Brayden Willis

Former tight end at Oklahoma. 2022: 39 catches, 514 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Oklahoma · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 239 lb · Arlington, TX

CFB Index 70 · #11 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Francisco — drafted 2023, Rd 7, Pick 30, #247 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1381 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Oklahoma. 2022: 39 catches, 514 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2018.
Drafted round 7 by the San Francisco in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oklahoma, 998 receiving yards — drafted at #247 overall by San Francisco.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Oklahoma3-star out of Martin

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big 12second

2023

Drafted by San Franciscoround 7, pick 247

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1381 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #247

San Francisco · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2020

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

2021

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

era →

2022

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Lincoln Riley, Bob Stoops, and Brent Venables. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season

#247Rd 7 · Pick 30

San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

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

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #11 of 132?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.1	39.1	11.3	0.7
Road5g	3.4	48.0	15.8	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #11 of 132 TEs

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

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 28–13

vs Oklahoma State

3 rec · 35 yds

With M. Turk — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 67 LONG · D. Gabriel — 259 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.9 · 30 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · TCU · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +6.32Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 78 yds to the TCU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Oklahoma State · 1&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 · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 31 yds to the FlaSt 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kansas · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Brayden Willis 26 Yd pass from Dillon Gabriel (Zach Schmit Kick)
Week 1 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 28 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 7 · Kansas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 38 yds to the Kans 30 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Kansas State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 10 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 3 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Marcus Major 24 Yd pass from Brayden Willis (Zach Schmit Kick)
Week 1 · UTEP · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 6 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brayden Willis for 5 yds for a TD, (Zach Schmit KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 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 32-35@ Florida State	4	58	14.5	0	31
Total		39	514	13.2	7	78

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

Brayden Willis

2018

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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