Eli Stowers: TE · Vanderbilt · #9.
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Eli Stowers
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. All-America (Consensus) in 2025 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 146 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Texas — Week 10, 2025.
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
Money down · 3rd-down role
Money down
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
On3 Oct 25
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 61 | 765 | 12.5 | 4 | 67 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 49 | 638 | 13.0 | 5 | 41 |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | 35 | 366 | 10.5 | 2 | 32 |
| Career | 145 | 1,769 | 12.2 | 11 | 67 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 11 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@ No. 10 Alabama | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs No. 10 LSU | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs No. 15 Missouri | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ No. 20 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@ No. 18 Tennessee | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 37 | |
| Total | 61 | 765 | 12.5 | 4 | 67 |
Week 10 · 2025
L 31-34
at Texas
7 rec · 146 yds · 2 TD
With D. Pavia — 365 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 43 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · N. Haberer — 51 yards per punt · 2 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
8224% of team targetsCatch rate
73%60 of 82 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
73% catch rate on 82 targets · 24% of the team's targets.
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #2 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2025
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons, at New Mexico State and Vanderbilt, 1,769 receiving yards, the John Mackey Award (2025) — drafted at #54 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2025)
Named to 11 first-team selectors
National awards
Mackey, Campbell
2025 season
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Jimbo Fisher, Jerry Kill and Clark Lea.
Next stop · NFL
Philadelphia Eagles2026 NFL rookie season
Philadelphia Eagles2026 NFL rookie season
