Senior tight end for Virginia Tech. 2022: 30 catches, 256 receiving yards.
6′4″ · 245 lb · Richboro, PA
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.
The story
4 tight end for Virginia Tech. 2022: 30 catches, 256 receiving yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearNick Gallo
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three seasons at Virginia Tech, three different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price and Brent Pry. The receipt: 52 rec yds, 5 receptions against Wofford — Week 3, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 461 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / target (6th 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).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 27.6 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 29.5 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 27.8 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 29.7 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 30 | 256 | 8.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 54 | 461 | 8.5 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022
W 27–7
vs Wofford
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20@ Old Dominion | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-10vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-7vs Wofford | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 52 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 10-33vs West Virginia | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-41@ North Carolina | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-20vs Miami | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-28vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Duke | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22@ Liberty | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 35 | |
| Total | 30 | 256 | 8.8 | 0 | 35 |
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 2022 production profile sits closest to Josiah Miamen’s 2022 season.
Matches Josiah on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Mike O'Laughlin’s path through Houston.
Matches Mike on
Differs from Mike on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Caufield's junior season at Oregon State (2025).
Matches Bryce on
Player DNA