#86

Caden Prieskorn

Former tight end at Ole Miss. 2024: 27 catches, 401 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Ole Miss · Sr. · #86

6′5″ · 255 lb · Lake Orion, MI

CFB Index 53 · #38 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceOle Miss 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former tight end at Ole Miss. 2024: 27 catches, 401 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Transferred from Memphis to Ole Miss in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 1,531 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 136 yds at Penn State.Penn State · W 38-252023

202213 games

All-AACsecond

20238 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

202412 games

All-SEC

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #38 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.8	43.9	18.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #38 of 135 TEs

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 28–10

vs Georgia

1 rec · 26 yds

With J. Dart — 199 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 54 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Kentucky · 4&11 · Q4 · EPA +4.37Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 42 yds to the UK 34 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Furman · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 46 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
Week 14 · Mississippi State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Caden Prieskorn 19 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 9 · Oklahoma · 1&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 · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 21 yds to the MISS 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · LSU · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 9 yds to the LSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Furman · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.34Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 25 yds to the FUR 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Duke · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.08Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 18 yds to the DUKE 32 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Mississippi State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 4 yds to the MSST 36 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +1.99Jaxson Dart pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 19 yds to the MISS 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	3	77	25.7	1	46	Season-high 77 yds
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@ LSU	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	5	71	14.2	1	24
Wk 11	W 28-10vs 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	15.7	3	46

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