Junior tight end for Purdue. 2025: 16 catches, 137 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′4″ · 235 lb · Valdosta, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Catch rate: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
16 catches · 1 TD · 8.6 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 28 yds, 1 TD, vs North Carolina
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 tight end for Purdue. 2025: 16 catches, 137 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Buzz vs Tape
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 42.5 points in belief.
Also worth knowing:
Kylan Fox
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Two seasons at Purdue, two different head coaches: Gus Malzahn and Scott Frost. One game to point at: 35 rec yds, 4 receptions against Kansas — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ryan Walters → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Purdue
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: catch rate (88th percentile). Strength: td rate (81st percentile). Concern: yards / catch (19th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 23.2 | 12.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 23.6 | 11.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #140 at the position.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | W 68-7vs North Carolina A&T | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-9vs North Carolina | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-34@ Kansas State | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-27vs Kansas | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 35 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 45-13vs West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-48@ Texas Tech | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-41@ BYU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 16 | 137 | 9.3 | 1 | 22 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cade Conley’s 2023 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cade Conley's sophomore season at Marshall (2023).
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Player DNA
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