Tight end for Wisconsin. 2016: 7 catches, 34 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · Mount Calvary, WI
The story
2016 tight end for Wisconsin. 2016: 7 catches, 34 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearEric Steffes
He has spent two seasons in the Wisconsin receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 14 rec yds, 1 receptions against Penn State, Week 14, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wisconsin, 84 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Paul Chryst — 21-6 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016
W 16–14
vs LSU
1 rec · 2 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With B. Houston — 205 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 33.9 · -1 rush yds (5 car) · P. Rosowski — 40 AVG · 51 LONG · 4 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14vs LSU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-10vs Akron | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-6@ Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-9@ Iowa | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-20@ Purdue | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-38@ Penn State | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 14 yds |
| Total | 7 | 34 | 5.5 | 1 | 14 |