Michael Trigg

Senior tight end for Baylor. 2025: 50 catches, 694 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Baylor · Sr. · #1

6′4″ · 240 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 85 · #3 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Baylor for 2026

The numbers

694

receiving yards · 2025

50 catches · 6 TD · 13.9 per catch

Backed by 8 rec · 155 yds -- top 1% receiving yards game.

Swing playSwung Baylor from 5% to 30% to win.Auburn at Baylor · 38-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Baylor. 2025: 50 catches, 694 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2021.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Baylor in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.

Yards / catch: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

Michael Trigg

TE · Baylor · Sr · #1

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Michael Trigg has played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Big 12 again in 2025. One game to point at: 155 rec yds, 8 receptions against Kansas State — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #3 of 156?

Medium-low confidenceAscending10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile). Concern: catch rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#163 / 798 · 80th pct

14.3

Explosive rate#309 / 798 · 61st pct

11.9%

EPA / target#401 / 798 · 50th pct

0.42

TD rate#403 / 798 · 49th pct

2.4%

Catch rate#692 / 798 · 13th pct

56.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#3 / 175 · 99th pct

694

Receptions#6 / 175 · 97th pct

Rec TDs#6 / 175 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#19 / 175 · 89th pct

13.9

Long catch#56 / 175 · 67th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

48th → 61st percentile

Catch rate

91st → 13th percentile

TD rate

55th → 49th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 80th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

24%20 of his 84 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	77.2	14.2	0.7
Road5g	4.0	46.2	13.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	73.2	14.1	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	51.0	13.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 156 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #3 of 156 TEs

Former four-star. Now #3 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #2 of 19 Big 12 TEs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Baylor	50	694	13.9	6	--
2024	Baylor	30	395	13.2	3	--
2023	Ole Miss	4	65	16.2	1	--
2022	Ole Miss	17	156	9.2	3	--
2021	USC	7	109	15.6	1	--
Career		108	1,419	13.1	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 48–45

at SMU

4 rec · 38 yds

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 440 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · J. Cameron — 9 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.85Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 35 yds to the OKST 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arizona State · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 33 yds for a TD (Connor Hawkins KICK)
Week 6 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 42 yds to the KSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · SMU · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 13 yds to the SMU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Cincinnati · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.98(00:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete short middle to #1 M.Trigg caught at CIN00, for 6 yards to the CIN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:16, 1ST DOWN #13 S.Robertson rush attempt failed
Week 4 · Arizona State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.98Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 16 yds to the BAY 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Utah · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.90(15:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete deep left to #1 M.Trigg caught at UTAH45, for 27 yards to the UTAH45, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Kansas State · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.77Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 24 yds to the BAY 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Cincinnati · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.74(12:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete short middle to #1 M.Trigg caught at BAY45, for 9 yards to the BAY48 (#22 J.Thompson), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · SMU · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Michael Trigg for 11 yds to the SMU 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-38vs Auburn	7	99	14.1	1	20
Wk 2	W 48-45@ SMU	4	38	9.5	0	13
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Samford	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Arizona State	5	71	14.2	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Oklahoma State	3	62	20.7	1	35
Wk 6	W 35-34vs Kansas State	8	155	19.4	0	42	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 8	L 36-42@ TCU	3	56	18.7	0	36
Wk 9	L 20-41@ Cincinnati	3	30	10.0	1	15
Wk 10	W 30-3vs UCF	5	82	16.4	1	32
Wk 12	L 28-55vs Utah	3	42	14.0	0	27
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Arizona	7	45	6.4	0	15
Total		50	694	13.7	6	42

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Catch rate says one thing, EPA says another

checked · no story

4/203rd-down conversions

0.333rd-down EPA/target

0.48Other-downs EPA/target

9 of 20 caught on third down (45.0%) — EPA/target 0.33 vs 0.48 elsewhere (4 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Baylor

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · Baylor

Returning around him

60% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
2 Baylor players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (31 in / 32 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Baylor · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #43 · 2026 recruiting class #57

DNA match

Player DNA

Move TE

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Grant Calcaterra’s 2021 season.

Grant Calcaterra

72%match

SMU · 2021

All-AACNFL Rd 6

Ben Yurosek

Stanford · 2021

70%

Seydou Traore

Arkansas State · 2022

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5

69%

Bryson Nesbit

North Carolina · 2023

All-ACC

68%

Cade Stover

Ohio State · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4

67%

Matches Grant on

TD rate

Recruiting rating

Differs from Grant on

Reception volume (higher)

Yards / reception (higher)

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Lake McRee's graduate season at USC (2025).

Lake McRee

76%match

USC · 2025

All-Big Ten

Malachi Fields

Notre Dame · 2025

All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 10

67%

Caden Prieskorn

Ole Miss · 2024

All-SEC

63%

Nate Boerkircher

Texas A&M · 2025

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 24

62%

Donaven McCulley

Michigan · 2025

62%

Matches Lake on

Total EPA (college ability)

EPA / play (adj)

Weight

Differs from Lake on

Recruiting rating (higher)

Reception volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Michael Trigg

Raymond Pauwels Jr.

Fresno State · 2022

77%

Seydou Traore

Mississippi State · 2025

77%

Payten Singletary

Cincinnati · 2023

76%

Jyrin Johnson

Bowling Green · 2025

75%

Dan Villari

Syracuse · 2023

73%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #199

Final rank

#543

Avg #421.3

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #199 this season.

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

Michael Trigg

20214 games

20226 games

20249 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Move TE

Players who play like Michael Trigg

Heisman trajectory

Peak #199