Ethan Conner

#14 · TE · Sr. · Troy6′4″ · 245 lb · Columbus, MS

Ethan Conner is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Troy.

Conner creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Troy. First career honor, 2025: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 85 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Georgia State, Week 13, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Drew BiberMinnesota · 2025 · 84% season match
Elijah LaggUAB · 2025 · 84% season match
Ben YurosekStanford · 2021 · 79% season match
Shane CalhounEast Carolina · 2021 · 79% season match
Cade StoverOhio State · 2022 · 78% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Troy	31	397	12.8	3	39
2024	Troy	12	115	9.6	0	29
2023	Troy	16	168	10.5	4	19
Career		59	680	11.5	7	39

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 8 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@ No. 19 James Madison	3	19	6.3	0	14
Bowl	L 13-17vs Jacksonville State	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		31	397	12.8	3	39

Signature game

Week 13 · 2025

W 31-19

vs Georgia State

3 rec · 85 yds · 2 TD

With W. Crowder — 361 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.3 · E. Crenshaw — 43.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Georgia State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.95Crowder to Conner: a 39-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Louisiana · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Kilcrease to Conner: a 28-yard pass.
Week 13 · Georgia State · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Crowder to Conner: a 20-yard pass.
Week 1 · Nicholls · 3rd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Crowder to Conner: a 26-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · South Alabama · 4th and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Ethan Conner for 7 yds to the USA 34 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Clemson · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.39Goose Crowder pass complete to Ethan Conner for 16 yds to the CLEM 47 for a
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Ethan Conner for 27 yds to the ULM 39 for a
Week 7 · Texas State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.16Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Ethan Conner for 9 yds to the TROY 49 for a
Week 9 · Louisiana · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +1.90T.Kilcrease pass complete short right to E.Conner caught at LA 41, for 27 yards to the LA 19 (B.Gordon, Jr.)

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

31 rec · 397 yds · 3 TD

29 of 31 receptions matched to play-by-play

23 of 44 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4412% of team targets

Catch rate

66%29 of 44 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

4% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 7.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

74% of targets (17)

59%catch rate

Air 3.4 · YAC 10.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

17% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 14.0 · YAC 2.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

4% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air 22.0 · YAC 4.0 avg

66% catch rate on 44 targets · 12% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

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

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 59 (#46 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

59Quality starter #46 of 156 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road5g	3.2	38.8	12.9	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

2025 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

Pass share

47.1%

431 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

65.4

14 games

Team sack rate

12.5%

465 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

59 · #46 of 156 TEs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).