#84

Hunter Welcing

Senior tight end for Ohio State. 2025: 28 catches, 296 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Ohio State · Sr. · #84

6′3″ · 248 lb · Deer Park, IL

CFB Index 50 · #71 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceTransferred Northwestern → Ohio State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 12 pm ETvs Kent StateOhio StadiumOhio State by 53

The numbers

296

receiving yards · 2025

28 catches · 2 TD · 10.6 per catch

Best game: 4 rec, 81 yds, vs Michigan

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Ohio State. 2025: 28 catches, 296 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lake Zurich in 2020.
Transferred from Northwestern to Ohio State in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Catch rate: 70th percentile.

The full scouting read

Hunter Welcing

TE · Ohio State · Sr · #84

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He got to Ohio State by way of Northwestern. The receipt on tape: 81 rec yds, 4 receptions against Michigan, Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under David Braun — 11-14 over that span.

2024Northwestern4-8HC: David Braun · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Northwestern7-6HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #71 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#239 / 798 · 70th pct

73.5%

Explosive rate#314 / 798 · 61st pct

11.8%

TD rate#337 / 798 · 57th pct

2.9%

EPA / target#364 / 798 · 54th pct

0.45

Yards / catch#547 / 798 · 32nd pct

10.1

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#63 / 175 · 64th pct

Rec yards#72 / 175 · 59th pct

296

Long catch#77 / 175 · 55th pct

Yards / catch#87 / 175 · 49th pct

10.6

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd 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

24%8 of his 34 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.4	31.0	13.6	0.2
Road4g	2.2	12.0	5.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	20.3	11.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	29.0	9.7	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 · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #71 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #71 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northwestern	28	296	10.6	2	--
2024	Northwestern	1	20	20.0	0	--
Career		29	316	10.9	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Western Illinois · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Hunter Welcing 6 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Luke Akers Kick)
Week 12 · Michigan · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.74(01:33) Shotgun #8 P.Stone pass complete short middle to #84 H.Welcing caught at U-M26, for 36 yards to the U-M08 (#20 J.Hill; #25 M.Curtis), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Purdue · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Preston Stone pass complete to Hunter Welcing for 3 yds for a TD (Jack Olsen KICK)
Week 13 · Minnesota · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.20(01:52) Shotgun #8 P.Stone pass complete short right to #84 H.Welcing caught at MIN30, for 15 yards to the MIN23 (#14 K.Brown; #7 A.Gousby), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · USC · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.87(07:00) Shotgun #8 P.Stone pass complete short left to #84 H.Welcing caught at NU38, for 4 yards loss to the NU38 (#22 B.Conley)
Week 12 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.76(13:27) Shotgun #8 P.Stone pass complete short middle to #84 H.Welcing caught at U-M06, for 24 yards to the U-M01 (#6 B.Hillman), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.71(02:11) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 P.Stone pass complete deep right to #84 H.Welcing caught at NEB39, for 22 yards to the NEB39, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · UL Monroe · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.56Preston Stone pass complete to Hunter Welcing for 4 yds to the NU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.56(13:01) Shotgun #8 P.Stone pass complete short right to #84 H.Welcing caught at CMU40, for 13 yards to the CMU39 (#2 E.Rikard; #12 J.Kwiatkowski), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · UCLA · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.49Preston Stone pass complete to Hunter Welcing for 22 yds to the UCLA 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 3-23@ Tulane	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Western Illinois	2	34	17.0	1	28
Wk 3	L 14-34vs Oregon	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 5	W 17-14vs UCLA	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 6	W 42-7vs UL Monroe	4	32	8.0	0	17
Wk 8	W 19-0vs Purdue	2	18	9.0	1	15
Wk 9	L 21-28@ Nebraska	2	29	14.5	0	22
Wk 11	L 17-38@ USC	2	2	1.0	0	6
Wk 12	L 22-24vs Michigan	4	81	20.3	0	36	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 13	W 38-35vs Minnesota	3	29	9.7	0	15
Wk 14	L 13-20@ Illinois	4	15	3.8	0	5
Bowl	W 34-7vs Central Michigan	1	13	13.0	0	13
Total		28	296	10.8	2	36

The tight end room · Ohio State

#84Hunter WelcingTE · Sr.296 receiving yards · 2025
#86Mason WilliamsTE · Sr.285 receiving yards · 2025
#83Nate RobertsTE · So.30 receiving yards · 2025
#85Bennett ChristianTE · Sr.16 receiving yards · 2025
#88Maxence LeBlancTE · Jr.1 game · 2026

3 more on the roster · Ohio State team page

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

Hunter Welcing

2020

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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