#88

Gee Scott Jr.

Former tight end at Ohio State. 2024: 27 catches, 253 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Ohio State · Sr. · #88

6′3″ · 243 lb · Seattle, WA

CFB Index 45 · #67 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceOhio State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 66 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Ohio State. 2024: 27 catches, 253 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio State, 393 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Eastside Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#66 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Ryan Day

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Ryan Day — 47-8 over that span.

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024Ohio State14-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #67 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#341 / 610 · 44th pct

13.3%

TD rate#443 / 610 · 27th pct

3.3%

Catch rate#461 / 610 · 24th pct

83.3%

Yards / catch#470 / 610 · 23rd pct

9.7

EPA / target#557 / 610 · 9th pct

0.37

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#56 / 168 · 65th pct

Rec yards#73 / 168 · 57th pct

253

Long catch#79 / 168 · 51st pct

Rec TDs#72 / 168 · 46th pct

Yards / catch#122 / 168 · 27th pct

9.4

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	15.2	7.6	0.2
Road7g	2.1	23.1	14.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	24.0	10.7	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	14.2	11.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #67 of 135 TEs

Former four-star. Now #67 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ohio State	27	253	9.4	2	--
2023	Ohio State	10	70	7.0	1	--
2022	Ohio State	5	28	5.6	1	--
2021	Ohio State	5	42	8.4	0	--
Career		47	393	8.4	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 41–21

at Oregon

1 rec · 30 yds

With W. Howard — 319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.7 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. McGuire — 40 AVG · 47 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Northwestern · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 34 yds to the NU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Michigan State · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Gee Scott Jr. 3 Yd pass from Will Howard (Jayden Fielding Kick)
Week 1 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 30 yds to the ORE 45 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 15 yds for a TD (Jayden Fielding KICK)
Week 7 · Oregon · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 15 yds to the OSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Indiana · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA -2.30Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 3 yds to the IU 27 Ohio State Penalty, Illegal Block (Donovan Jackson) to the IU 37
Week 1 · Tennessee · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 26 yds to the TENN 22 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.26Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 9 yds to the NEB 47
Week 1 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.97Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for a loss of 2 yards to the OSU 25
Week 1 · Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.91Will Howard pass complete to Gee Scott Jr. for 14 yds to the TEX 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Western Michigan	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 5	W 38-7@ Michigan State	3	14	4.7	1	7
Wk 7	L 31-32@ Oregon	3	46	15.3	0	25	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 9	W 21-17vs Nebraska	2	20	10.0	0	11
Wk 10	W 20-13@ Penn State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 11	W 45-0vs Purdue	1	15	15.0	1	15
Wk 12	W 31-7@ Northwestern	1	34	34.0	0	34
Wk 13	W 38-15vs Indiana	2	6	3.0	0	3
Wk 14	L 10-13vs Michigan	2	6	3.0	0	6
Bowl	W 42-17vs Tennessee	4	39	9.8	0	26
Bowl	W 41-21@ Oregon	1	30	30.0	0	30
Bowl	W 28-14@ Texas	5	30	6.0	0	14
Bowl	W 34-23@ Notre Dame	1	4	4.0	0	4
Total		27	253	11.1	2	34

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