Chamon Metayer

#7 · TE · Sr. · Arizona State6′4″ · 255 lb · Miami, FL · North Miami

Chamon Metayer is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arizona State.

Metayer shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Luke Fickell, Scott Satterfield and Kenny Dillingham. The first one came in 2024: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 68 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Iowa State — Week 10, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Nate BoerkircherTexas A&M · 2025 · 79% season match
Cade StoverOhio State · 2022 · 76% season match
Zach HortonIndiana · 2024 · 76% season match
Joshua SimonSouth Carolina · 2023 · 71% season match
Nick MuseSouth Carolina · 2021 · 71% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Arizona State	38	375	9.9	4	27
2024	Arizona State	32	306	9.6	5	29
2023	Cincinnati	23	258	11.2	5	35
2022	Cincinnati	1	32	32.0	0	32
Career		94	971	10.3	14	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-19vs Northern Arizona	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 3	W 34-15vs Texas State	6	60	10.0	1	27
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Baylor	6	55	9.2	0	15
Wk 5	W 27-24vs No. 24 TCU	4	25	6.3	0	12
Wk 8	W 26-22vs No. 7 Texas Tech	4	66	16.5	0	23
Wk 9	L 16-24vs Houston	4	55	13.8	1	27
Wk 10	W 24-19@ Iowa State	6	68	11.3	1	18	Season-high 68 yds
Wk 12	W 25-23vs West Virginia	4	21	5.3	1	6
Wk 13	W 42-17@ Colorado	2	9	4.5	0	6
Wk 14	L 7-23vs Arizona	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4
Total		38	375	9.9	4	27

Signature game

Week 10 · 2025

W 24-19

at Iowa State

6 rec · 68 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 5 on the road.

With J. Sims — 228 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD · 177 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.1 · K. Floyd — 33.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Houston · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.71J.Sims pass complete short left to C.Metayer caught at UH 12, for 27 yards to the UH 00 TOUCHDOWN, PENALTY UH Holding declined
Week 3 · Texas State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.23Sam Leavitt pass complete to Chamon Metayer for 27 yds for a TD (Jesus Gomez KICK)
Week 10 · Iowa State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Sims to Metayer: a 16-yard pass.
Week 10 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Sims to Metayer: an 18-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Iowa State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.10Sims to Metayer: an 11-yard pass.
Week 12 · West Virginia · 1st and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Sims to Metayer: a 6-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 4 · Baylor · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Sam Leavitt pass complete to Chamon Metayer for 8 yds to the BAY 1 for a
Week 14 · Arizona · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA −1.79Sims to Metayer: a 4-yard pass.
Week 8 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Sam Leavitt pass complete to Chamon Metayer for 19 yds to the ASU 43 for a
Week 9 · Houston · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.61Leavitt to Metayer: a 14-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

38 rec · 375 yds · 4 TD

37 of 38 receptions matched to play-by-play

22 of 49 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4914% of team targets

Catch rate

76%37 of 49 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

14% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air -3.3 · YAC 5.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

59% of targets (13)

77%catch rate

Air 4.3 · YAC 2.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

23% of targets (5)

80%catch rate

Air 14.2 · YAC 5.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

5% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 21.0 avg

76% catch rate on 49 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

24%11 of his 46 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning

2025Arizona State8-5HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 60 (#42 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

60Quality starter #42 of 156 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: receptions (88th percentile). Strength: rec tds (80th percentile). Concern: long catch (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#178 / 798 · 78th pct

76.1%

TD rate#436 / 798 · 45th pct

2.2%

Explosive rate#462 / 798 · 41st pct

8.7%

EPA / target#519 / 798 · 35th pct

0.32

Yards / catch#555 / 798 · 31st pct

10.0

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#20 / 175 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Rec yards#43 / 175 · 75th pct

375

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#110 / 175 · 37th pct

9.9

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Rush yards#22 / 33 · 27th pct

Long catch#125 / 175 · 27th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

13th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 41st percentile

Catch rate

12th → 78th percentile

TD rate

88th → 45th percentile

Yards / catch

16th → 31st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.4	34.7	9.7	0.4
Road3g	4.7	44.0	8.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.2	40.0	11.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	35.8	7.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

Pass share

47.1%

429 pass / 482 run

Plays / game

70.1

13 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

429 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

38 catches and 1 carry in 10 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

60 · #42 of 156 TEs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #42 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #12 of 19 Big 12 TEs

How the All-Big 12 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).