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Heisman / Players / Chase Curtis /TCU

Chase Curtis

TE · TCU · Sr · #81

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

167 REC YDS · 13 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to TCU for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to TCU for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · TCU

Returning around him

  • 61% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 3 TCU players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)

2026 Award watch

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

TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #24

TE · TCU · BIG 12

Chase Curtis

  • 4
  • #81
  • 6-5 | 240 lb
  • Pittsburg, KS

CFB Zeitgeist Score

40

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 81st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1088

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP TE AWARD

Mackey

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
37.02022
1322023
77.02024
1672025

+351%

Up 351% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
TCU
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionTE
Class4
Jersey81
Measurements6-5 | 240 lb
HometownPittsburg, KS
Primary teamTCU

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1088Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1284Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Chase Curtis

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "John Curtis DB Jewellz Tapp commits to TCU &nbsp;&nbsp; Crescent City Sports"Own fansNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "K-State defense needs a new diaper after this drive, which included completions "National
  • Own fans · n=1
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Chase Curtis

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 8g
167Rec yards
13Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
20.9Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
271.4Rec yards
21Receptions
3Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 167): needs 106.6/game over remaining 5.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 167): needs 166.6/game over remaining 5.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 13): needs 9.4/game over remaining 5.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 13): needs 13.4/game over remaining 5.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.6/game over remaining 5.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Chase Curtis's story is about how role and output meet each other. For TCU, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #1088 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 2.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

TE season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 13 2 rec TD | #154/475 (68th pct)
Receiving yards 167 12.8 per catch | #134/475 (72nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 170 Total offensive yardage | #134/475 (72nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
13 68th
YDS
167 72nd
YPR
12.8 80th
TD
2 84th

Rushing

CAR
1 51st
YDS
3 47th
YPC
3.0 58th
TD
0 69th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 48-14@ North Carolina12020.0020
Wk 3W 42-21vs Abilene Christian11111.0111
Wk 5L 24-27@ Arizona State12121.0021
Wk 6W 35-21vs Colorado23819.0027
Wk 7L 28-41@ Kansas State4276.8115
Wk 8W 42-36vs Baylor
Wk 13W 17-14@ Houston34214.0026Season-high 42 yds
BowlW 30-27vs USC188.008
Total1316714.3227
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025TCU1316712.82--
2024TCU77711.01--
2023TCU151328.81--
2022TCU13737.00--
Career4 loaded seasons3641311.54--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.

Role share

A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 2.8% 4.8% pass-game share | #303/468 (35th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #79/475 (84th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 13 #154/475 68th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving yards 167 #134/475 72nd pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #79/475 84th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Yards / catch 12.8 #96/475 80th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Usage Pass share 4.8% #303/468 35th pct Air-game usagevs FBS TE
Rushing Rushing LONG 3 #27/50 48th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Rushing Rushing yards 3 #29/53 47th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Rushing Yards / carry 3.0 #23/53 58th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Rushing Carries 1 #30/59 51st pct Volumevs FBS TE
Rushing Rush TD 0 #20/62 69th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving LONG 27 #162/475 66th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Usage 3rd-down usage 6.7% #89/468 81st pct Money-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Passing-down usage 4.8% #152/468 68th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS TE
Usage Role share 2.8% #245/468 48th pct Share of team offensevs FBS TE
Usage 1st-down usage 2.0% #307/468 35th pct Early-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Standard-down usage 1.9% #348/468 26th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS TE
Usage 2nd-down usage 1.1% #386/468 18th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Rush share 0.4% #37/468 92nd pct Ground-game usagevs FBS TE
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/55 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS TE

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g1.014.212.70.2
Road4g2.227.515.40.2

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins6g1.319.814.40.2
Losses2g2.524.013.90.5

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-76g1.720.814.30.3
Weeks 8+2g1.521.014.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

40Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (81st). Concern: receptions (9th).

Yards / catch#33 / 175 · 81st pct
12.8rece
Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct
0fumb
Rush yards#16 / 33 · 52nd pct
3rush
Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct
2rece
Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct
0rush
Long catch#125 / 175 · 27th pct
27rece
Rec yards#132 / 175 · 25th pct
167rece
Receptions#154 / 175 · 9th pct
13rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · TE · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Chase CurtisTCULuke LindenmeyerNebraska· 67% simDecker DeGraafWashington· 66% simEthan ConnerTroy· 64% sim
Yards / catch
81
Curtis
53
Lindenmeyer
62
DeGraaf
81
Conner
Fumbles lost
74
Curtis
74
DeGraaf
Rush yards
52
Curtis
27
Conner
Rec TDs
43
Curtis
43
Lindenmeyer
43
DeGraaf
66
Conner
Rush TDs
30
Curtis
30
Conner
Long catch
27
Curtis
23
Lindenmeyer
39
DeGraaf
61
Conner
Rec yards
25
Curtis
63
Lindenmeyer
72
DeGraaf
79
Conner
Receptions
9
Curtis
66
Lindenmeyer
75
DeGraaf
72
Conner

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Complete TE

Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.

TE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Giles Amos’s 2020 season.

Giles Amos

65%match

Arkansas State · 2020

#2

Samuel Wheeler

Kansas State · 2021

64%
#3

Gavin Bartholomew

Pittsburgh · 2021

NFL Rd 6
65%
#4

Trey Knox

Arkansas · 2022

64%
#5

Erick All

Iowa · 2023

NFL Rd 4
64%

Matches Giles on

Height
Reception volume
Weight

Differs from Giles on

Yards / reception (higher)
TD rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nate Boerkircher's graduate season at Texas A&M (2025).

Nate Boerkircher

72%match

Texas A&M · 2025

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 24
#2

Joe Royer

Cincinnati · 2025

All-Big 12NFL Rd 5
70%
#3

Sam Olson

Arizona · 2024

61%
#4

Keanu Hill

BYU · 2024

61%
#5

Lake McRee

USC · 2025

All-Big Ten
56%

Matches Nate on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Reception volume

Differs from Nate on

EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Pass share

51.9%

460 pass / 426 run

Plays / game

68.2

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.6%

340 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2023
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2024
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2025
Sonny Dykes
TCU

Played his entire career under Sonny Dykes.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownPittsburg, KS
Height6'5"
Weight240 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey81

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 TCU TE4 #1088 #1284 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 TCU TE4 #1870 #2130 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big 12
2022 TCU TE4 #1118 #798 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12
2021 TCU TE4 #3593 #3572 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 TCU Big 12 TE 4 No. 81 | 6-5 | 240 lb | Pittsburg, KS
2024 TCU Big 12 TE 4 No. 81 | 6-5 | 240 lb | Pittsburg, KS
2023 TCU Big 12 TE 4 No. 81 | 6-5 | 240 lb | Pittsburg, KS
2022 TCU Big 12 TE 4 No. 81 | 6-5 | 240 lb | Pittsburg, KS
2021 TCU Big 12 TE 4 No. 81 | 6-5 | 240 lb | Pittsburg, KS