USC · L 30-49
No catches.
UAB · W 21-14
No catches.
Louisiana Tech · L 31-32
No catches.
Southern Miss · L 31-35
3 catches, 55 yards
The other 4 games average 28 yards. This one was 26 above.
Jensen has catches in 5 of Louisiana’s 8 games: none against USC, UAB and Louisiana Tech.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Caden Jensen
A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at Louisiana since. One game to point at: 77 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Lamar — Week 1, 2026.
169 receiving yards · 14 catches · 0 receiving TD
Play style
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against Southern Miss on Oct. 24: 3 catches for 55 yards, 1 of 3 on third and fourth down. In the 6 games drawn here: 14 catches for 169 yards. Louisiana has thrown to him 19 times in 166 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 8): 55 receiving yards, 3 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-7vs Lamar | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 34-7@ Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-20vs Arkansas State | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-32@ Louisiana Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-6vs Troy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-35@ Southern Miss | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 25 | |
| Total | 14 | 169 | 12.1 | 0 | 25 |
Week 1 · 2026
W 38-7
vs Lamar
5 rec · 77 yds
Dominant 31-point win at home against Lamar.
With L. Winfield — 189 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · 84 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · M. Golding — 43 yards per punt · 2 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
513th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to -3 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
1910% of team targetsCatch rate
74%14 of 19 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
74% catch rate on 19 targets · 10% of the team's targets.
3 seasons under Michael Desormeaux — 21-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 37.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 19.3 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 22.8 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 55.0 | 18.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
35.1%
207 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
73.6
8 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
223 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #76 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #6 of 16 Sun Belt TEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 2,149 recruit in the country is starting at tight end in the Sun Belt as a redshirt junior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Michael Desormeaux.
