Senior tight end for Kansas. 2025: 10 catches, 97 receiving yards, 3 TD.
6′6″ · 245 lb · Topeka, KS
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 numbers
receiving yards · 2025
10 catches · 3 TD · 9.7 per catch
Best game: 6 rec, 74 yds, 2 TD, at Missouri
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Kansas. 2025: 10 catches, 97 receiving yards, 3 TD.
DeShawn Hanika
Is the first read once you cross the 20. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 74 rec yds, 6 receptions against Missouri — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 6.0 | 74.0 | 12.3 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 24.2 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 17 | 244 | 14.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 341 | 12.6 | 7 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 46–7
vs Wagner
1 rec · 4 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.
With J. Daniels — 280 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · T. Nagy — 2 rec · 20 yds
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Fresno State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-42@ Missouri | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 2 | 24 | Season-high 74 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 41-10vs West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | 97 | 6.7 | 3 | 24 |
Play style
The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kansas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Kansas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #61
Player DNA
The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dan Dishman’s 2024 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Grayson Gunter’s path through Southern Miss.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dan Dishman's senior season at UTSA (2024).
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Player DNA