#86

Luke Schoonmaker

Former tight end at Michigan. 2022: 35 catches, 418 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Michigan · Sr. · #86

6′6″ · 250 lb · Hamden, CT

CFB Index 60 · #30 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceDallas — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 27, #58 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 796 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Michigan. 2022: 35 catches, 418 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the Dallas in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 637 receiving yards — drafted at #58 overall by Dallas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Hamden Hall

202211 games

All-Big Tenthird

2023

Drafted by Dallasround 2, pick 58

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#796 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #58

Dallas · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

2021–2022

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 4th NFL season

#58Rd 2 · Pick 27

DallasEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 34-7 over that span.

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #30 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (84th percentile). Strength: rec yards (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#240 / 636 · 62nd pct

0.78

Catch rate#255 / 636 · 60th pct

81.4%

TD rate#277 / 636 · 56th pct

7.0%

Yards / catch#345 / 636 · 46th pct

11.9

Explosive rate#455 / 636 · 29th pct

9.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#24 / 158 · 84th pct

Rec yards#31 / 158 · 81st pct

418

Long catch#53 / 158 · 66th pct

Rec TDs#50 / 158 · 62nd pct

Yards / catch#62 / 158 · 61st pct

11.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

38th → 62nd percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 29th percentile

Catch rate

19th → 60th percentile

TD rate

85th → 56th percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 46th percentile

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	39.3	17.1	0.3
Road4g	4.0	35.8	10.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	37.3	15.1	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	39.2	13.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #30 of 132 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Michigan	35	418	11.9	3	--
2021	Michigan	17	165	9.7	3	--
2019	Michigan	2	54	27.0	1	--
Career		54	637	11.8	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 45–23

at Ohio State

1 rec · 15 yds

Dominant 22-point win on the road against Ohio State.

With J. McCarthy — 263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.6 · 27 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · D. Edwards — 216 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · TCU · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.46J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 32 yds to the TCU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Purdue · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.73J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 7 yds for a TD (Jake Moody KICK)
Week 14 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.69J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 40 yds to the Prdue 27 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 10 yds for a TD, (Jake Moody KICK)
Week 6 · Indiana · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.47J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 9 yds for a TD, (Jake Moody KICK)
Week 9 · Michigan State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.99J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 18 yds to the Mich 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.93J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 31 yds to the UConn 1 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Maryland · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +1.90J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 14 yds to the Mary 33 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Michigan State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.80J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 7 yds to the Mich 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.61J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Luke Schoonmaker for 18 yds to the Mich 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-7vs Colorado State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 2	W 56-10vs Hawai'i	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 3	W 59-0vs UConn	1	31	31.0	0	31
Wk 4	W 34-27vs Maryland	7	72	10.3	1	18	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 5	W 27-14@ Iowa	4	45	11.3	0	18
Wk 6	W 31-10@ Indiana	9	67	7.4	1	15
Wk 9	W 29-7vs Michigan State	5	70	14.0	0	24
Wk 10	W 52-17@ Rutgers	2	16	8.0	0	13
Wk 13	W 45-23@ Ohio State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 14	W 43-22vs Purdue	3	56	18.7	1	40
Bowl	L 45-51vs TCU	1	32	32.0	0	32
Total		35	418	14.7	3	40

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

Luke Schoonmaker

2018

202211 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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