#14

Ethan Conner

Senior tight end for Troy. 2025: 31 catches, 397 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Troy · Sr. · #14

6′4″ · 245 lb · Columbus, MS

CFB Index 59 · #46 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Troy for 2026

How he plays

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.

Explosive rate: 71st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

397

receiving yards · 2025

31 catches · 3 TD · 12.8 per catch

Best game: 3 rec, 85 yds, 2 TD, vs Georgia State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Troy. 2025: 31 catches, 397 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Troy in 2023.

His career, year by year

Ethan Conner

TE · Troy · Sr · #14

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Ethan Conner has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Troy. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 85 rec yds, 3 receptions against Georgia State, Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #46 of 156?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile). Concern: rush yards (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

13.3%

EPA / target#323 / 798 · 60th pct

0.48

Yards / catch#404 / 798 · 49th pct

11.4

TD rate#428 / 798 · 46th pct

2.2%

Catch rate#502 / 798 · 37th pct

64.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#33 / 175 · 81st pct

12.8

Rec yards#37 / 175 · 79th pct

397

Receptions#48 / 175 · 72nd pct

Rec TDs#45 / 175 · 66th pct

Long catch#67 / 175 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Rush yards#22 / 33 · 27th 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 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

36%16 of his 45 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	37.4	12.9	0.6
Road6g	3.0	35.0	12.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	30.6	9.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	40.7	14.6	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #46 of 156 TEs

Two-star recruit. Now #46 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #2 of 16 Sun Belt TEs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Troy	31	397	12.8	3	--
2024	Troy	12	115	9.6	0	--
2023	Troy	16	168	10.5	4	--
Career		59	680	11.5	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Nicholls

4 rec · 20 yds · 1 TD

With T. Meadows — 186 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · W. Crowder — 144 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.3 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Georgia State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.95(09:29) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short middle to #14 E.Conner caught at GSU38, for 39 yards to the GSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:26, 1ST DOWN #40 S.Renfroe kick attempt good (H: #28 E.Crenshaw, LS: #87 C.Walls)
Week 9 · Louisiana · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.26(12:20) Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short middle to #14 E.Conner caught at TROY39, for 28 yards to the LA 41 (#6 T.Williams; #2 J.Clark), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Georgia State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.03(01:25) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short right to #14 E.Conner caught at GSU30, for 20 yards to the GSU26 (#7 D.Walker), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Nicholls · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Goose Crowder pass complete to Ethan Conner for 5 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)
Week 13 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72(01:12) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete deep right to #14 E.Conner caught at GSU04, for 26 yards to the GSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:15, 1ST DOWN #40 S.Renfroe kick attempt good (H: #28 E.Crenshaw, LS: #87 C.Walls)
Week 6 · South Alabama · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Ethan Conner for 7 yds to the USA 34 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Clemson · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.39Goose Crowder pass complete to Ethan Conner for 16 yds to the CLEM 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Ethan Conner for 27 yds to the ULM 39 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.16Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Ethan Conner for 9 yds to the TROY 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisiana · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.90(03:47) Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short right to #14 E.Conner caught at LA 41, for 27 yards to the LA 19 (#11 B.Gordon, Jr.), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Nicholls	4	20	5.0	1	7
Wk 2	L 16-27@ Clemson	3	53	17.7	0	24
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	2	11	5.5	0	7
Wk 7	W 48-41@ Texas State	4	53	13.3	0	20
Wk 8	W 37-14@ UL Monroe	2	40	20.0	0	27
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	3	68	22.7	0	28
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 12	L 0-33@ Old Dominion	4	29	7.3	0	10
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	3	85	28.3	2	39	Season-high 85 yds
Wk 15	L 14-31@ James Madison	3	19	6.3	0	14
Bowl	L 13-17@ Jacksonville State	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		31	397	12.5	3	39

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ethan Conner

20238 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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