Eli Raridon

#9 · TE · Sr. · Notre Dame6′7″ · 251 lb · Des Moines, IA · West Des Moines Valley

Eli Raridon: TE · Notre Dame · #9.

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Eli Raridon

TE · Notre Dame · Sr · #9

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Third year in the same receiving corps at Notre Dame. On tape: 109 receiving yards and 7 receptions against NC State, Week 7, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Notre Dame in the news

Drayk Bowen out for gameOct 31
Freeman calls out staffYahoo Sports Oct 27
Notre Dame releases injury report and depth charts for Navy gameOct 26
BYU beats Notre Dame for first timeYahoo Sports Oct 18

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Notre Dame	32	482	15.1	0	65
2024	Notre Dame	11	90	8.2	2	14
2023	Notre Dame	5	51	10.2	1	19
Career		48	623	13.0	3	65

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-27@ No. 10 Miami	5	97	19.4	65
Wk 3	L 40-41vs No. 16 Texas A&M	4	85	21.3	43
Wk 5	W 56-13@ Arkansas	2	43	21.5	25
Wk 6	W 28-7vs Boise State	2	8	4.0	5
Wk 7	W 36-7vs NC State	7	109	15.6	36	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 8	W 34-24vs No. 20 USC	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 10	W 25-10@ Boston College	3	59	19.7	30
Wk 12	W 37-15@ No. 23 Pittsburgh	6	67	11.2	28
Wk 14	W 49-20@ Stanford	2	9	4.5	6
Total		32	482	15.1	65

Signature game

Week 1 · 2025

L 24-27

at Miami

5 rec · 97 yds

With C. Carr — 221 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 61.8 · 16 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · J. Rendell — 45 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Miami · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.56CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 65 yds to the MIA 10 for a
Week 12 · Pittsburgh · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Carr to Raridon: a 28-yard pass.
Week 10 · Boston College · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.67C.Carr pass complete short right to E.Raridon caught at ND 42, for 15 yards to the ND 43 (K.Price)
Week 7 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.11CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 36 yds to the NCSU 1 for a
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.05CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 25 yds to the TA&M 40 for a
Week 7 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.04CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 23 yds to the NCSU 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.01CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 25 yds to the ARK 39 for a
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.80CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 43 yds to the TA&M 5 for a
Week 1 · Miami · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.73CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 12 yds to the ND 37 for a
Week 7 · NC State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.67CJ Carr pass complete to Eli Raridon for 14 yds to the NCSU 3 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

32 rec · 482 yds · 0 TD

32 of 32 receptions matched to play-by-play

16 of 42 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4214% of team targets

Catch rate

76%32 of 42 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

19% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air -1.7 · YAC 10.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

56% of targets (9)

56%catch rate

Air 2.9 · YAC 4.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

12% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 13.0 · YAC 1.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

12% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air 24.0 · YAC 5.0 avg

76% catch rate on 42 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

20%8 of his 41 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 34-7 over that span.

2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning

2025Notre Dame10-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 63 (#32 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

63Quality starter #32 of 156 · 2025?

Ascending10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (86th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#28 / 798 · 96th pct

22.0%

Yards / catch#111 / 798 · 86th pct

15.1

Catch rate#135 / 798 · 83rd pct

78.0%

EPA / target#210 / 798 · 74th pct

0.57

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#8 / 175 · 96th pct

15.1

Long catch#12 / 175 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#20 / 175 · 89th pct

482

Receptions#42 / 175 · 75th pct

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.5	51.8	11.5	0.0
Road5g	3.6	55.0	15.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	68.4	16.4	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	35.0	10.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Pass share

44.0%

321 pass / 409 run

Plays / game

60.8

12 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

349 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

32 catches in 9 games

More catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

63 · #32 of 156 TEs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #32 at the position.

Eli Raridon

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Style of play

Fans

Notre Dame in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Receiving profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

32 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Notre Dame, drafted

2022

2026