Brayden Willis

#9 · TE · Sr. · Oklahoma6′4″ · 239 lb · Arlington, TX · Martin

Brayden Willis: TE · Oklahoma · #9.

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Brayden Willis

TE · Oklahoma · Sr · #9

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Oklahoma. First career honor, 2022: All-Big 12. On tape: 102 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Kansas, Week 7, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Oklahoma in the news

Witten named Oklahoma OCFOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
Venables admits team embarrassingNov 3
South Carolina DB, RB out for Oklahoma gameOn3 Oct 29
Oklahoma player dies from injuryABC News Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Oklahoma	39	514	13.2	7	78
2021	Oklahoma	15	177	11.8	2	28
2020	Oklahoma	9	110	12.2	1	21
2019	Oklahoma	11	168	15.3	3	25
2018	Oklahoma	1	29	29.0	0	29
Career		75	998	13.3	13	78

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-13vs UTEP	3	40	13.3	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 33-3vs Kent State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 49-14@ Nebraska	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 4	L 34-41vs Kansas State	5	41	8.2	2	16	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 24-55@ TCU	2	81	40.5	0	78
Wk 6	L 0-49vs Texas	2	25	12.5	0	16
Wk 7	W 52-42vs No. 19 Kansas	5	102	20.4	1	38	Season-high 102 yds
Wk 9	W 27-13@ Iowa State	2	8	4.0	0	5
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Baylor	3	27	9.0	0	19
Wk 12	W 28-13vs No. 24 Oklahoma State	3	35	11.7	0	16
Wk 13	L 48-51@ Texas Tech	7	74	10.6	2	37	2 TD catches
Bowl	L 32-35vs No. 13 Florida State	4	58	14.5	0	31
Total		39	514	13.2	7	78

Signature game

Week 4 · 2022

L 34-41

vs Kansas State

5 rec · 41 yds · 2 TD

With D. Gabriel — 330 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.1 · 61 rush yds (7 car) · M. Turk — 51.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · TCU · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +6.32Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 78 yds to the TCU 1 for a
Week 12 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −4.40Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 16 yds Brayden Willis fumbled, forced by Jabbar Muhammad, recovered by OKSt Jason Taylor II
Week 1 · Florida State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 31 yds to the FlaSt 40 for a
Week 7 · Kansas · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Gabriel to Willis: a 26-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · UTEP · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 28 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 7 · Kansas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 38 yds to the Kans 30 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Kansas State · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 10 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 3 · Nebraska · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Willis to Major: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · UTEP · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 6 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 5 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)

Teams and coaches

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

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

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

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 70 (#11 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

70Quality starter #11 of 132 · 2022?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (88th percentile). Strength: long catch (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#80 / 636 · 88th pct

12.2%

Yards / catch#223 / 636 · 65th pct

13.2

EPA / target#224 / 636 · 65th pct

0.80

Catch rate#343 / 636 · 46th pct

77.6%

Explosive rate#345 / 636 · 46th pct

12.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#1 / 158 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#5 / 158 · 96th pct

Rec yards#12 / 158 · 93rd pct

514

Receptions#17 / 158 · 89th pct

Rush yards#6 / 35 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#34 / 158 · 78th pct

13.2

Rush TDs#7 / 35 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#12 / 35 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

58th → 65th percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 46th percentile

Catch rate

51st → 46th percentile

TD rate

93rd → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

38th → 65th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	41.5	11.1	0.8
Road4g	3.2	45.5	16.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.0	46.2	15.4	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	36.0	8.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

Pass share

41.6%

406 pass / 569 run

Plays / game

75.0

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

410 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

70 · #11 of 132 TEs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #11 at the position.

Brayden Willis

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Style of play

Fans

Oklahoma in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at Oklahoma, drafted

2018

2022 12 games

2023