/475 (46th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 13 #154/475 68th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving yards 97 #196/475 59th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #257/475 46th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Yards / catch 7.5 #354/475 26th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Usage Pass share 9.2% #110/468 77th pct Air-game usagevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving LONG 19 #267/475 44th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.3% #32/468 93rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Passing-down usage 7.6% #58/468 88th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS TE
Usage Role share 4.3% #113/468 76th pct Share of team offensevs FBS TE
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.6% #218/468 54th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Standard-down usage 2.9% #228/468 51st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS TE
Usage 1st-down usage 2.1% #303/468 35th pct Early-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Rush share 0.0% #58/468 88th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS TE

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home3g1.314.011.30.0
Road3g3.018.36.40.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g2.013.56.80.0
Losses4g2.217.59.90.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-73g2.716.76.70.0
Weeks 8+3g1.715.711.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

6Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec yards (3rd).

Receptions#154 / 175 · 9th pct
13rece
Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#162 / 175 · 6th pct
19rece
Yards / catch#166 / 175 · 5th pct
7.5rece
Rec yards#169 / 175 · 4th pct
97rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · TE · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 5 metrics
Brandon FrazierAuburnBryce CaufieldOregon State· 65% simHayden HansenFlorida· 60% simTyler FortenberryArkansas State· 56% sim
Receptions
9
Frazier
66
Caufield
69
Hansen
75
Fortenberry
Rec TDs
7
Frazier
21
Caufield
43
Hansen
43
Fortenberry
Long catch
6
Frazier
39
Caufield
32
Hansen
32
Fortenberry
Yards / catch
5
Frazier
7
Caufield
16
Hansen
26
Fortenberry
Rec yards
4
Frazier
44
Caufield
54
Hansen
58
Fortenberry

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Complete TE

Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.

TE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trey Miller’s 2025 season.

Trey Miller

60%match

Louisiana · 2025

#2

Travis Vokolek

Nebraska · 2021

67%
#3

Luke Ford

Illinois · 2022

60%
#4

Caden Jensen

Louisiana · 2025

55%
#5

Hayden Hansen

Florida · 2025

53%

Matches Trey on

Reception volume
Class year
Yards / reception

Differs from Trey on

EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Total EPA (college ability) (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Maliq Carr's graduate season at Houston (2024).

Maliq Carr

64%match

Houston · 2024

#2

Drake Dabney

TCU · 2024

59%
#3

Ben Yurosek

Georgia · 2024

46%
#4

Dan Villari

Syracuse · 2025

38%
#5

Jake Overman

Pittsburgh · 2025

37%

Matches Maliq on

Height
Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Maliq on

EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Yards / reception (lower)
TD rate (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

44.7%

360 pass / 445 run

Plays / game

67.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

13.3%

308 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Cadillac Williams
Auburn
2023
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
era →
2024
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
2025
Hugh Freeze
Auburn

Coaching transition mid-career: Cadillac Williams → Hugh Freeze. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownMckinney, TX
Height6'7"
Weight267 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey87

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Auburn TE4 #2179 #2660 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Auburn TE4 #1431 #1543 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Auburn TE4 #3094 #3212 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC
2021 Auburn TE4 #3161 #2961 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Auburn SEC TE 4 No. 87 | 6-7 | 267 lb | Mckinney, TX
2024 Auburn SEC TE 4 No. 87 | 6-7 | 267 lb | Mckinney, TX
2023 Auburn SEC TE 4 No. 87 | 6-7 | 267 lb | Mckinney, TX
2022 Auburn SEC TE 4 No. 87 | 6-7 | 267 lb | Mckinney, TX
2021 Auburn SEC TE 4 No. 87 | 6-7 | 267 lb | Mckinney, TX