Caden Prieskorn

#86 · TE · Sr. · Ole Miss6′5″ · 255 lb · Lake Orion, MI

Caden Prieskorn: TE · Ole Miss · #86.

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Caden Prieskorn

TE · Ole Miss · Sr · #86

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. All-SEC in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 77 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Furman — Week 1, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Ole Miss in the news

Texas LT Trevor Goosby out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 25
Four-star TE commits to Ole MissOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	27	401	14.9	3	46
2023	Ole Miss	30	449	15.0	4	37
2022	Memphis	48	602	12.5	7	48
2021	Memphis	4	46	11.5	0	20
2020	Memphis	3	33	11.0	0	16
Career		112	1,531	13.7	14	48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	3	77	25.7	1	46
Wk 2	W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee	3	48	16.0	0	19
Wk 3	W 40-6@ Wake Forest	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 52-13vs Georgia Southern	2	8	4.0	0	9
Wk 5	L 17-20vs Kentucky	1	42	42.0	0	42
Wk 6	W 27-3@ South Carolina	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 7	L 26-29@ No. 13 LSU	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	5	71	14.2	1	24
Wk 11	W 28-10vs No. 2 Georgia	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Florida	2	22	11.0	0	12
Wk 14	W 26-14vs Mississippi State	4	53	13.3	1	21
Bowl	W 52-20vs Duke	3	26	8.7	0	18
Total		27	401	14.9	3	46

Signature game

Week 9 · 2024

W 26-14

vs Oklahoma

5 rec · 71 yds · 1 TD

With J. Dart — 311 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.8 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 53 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Kentucky · 4th and 11 · Q4 · EPA +4.37Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 42 yds to the UK 34 for a
Week 1 · Furman · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 46 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 14 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Dart to Prieskorn: a 19-yard pass.
Week 9 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 24 yds for a TD (Caden Davis PAT MISSED)
Week 14 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 21 yds to the MISS 41 for a
Week 7 · LSU · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 9 yds to the LSU 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Furman · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.34Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 25 yds to the FUR 35 for a
Week 1 · Duke · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.08Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 18 yds to the DUKE 32 for a
Week 14 · Mississippi State · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 4 yds to the MSST 36 for a
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +1.99Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 19 yds to the MISS 36 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Memphis8-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Memphis6-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2022Memphis7-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 53 (#38 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

53Rotational starter #38 of 135 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: long catch (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#133 / 610 · 78th pct

14.7

EPA / target#163 / 610 · 73rd pct

1.07

Explosive rate#165 / 610 · 73rd pct

19.4%

TD rate#288 / 610 · 53rd pct

6.5%

Catch rate#455 / 610 · 25th pct

83.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#12 / 168 · 93rd pct

14.9

Long catch#32 / 168 · 81st pct

Rec yards#35 / 168 · 79th pct

401

Receptions#56 / 168 · 65th pct

Rec TDs#47 / 168 · 65th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 73rd percentile

Catch rate

64th → 25th percentile

TD rate

72nd → 53rd percentile

Yards / catch

84th → 78th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	46.4	20.2	0.4
Road4g	1.2	12.5	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	1.9	28.6	15.6	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	43.0	16.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Pass share

47.6%

433 pass / 477 run

Plays / game

70.0

13 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

474 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

27 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

53 · #38 of 135 TEs · 2024

Caden Prieskorn

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Ole Miss in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

27 catches in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2022 13 games

2023 8 games

2024 12 games