Marlin Klein

#17 · TE · Sr. · Michigan6′6″ · 250 lb · Cologne · Rabun Gap-Nacoochee

Marlin Klein: TE · Michigan · #17.

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Marlin Klein

TE · Michigan · Sr · #17

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for three head coaches at Michigan: Jim Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore and Biff Poggi. On tape: 93 receiving yards and 6 receptions against New Mexico, Week 1, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

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

Michigan in the news

Michigan to begin search for new ADOct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Michigan	24	248	10.3	1	27
2024	Michigan	13	108	8.3	0	33
2023	Michigan	1	8	8.0	0	8
Career		38	364	9.6	1	33

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 34-17vs New Mexico	6	93	15.5	1	27
Wk 3	W 63-3vs Central Michigan	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	W 30-27@ Nebraska	2	21	10.5	0	16
Wk 6	W 24-10vs Wisconsin	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 7	L 13-31@ USC	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 9	W 31-20@ Michigan State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 10	W 21-16vs Purdue	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 12	W 24-22vs Northwestern	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 45-20@ Maryland	3	37	12.3	0	21
Wk 14	L 9-27vs No. 1 Ohio State	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bowl	L 27-41vs No. 14 Texas	4	39	9.8	0	20
Total		24	248	10.3	1	27

Signature game

Week 1 · 2025

W 34-17

vs New Mexico

6 rec · 93 yds · 1 TD

With B. Underwood — 251 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.2 · H. Hollenbeck — 42.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Bryce Underwood pass complete to Marlin Klein for 15 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 1 · Texas · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Underwood to Klein: a 9-yard pass.
Week 1 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.90Bryce Underwood pass complete to Marlin Klein for 25 yds to the UNM 37 for a
Week 1 · Texas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Underwood to Klein: a 20-yard pass.
Week 1 · New Mexico · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.77Bryce Underwood pass complete to Marlin Klein for 14 yds to the MICH 39 for a
Week 1 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.47Bryce Underwood pass complete to Marlin Klein for 27 yds to the MICH 33 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Texas · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Underwood to Klein: a 7-yard pass.
Week 13 · Maryland · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +1.18Underwood to Klein: a 21-yard pass.
Week 14 · Ohio State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.16Underwood to Klein: a 0-yard pass.
Week 12 · Northwestern · 3rd and 22 · Q1 · EPA +1.05Underwood to Klein: a 10-yard pass.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

24%10 of his 41 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Michigan9-4HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 43 (#88 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

43Rotational starter #88 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / target (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#399 / 798 · 50th pct

2.4%

Explosive rate#407 / 798 · 49th pct

9.8%

Yards / catch#525 / 798 · 34th pct

10.3

Catch rate#641 / 798 · 20th pct

58.5%

EPA / target#647 / 798 · 19th pct

0.18

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#80 / 175 · 54th pct

Rec yards#87 / 175 · 51st pct

248

Yards / catch#99 / 175 · 44th pct

10.3

Long catch#125 / 175 · 27th pct

Rec TDs#126 / 175 · 21st 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 2025. 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	26.4	7.8	0.2
Road4g	1.8	16.8	8.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	30.2	9.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	13.4	6.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Biff Poggi

Pass share

40.9%

340 pass / 492 run

Plays / game

64.0

13 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

326 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

24 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

43 · #88 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #88 at the position.

Marlin Klein

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Style of play

Fans

Michigan in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

24 catches in 11 games

Four seasons at Michigan, drafted

2022

2026

Where it started