Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | W 31-30vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21@ Massachusetts | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 19-38@ Central Michigan | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 9 | 68 | 7.1 | 0 | 16 |
#14
Evan King
Senior tight end for Buffalo. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 252 lb · Tinley Park, IL
Returning to Buffalo for 2026
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Yards / catch: 7th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
68
receiving yards · 2025
9 catches · 7.6 per catch
3 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 4 rec, 37 yds, at Massachusetts
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Buffalo. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
- Transferred from Hampton to Buffalo in 2024.
Evan King
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Evan King has been at Buffalo through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 37 rec yds, 4 receptions against Massachusetts — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Buffalo
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Buffalo
Coaching transition mid-career: Maurice Linguist → Pete Lembo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Buffalo9-4HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-heavy
2025Buffalo5-7HC: Pete Lembo · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 23.5 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 3.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 23.5 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Massachusetts · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 16 yds to the BUF 46 for a 1ST down
- Week 8 · Massachusetts · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 8 yds to the BUF 45 for a 1ST down
- Week 8 · Massachusetts · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.64Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 6 yds to the BUF 48 for a 1ST down
- Week 8 · Massachusetts · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.09Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 7 yds to the BUF 34 for a 1ST down
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.02Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 8 yds to the BUF 48
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +0.35Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 7 yds to the EMU 20
- Week 12 · Central Michigan · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +0.35(04:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 G.Gray pass complete short left to #14 E.King caught at CMU45, for 6 yards to the CMU45 QB hurried by #81 M.Denkins (#45 X.White; #7 E.Conoran)
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +0.24Ta'Quan Roberson pass complete to Evan King for 6 yds to the EMU 30
- Week 12 · Central Michigan · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA -0.09(02:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 G.Gray pass complete short middle to #14 E.King caught at CMU30, for 4 yards to the CMU30 (#7 E.Conoran)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Buffalo
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Buffalo
Returning around him
- -1% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 Buffalo player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (16 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Buffalo · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #101
DNA match
Player DNA
Complete TE
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Masen Wake’s 2021 season.
Matches Masen on
Height
Weight
Differs from Masen on
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Yards / reception (higher)
TD rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Giovanni Fauolo's sophomore season at UNLV (2021).
Matches Giovanni on
Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Differs from Giovanni on
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Reception volume (lower)
TD rate (lower)
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology