Eli Stowers

Former tight end at Vanderbilt. 2025: 61 catches, 765 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 235 lb · Corinth, TX

CFB Index 90 · #2 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceConsensus AADrafted by Philadelphia — Rd 2, Pick 22, #54 overall

The numbers

rushing yards · 2025

1 per carry · 61 catches

Backed by 12 rec · 122 yds -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Auburn from 16% to 48% to win.Auburn at Vanderbilt · 45-38

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Vanderbilt. 2025: 61 catches, 765 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2021.
Transferred from New Mexico State to Vanderbilt in 2024.
Drafted round 2 by the Philadelphia in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

EPA / target: 79th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Three seasons at Vanderbilt, 1,769 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2025) — drafted at #54 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

2021

Signed with Texas A&M4-star out of Denton Guyer

202314 games

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-SECfirst

202512 games

All-America13 selectors
Mackeywinner
Campbellwinner
All-SECfirst

2026

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 2, pick 54

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#171 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #54

Philadelphia · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

20 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2025)

11 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Clark Lea

Vanderbilt

Played his entire career under Clark Lea.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Philadelphia2026 NFL rookie season

#54Rd 2 · Pick 22

Philadelphia2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023New Mexico State10-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

90All-America level #2 of 156?

Medium-low confidenceAscending12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#165 / 798 · 79th pct

0.61

Catch rate#268 / 798 · 66th pct

72.5%

Yards / catch#378 / 798 · 53rd pct

11.7

TD rate#390 / 798 · 51st pct

2.5%

Explosive rate#461 / 798 · 42nd pct

8.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#1 / 175 · 100th pct

765

Receptions#2 / 175 · 99th pct

Long catch#11 / 175 · 94th pct

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#38 / 175 · 77th pct

12.5

Rush yards#18 / 33 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

86th → 79th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 42nd percentile

Catch rate

75th → 66th percentile

TD rate

67th → 51st percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 53rd 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

22%18 of his 80 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.6	65.6	12.6	0.1
Road5g	4.4	61.2	12.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	53.8	12.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	73.7	12.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #2 of 156 TEs

Former four-star. Now #2 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Vanderbilt	61	765	12.5	4	--
2024	Vanderbilt	49	638	13.0	5	--
2023	New Mexico State	35	366	10.5	2	--
Career		145	1,769	12.2	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 45–24

at Tennessee

5 rec · 64 yds

Dominant 21-point win on the road against Tennessee.

With D. Pavia — 268 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 92.8 · 165 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · T. Richardson — 6 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.43(04:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete deep right to #9 E.Stowers caught at TEX30, for 67 yards to the TEX00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:54, 1ST DOWN #0 J.Sherrill pass attempt Successful #0 J.Sherrill pass attempt Successful. The previous play is under automatic review - "" #0 J.Sherrill pass attempt Successful. The previous play is under automatic review - "". CALL UPHELD #0 J.Sherrill pass attempt Successful. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner broke the plane". CALL UPHELD
Week 3 · South Carolina · 3&21 · Q3 · EPA +4.31Diego Pavia pass complete to Eli Stowers for 24 yds to the SC 27 for a 1ST down South Carolina Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Dylan Stewart) to the SC 13 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Georgia State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.67Diego Pavia pass complete to Eli Stowers for 48 yds to the GAST 16 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Virginia Tech · 4&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Blaze Berlowitz pass complete to Eli Stowers for 9 yds for a TD (Brock Taylor KICK)
Week 10 · Texas · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.37(00:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short middle to #9 E.Stowers caught at TEX09, for 18 yards to the TEX00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:11, 1ST DOWN #88 B.Taylor kick attempt good (H: #38 N.Haberer, LS: #46 D.Harris)
Week 11 · Auburn · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.87(12:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete deep middle to #9 E.Stowers caught at AUBURN45, for 29 yards to the AUBURN40 (#16 B.Deas), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY AUBURN Illegal Substitution declined
Week 2 · Virginia Tech · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.78Diego Pavia pass complete to Eli Stowers for 10 yds to the VT 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Diego Pavia pass complete to Eli Stowers for 10 yds for a TD (Brock Taylor KICK)
Week 11 · Auburn · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.47(08:02) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short middle to #9 E.Stowers caught at VANDY33, for 15 yards to the VANDY43 (#5 J.Robinson), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Charleston Southern · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Diego Pavia pass complete to Eli Stowers for 27 yds to the VAN 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Charleston Southern	4	86	21.5	0	41
Wk 2	W 44-20@ Virginia Tech	4	29	7.3	1	10
Wk 3	W 31-7@ South Carolina	3	45	15.0	0	24
Wk 4	W 70-21vs Georgia State	5	73	14.6	0	48
Wk 5	W 55-35vs Utah State	6	68	11.3	1	27
Wk 6	L 14-30@ Alabama	3	22	7.3	0	8
Wk 8	W 31-24vs LSU	3	32	10.7	0	14
Wk 9	W 17-10vs Missouri	3	42	14.0	0	19
Wk 10	L 31-34@ Texas	7	146	20.9	2	67	Season-high 146 yds
Wk 11	W 45-38vs Auburn	12	122	10.2	0	29
Wk 13	W 45-17vs Kentucky	6	36	6.0	0	16
Wk 14	W 45-24@ Tennessee	5	64	12.8	0	37
Total		61	765	12.6	4	67

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

14/193rd-down conversions

1.323rd-down EPA/target

0.52Other-downs EPA/target

14 of 19 caught on third down (73.7%) — EPA/target 1.32 vs 0.52 elsewhere (14 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.