#88

Brevyn Spann-Ford

Senior tight end for Minnesota. 2023: 25 catches, 239 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Minnesota · Sr. · #88

6′7″ · 270 lb · Saint Cloud, MN

CFB Index 44 · #82 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceMinnesota 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 805 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Minnesota. 2023: 25 catches, 239 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Minnesota, 1,061 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of St. Cloud Technical

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#805 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 38-21 over that span.

2019Minnesota11-2HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2020Minnesota3-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #82 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#132 / 639 · 79th pct

91.7%

TD rate#195 / 639 · 69th pct

8.3%

Explosive rate#211 / 639 · 66th pct

16.7%

EPA / target#371 / 639 · 42nd pct

0.68

Yards / catch#543 / 639 · 15th pct

9.1

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#61 / 160 · 61st pct

Rec yards#88 / 160 · 45th pct

239

Rec TDs#75 / 160 · 43rd pct

Long catch#101 / 160 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#122 / 160 · 23rd pct

9.6

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

46th → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 66th percentile

Catch rate

69th → 79th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

48th → 15th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	23.9	8.8	0.1
Road3g	3.0	24.0	6.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	11.0	3.5	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	43.2	14.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #82 of 137 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Minnesota	25	239	9.6	2	--
2022	Minnesota	42	497	11.8	2	--
2021	Minnesota	23	296	12.9	1	--
2020	Minnesota	1	4	4.0	1	--
2019	Minnesota	4	25	6.2	1	--
Career		95	1,061	11.2	7	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Illinois · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.00Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 31 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)
Week 11 · Purdue · 2&24 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 22 yds to the PUR 43
Week 11 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 20 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)
Week 13 · Wisconsin · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.04Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 8 yds to the MINN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.70Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 20 yds to the ILL 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.12Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 9 yds to the NEB 42
Week 11 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.04Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 8 yds to the MINN 43
Week 11 · Purdue · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +0.89Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 8 yds to the MINN 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Nebraska · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.74Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 15 yds to the NEB 13 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Purdue · 1&5 · Q4 · EPA -0.61Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Brevyn Spann-Ford for 1 yd to the PUR 33

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 13-10vs Nebraska	5	45	9.0	0	15
Wk 2	W 25-6vs Eastern Michigan	2	5	2.5	0	4
Wk 3	L 13-31@ North Carolina	2	6	3.0	0	4
Wk 4	L 34-37@ Northwestern	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 5	W 35-24vs Louisiana	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 6	L 10-52vs Michigan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 9	W 27-12vs Michigan State	2	43	21.5	0	30
Wk 10	L 26-27vs Illinois	3	58	19.3	1	31
Wk 11	L 30-49@ Purdue	5	59	11.8	1	22	Season-high 59 yds
Wk 13	L 14-28vs Wisconsin	2	13	6.5	0	8
Total		25	239	8.0	2	31

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

Brevyn Spann-Ford

2018

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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