Senior tight end for Utah State. 2025: 19 catches, 218 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 240 lb · Gilbert, AZ
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 numbers
receiving yards · 2025
19 catches · 2 TD · 11.5 per catch
Best game: 7 rec, 98 yds, at Vanderbilt
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Utah State. 2025: 19 catches, 218 receiving yards, 2 TD.
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
TD rate: 67th percentile.
The full scouting readBroc Lane
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Broc Lane has been at Utah State through four head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 98 rec yds, 7 receptions against Vanderbilt, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Frank Maile, Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long catch (84th percentile). Concern: epa / target (8th 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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 24.0 | 20.3 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 36.5 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 49.0 | 19.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 19 | 218 | 11.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 19 | 197 | 10.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Utah State | 20 | 204 | 10.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Utah State | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Utah State | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 66 | 667 | 10.1 | 6 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-16vs UTEP | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 2 | L 22-44@ Texas A&M | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-55@ Vanderbilt | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 98 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 26-44@ Hawai'i | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-25vs San José State | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Nevada | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-29@ UNLV | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 19 | 218 | 12.4 | 2 | 52 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Utah State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Utah State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Austin Hence’s 2023 season.
Matches Austin on
Differs from Austin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jake Overman's graduate season at Pittsburgh (2025).
Matches Jake on
Differs from Jake on
Player DNA
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