#88

Erich Schneider

Tight end for Duke. 2016: 27 catches, 257 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Duke · #88

6′7″ · Jacksonville Beach, FL

Duke 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1542 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 tight end for Duke. 2016: 27 catches, 257 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Duke, 399 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Louisville.Louisville · L 14-242016

2012

Signed with Duke3-star out of Episcopal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1542 national

CFB

College

Duke

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

David Cutcliffe

Duke

Played his entire career under David Cutcliffe.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 21-17 over that span.

2014Duke9-4HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2015Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Duke4-8HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#37 / 96 · 61st pct

Rec yards#57 / 96 · 41st pct

257

Rec TDs#51 / 96 · 36th pct

Long catch#79 / 96 · 17th pct

Yards / catch#85 / 96 · 11th pct

9.5

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.8	30.5	11.8	0.2
Road6g	2.7	22.5	8.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	22.8	10.2	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	28.6	9.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Duke	27	257	9.5	2	--
2015	Duke	15	123	8.2	3	--
2014	Duke	6	19	3.2	1	--
Career		48	399	8.3	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 28–27

vs North Carolina

4 rec · 34 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With D. Jones — 240 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 94 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · S. Wilson — 107 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week