Senior tight end for Eastern Michigan. 2021: 20 catches, 272 receiving yards, 3 TD.
6′2″ · 242 lb · Columbia, SC
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 story
4 tight end for Eastern Michigan. 2021: 20 catches, 272 receiving yards, 3 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearBryson Cannon
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Third year in the Eastern Michigan receiving corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 56 rec yds, 2 receptions against Bowling Green — Week 8, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Eastern Michigan, 659 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 15-17 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (86th 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).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 24.0 | 7.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 29.6 | 24.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 24.1 | 14.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 37.5 | 23.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 20 | 272 | 13.6 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 178 | 19.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 19 | 209 | 11.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 48 | 659 | 13.7 | 7 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 35–15
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-15vs Saint Francis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-34@ Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-28@ Massachusetts | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-21vs Texas State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-27@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 6 | W 13-12vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-38vs Ball State | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-24@ Bowling Green | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | 31 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Central Michigan | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | 18 | 244 | 16.8 | 3 | 42 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Juan Rodriguez’s 2021 season.
Matches Juan on
Differs from Juan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Damous's junior season at UAB (2023).
Matches Bryce on
Player DNA