Senior tight end for Iowa State. 2021: 26 catches, 284 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′7″ · 250 lb · Nixa, MO
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 story
4 tight end for Iowa State. 2021: 26 catches, 284 receiving yards, 2 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChase Allen
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Fifth year in the Iowa State receiving corps, same address the whole way. 2021 brought the first one: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 98 rec yds, 7 receptions against Baylor — Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa State, 810 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Matt Campbell — 39-25 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (85th percentile). Strength: catch rate (83rd 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).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 26.7 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.7 | 32.5 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 30.2 | 11.5 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iowa State | 26 | 284 | 10.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Iowa State | 19 | 236 | 12.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Iowa State | 17 | 167 | 9.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Iowa State | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 74 | 810 | 10.9 | 6 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-27vs Iowa | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-3@ UNLV | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 29-31@ Baylor | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 0 | 24 | Season-high 98 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 33-20@ Kansas State | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-38@ West Virginia | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7vs Texas | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | L 38-41@ Texas Tech | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-28@ Oklahoma | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14vs TCU | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | 35 | |
| Total | 23 | 275 | 10.8 | 2 | 35 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Kurt Rafdal’s 2021 season.
Matches Kurt on
Differs from Kurt on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Keleki Latu's senior season at California (2022).
Matches Keleki on
Player DNA