Senior wide receiver for Ohio. 2025: 12 catches, 162 receiving yards.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Lewis Center, OH
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 numbers
receiving yards · 2025
12 catches · 13.5 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 17 yds, vs West Virginia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Ohio. 2025: 12 catches, 162 receiving yards.
Caleb Gossett
Moves the chains on third down. Caleb Gossett has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Ohio. One game to point at: 35 rec yds, 1 receptions against Eastern Michigan — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tim Albin → Brian Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / target (12th 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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 19.2 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Hauser
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #36 of 38 Mid-American WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 52–35
vs Gardner-Webb
1 rec · 15 yds
Edged out Gardner-Webb at home in a shootout.
With P. Navarro — 290 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 72 rush yds (9 car) · C. Hendricks — 8 rec · 144 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-34@ Rutgers | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs West Virginia | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-37@ Ohio State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-35vs Gardner-Webb | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs Bowling Green | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-21vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-21@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 | Season-high 35 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 13-17@ Western Michigan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-26@ Buffalo | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 12 | 162 | 15.5 | 0 | 35 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ohio
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Ohio
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #129 · 2026 recruiting class #107
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Quaterrius Tolbert’s 2022 season.
Matches Quaterrius on
Differs from Quaterrius on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Josh Pederson’s path through UL Monroe.
Matches Josh on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Blaine Green's sophomore season at Oklahoma State (2023).
Matches Blaine on
Differs from Blaine on
Player DNA
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