Chamon Metayer

Senior tight end for Arizona State. 2025: 38 catches, 375 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Arizona State · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 255 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 60 · #42 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Arizona State for 2026

The numbers

375

receiving yards · 2025

38 catches · 4 TD · 9.9 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Arizona State from 47% to 78% to win.West Virginia at Arizona State · 25-23

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Arizona State. 2025: 38 catches, 375 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2021.
Transferred from Colorado to Arizona State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Catch rate: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

Chamon Metayer

TE · Arizona State · Sr · #7

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Luke Fickell, Scott Satterfield and Kenny Dillingham. 2024 brought the first one: All-Big 12. The receipt: 68 rec yds, 6 receptions against Iowa State — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

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

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

2025Arizona State8-5HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #42 of 156?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

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

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #42 of 156 TEs

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 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 26–22

vs Texas Tech

4 rec · 66 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 319 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.6 · 3 rush yds (12 car) · K. Floyd — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 39 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Houston · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.71(05:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 J.Sims pass complete short left to #7 C.Metayer caught at UH 12, for 27 yards to the UH 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:12, 1ST DOWN, PENALTY UH Holding declined #35 J.Gomez kick attempt good (H: #31 K.Floyd, LS: #90 C.Davis)
Week 3 · Texas State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.23Sam Leavitt pass complete to Chamon Metayer for 27 yds for a TD (Jesus Gomez KICK)
Week 10 · Iowa State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.74(04:21) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 J.Sims pass complete short middle to #7 C.Metayer caught at ASU42, for 16 yards to the ASU46 (#31 M.Neal), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59(04:58) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 J.Sims pass complete short right to #7 C.Metayer caught at ISU03, for 18 yards to the ISU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:55, 1ST DOWN #35 J.Gomez kick attempt good (H: #31 K.Floyd, LS: #39 T.Wigglesworth)
Week 10 · Iowa State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.10(01:58) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 J.Sims pass complete short middle to #7 C.Metayer caught at ASU32, for 11 yards to the ASU38 (#18 D.Coffey), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · West Virginia · 1&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.05(11:21) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 J.Sims pass complete short right to #7 C.Metayer caught at WVU06, for 6 yards to the WVU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:17 #35 J.Gomez kick attempt good (H: #31 K.Floyd, LS: #39 T.Wigglesworth)
Week 4 · Baylor · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Sam Leavitt pass complete to Chamon Metayer for 8 yds to the BAY 1 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arizona · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA -1.79(13:21) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 J.Sims pass complete short right to #7 C.Metayer caught at ASU28, for 4 yards loss to the ASU31 (#4 M.Harris)
Week 8 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Sam Leavitt pass complete to Chamon Metayer for 19 yds to the ASU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Houston · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.61(12:22) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 S.Leavitt pass complete short middle to #7 C.Metayer caught at ASU31, for 14 yards to the ASU34 (#9 C.Platt Jr.), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 TCU	4	25	6.3	0	12
Wk 8	W 26-22vs 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	9.3	4	27

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Arizona State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · Arizona State

Returning around him

16% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
4 Arizona State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (24 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arizona State · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #45 · 2026 recruiting class #40

DNA match

Player DNA

Complete TE

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chamon Metayer’s 2024 season.

Chamon Metayer

78%match

Arizona State · 2024

All-Big 12

Cade Stover

Ohio State · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4

76%

Joshua Simon

South Carolina · 2023

71%

Nick Muse

South Carolina · 2021

NFL Rd 7

71%

Max Wright

Texas A&M · 2023

70%

Matches Chamon on

Total EPA (college ability)

Weight

TD rate

Differs from Chamon on

Reception volume (higher)

Yards / reception (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Shane Calhoun's senior season at East Carolina (2023).

Shane Calhoun

78%match

East Carolina · 2023

R.J. Maryland

SMU · 2025

78%

Jameson Geers

Minnesota · 2025

76%

Justin Holmes

Pittsburgh · 2025

74%

Konner Fox

Texas State · 2024

74%

Matches Shane on

Weight

Yards / reception

TD rate

Differs from Shane on

Reception volume (higher)

Recruiting rating (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Chamon Metayer

Nate Boerkircher

Texas A&M · 2025

79%

Chamon Metayer

Arizona State · 2025

78%

Zach Horton

Indiana · 2024

76%

Luke Reynolds

Virginia Tech · 2026

71%

Jalin Conyers

Texas Tech · 2024

70%

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

2021

202414 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Complete TE

Players who play like Chamon Metayer