#88

Bruin Fleischmann

Senior tight end for Air Force. 2025: 21 catches, 370 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Air Force · Sr. · #88

6′5″ · 235 lb · Pocatello, ID

CFB Index 57 · #51 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Air Force for 2026

How he plays

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.

TD rate: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

370

receiving yards · 2025

21 catches · 6 TD · 17.6 per catch

Backed by 6 rec · 166 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game.

Swing playSwung Air Force from 45% to 68% to win.Air Force at Colorado State · 42-21

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Air Force. 2025: 21 catches, 370 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Air Force in 2022.

His career, year by year

Bruin Fleischmann

TE · Air Force · Sr · #88

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Air Force behind him. 2025 brought the first one: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 166 rec yds, 6 receptions against Navy — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recruiting profile
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Troy Calhoun, all run-heavy offenses — 9-15 over that span.

2024Air Force5-7HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #51 of 156?

Medium-low confidenceAscending10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (100th percentile). Strength: epa / target (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#3 / 798 · 100th pct

14.8%

EPA / target#13 / 798 · 98th pct

1.01

Yards / catch#65 / 798 · 92nd pct

16.3

Catch rate#319 / 798 · 60th pct

70.4%

Explosive rate#343 / 798 · 56th pct

11.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#2 / 175 · 99th pct

17.6

Rec TDs#6 / 175 · 95th pct

Long catch#10 / 175 · 95th pct

Rec yards#48 / 175 · 73rd pct

370

Receptions#93 / 175 · 45th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

30%8 of his 27 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.2	11.4	9.5	0.4
Road6g	2.5	52.2	17.7	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	40.7	12.1	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	25.2	16.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #51 of 156 TEs

Two-star recruit. Now #51 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #4 of 11 Mountain West TEs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	21	370	17.6	6	--
2024	Air Force	5	104	20.8	0	--
Career		26	474	18.2	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 49–13

vs Bucknell

1 rec · 7 yds

Dominant 36-point win at home against Bucknell.

With C. Harris — 66 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · J. Johnson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Colorado State · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +6.44(09:59) #11 J.Johnson pass complete short right to #88 B.Fleischmann caught at CSU49, for 55 yards to the CSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:50, 1ST DOWN #96 R.Tubbs kick attempt good (H: #97 L.Freer, LS: #49 K.Chesney)
Week 6 · Navy · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.31Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 68 yds to the NAVY 13 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Navy · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +3.33Kemper Hodges pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 37 yds to the NAVY 13 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Navy · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 18 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 10 · Army · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.99(07:27) Shotgun #9 L.Szarka pass complete short left to #88 B.Fleischmann caught at Army48, for 21 yards to the Army44 (#17 J.Hammond), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · UNLV · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 18 yds to the UNLV 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UNLV · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.86Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 17 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 14 · Colorado State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.82(09:14) #11 J.Johnson pass complete short right to #88 B.Fleischmann caught at CSU00, for 6 yards to the CSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:09 #96 R.Tubbs kick attempt good (H: #97 L.Freer, LS: #49 K.Chesney)
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 5 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 4 · Boise State · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Liam Szarka pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 5 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Bucknell	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	L 30-49@ Utah State	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 4	L 37-49vs Boise State	1	5	5.0	1	5
Wk 5	L 35-44vs Hawai'i	2	19	9.5	1	14
Wk 6	L 31-34@ Navy	6	166	27.7	1	68	Season-high 166 yds
Wk 7	L 48-51@ UNLV	2	35	17.5	1	18
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Wyoming	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 10	L 17-20vs Army	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 11	W 26-16@ San José State	2	29	14.5	0	18
Wk 12	L 16-26@ UConn	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 14	W 42-21@ Colorado State	2	61	30.5	2	55	2 TD catches
Total		21	370	14.0	6	68

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

Bruin Fleischmann

2022

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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