Jace Sternberger

#81 · TE · Jr. · Texas A&M6′4″ · 250 lb · Kingfisher, OK

Jace Sternberger: TE · Texas A&M · #81.

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Jace Sternberger

TE · Texas A&M · Jr · #81

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: David Beaty and Jimbo Fisher. First career honor, 2018: All-SEC. On tape: 145 receiving yards and 7 receptions against South Carolina, Week 7, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Texas A&M in the news

Texas A&M football star dies at 49New York Post Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Texas A&M	48	832	17.3	10	53
2016	Kansas	1	5	5.0	0	5
Career		49	837	17.1	10	53

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Northwestern State	5	56	11.2	2	31	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 26-28vs No. 2 Clemson	2	48	24.0	0	28
Wk 3	W 48-10vs UL Monroe	3	42	14.0	1	20
Wk 4	L 23-45@ No. 1 Alabama	3	59	19.7	1	24
Wk 5	W 24-17vs Arkansas	4	51	12.8	0	26
Wk 6	W 20-14vs No. 13 Kentucky	5	95	19.0	1	46
Wk 7	W 26-23@ South Carolina	7	145	20.7	1	53	Season-high 145 yds
Wk 9	L 13-28@ Mississippi State	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 10	L 24-28@ Auburn	3	59	19.7	0	42
Wk 11	W 38-24vs Ole Miss	4	76	19.0	0	31
Wk 12	W 41-20vs UAB	4	85	21.3	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 74-72vs No. 8 LSU	5	75	15.0	2	36	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 52-13vs NC State	1	28	28.0	0	28
Total		48	832	17.3	10	53

Signature game

Week 13 · 2018

W 74-72

vs LSU

5 rec · 75 yds · 2 TD

Edged out LSU at home in a shootout.

With B. Mann — 53.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · K. Mond — 287 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · 42 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Kentucky · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +4.29Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 46 yds for a TD, (Seth Small KICK)
Week 10 · Auburn · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 42 yds to the Aub 25 for a
Week 13 · LSU · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.55Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 36 yds to the LSU 19 for a
Week 7 · South Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 23 yds to the SCaro 39 for a
Week 1 · Northwestern State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 31 yds to the NWSt 43 for a
Week 11 · Ole Miss · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 31 yds to the Miss 20 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · UAB · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 25 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Week 13 · LSU · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 10 yds for a TD (Seth Small KICK)
Week 1 · Northwestern State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Kellen Mond pass complete to Jace Sternberger for 7 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 4 · Alabama · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Mond to Sternberger: a 15-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

2016Kansas2-10HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Texas A&M9-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: td rate (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#9 / 702 · 99th pct

28.4%

TD rate#46 / 702 · 94th pct

12.2%

Yards / catch#54 / 702 · 92nd pct

17.4

EPA / target#109 / 702 · 85th pct

0.81

Catch rate#487 / 702 · 31st pct

63.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#1 / 109 · 100th pct

Rec yards#2 / 109 · 99th pct

832

Yards / catch#4 / 109 · 96th pct

17.3

Receptions#7 / 109 · 94th pct

Long catch#21 / 109 · 81st pct

Rush yards#6 / 18 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#4 / 18 · 42nd 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 2018. 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	68.1	17.6	1.1
Road4g	3.8	69.0	16.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.8	65.5	18.7	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	61.6	16.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Jimbo Fisher

Pass share

45.1%

435 pass / 529 run

Plays / game

74.2

13 games

Team sack rate

7.0%

488 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jace Sternberger

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Style of play

Fans

Texas A&M in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

2015

2018 13 games

2019