#81

Cameron Latu

Former tight end at Alabama. 2022: 30 catches, 377 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Alabama · Sr. · #81

6′5″ · 244 lb · Salt Lake City, UT

CFB Index 56 · #40 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceSan Francisco — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 38, #101 overall

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 131 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Alabama. 2022: 30 catches, 377 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2018.
Drafted round 3 by the San Francisco in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Alabama, 787 receiving yards — drafted at #101 overall by San Francisco.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2018

Signed with Alabama4-star out of Olympus

202210 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

2023

Drafted by San Franciscoround 3, pick 101

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#131 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #101

San Francisco · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2019

Nick Saban

Alabama

2021–2022

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season

#101Rd 3 · Pick 38

San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Nick Saban — 49-7 over that span.

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #40 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#200 / 636 · 68th pct

8.7%

Yards / catch#285 / 636 · 55th pct

12.5

Explosive rate#310 / 636 · 51st pct

13.0%

EPA / target#484 / 636 · 24th pct

0.45

Catch rate#570 / 636 · 10th pct

63.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#39 / 158 · 76th pct

377

Rec TDs#29 / 158 · 76th pct

Receptions#41 / 158 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#48 / 158 · 70th pct

12.6

Long catch#61 / 158 · 60th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

91st → 24th percentile

Explosive rate

87th → 51st percentile

Catch rate

34th → 10th percentile

TD rate

99th → 68th percentile

Yards / catch

80th → 55th 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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	23.4	13.0	0.2
Road5g	4.2	52.0	12.4	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	43.3	11.5	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	29.2	14.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #40 of 132 TEs

Former four-star. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Alabama	30	377	12.6	4	--
2021	Alabama	26	410	15.8	8	--
2019	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
Career		56	787	14.1	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 20–19

at Texas

4 rec · 28 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With B. Young — 213 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.1 · 38 rush yds (7 car) · J. Burnip — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Texas · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 14 yds to the Alab 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Jalen Milroe pass complete to Cameron Latu for 10 yds for a TD, (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 11 · Ole Miss · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Cameron Latu 8 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Will Reichard Kick)
Week 7 · Tennessee · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Cameron Latu 1 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Will Reichard Kick)
Week 13 · Auburn · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.29Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 18 yds to the Alab 46 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Tennessee · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.12Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 17 yds to the Tenn 34 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.07Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 23 yds to the Alab 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Kansas State · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 1 yd for a TD (Will Reichard KICK)
Week 10 · LSU · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 21 yds to the LSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Vanderbilt · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.51Bryce Young pass complete to Cameron Latu for 12 yds to the Vandy 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 20-19@ Texas	4	28	7.0	0	14
Wk 3	W 63-7vs UL Monroe	3	51	17.0	0	38
Wk 4	W 55-3vs Vanderbilt	3	27	9.0	0	12
Wk 6	W 24-20vs Texas A&M	1	10	10.0	1	10
Wk 7	L 49-52@ Tennessee	6	90	15.0	1	27	Season-high 90 yds
Wk 8	W 30-6vs Mississippi State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 10	L 31-32@ LSU	3	50	16.7	0	21
Wk 11	W 30-24@ Ole Miss	3	38	12.7	1	15
Wk 13	W 49-27vs Auburn	1	18	18.0	0	18
Bowl	W 45-20@ Kansas State	5	54	10.8	1	23
Total		30	377	12.7	4	38

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

Cameron Latu

2018

202210 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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