Senior tight end for Charlotte. 2025: 9 catches, 44 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′1″ · 280 lb · Huntingtown, MD
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Rush TDs: 30th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
9 catches · 1 TD · 4.9 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 19 yds, 1 TD, vs Monmouth
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Charlotte. 2025: 9 catches, 44 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Joseph Bearns III
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 19 rec yds, 3 receptions against Monmouth — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Peter Rossomando, Biff Poggi, and Tim Albin. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 10.8 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 42–35
vs Monmouth
3 rec · 19 yds · 1 TD
Edged out Monmouth at home in a shootout.
With C. Harrell — 382 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 55.2 · 47 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · E. Jai Mason — 10 rec · 228 yds · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35vs Monmouth | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 15 | Season-high 19 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-35@ Georgia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ Tulane | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | |
| Total | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 1 | 15 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Charlotte
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Charlotte
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #103
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Masen Wake’s 2021 season.
Matches Masen on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brock Lampe's senior season at Northern Illinois (2024).
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