Oronde Gadsden II

#19 · TE · Jr. · Syracuse6′5″ · 236 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · American Heritage

Oronde Gadsden II: TE · Syracuse · #19.

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Oronde Gadsden II

TE · Syracuse · Jr · #19

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The four seasons at Syracuse span three head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile and Fran Brown. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-ACC again in 2024. A game that shows it: 142 receiving yards and 10 receptions against UNLV — Week 6, 2024.

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.

Syracuse in the news

Syracuse beats ranked team for first time since 2024Oct 31
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
3-star OL decommits from SyracuseSyracuse.com Oct 28
Syracuse ends 11-game ACC losing streakOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Syracuse	72	922	12.8	7	39
2023	Syracuse	7	67	9.6	1	17
2022	Syracuse	61	969	15.9	6	46
2021	Syracuse	2	24	12.0	0	14
Career		142	1,982	14.0	14	46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-22vs Ohio	7	108	15.4	1	28	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 31-28vs No. 23 Georgia Tech	6	93	15.5	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 24-26vs Stanford	2	12	6.0	0	10
Wk 5	W 42-14vs Holy Cross	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 6	W 44-41@ No. 25 UNLV	10	142	14.2	0	39	Season-high 142 yds
Wk 7	W 24-17@ NC State	6	74	12.3	0	27
Wk 9	L 13-41@ No. 19 Pittsburgh	3	33	11.0	0	24
Wk 10	W 38-31vs Virginia Tech	2	18	9.0	0	12
Wk 11	L 31-37@ Boston College	8	102	12.8	1	30
Wk 12	W 33-25@ California	8	109	13.6	0	26
Wk 13	W 31-24vs UConn	11	103	9.4	1	22
Wk 14	W 42-38vs No. 8 Miami	4	50	12.5	0	25
Bowl	W 52-35vs Washington State	4	74	18.5	2	28
Total		72	922	12.8	7	39

Signature game

Week 2 · 2024

W 31-28

vs Georgia Tech

6 rec · 93 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Georgia Tech at home in a shootout.

With K. McCord — 381 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.0 · 10 rush yds (3 car) · L. Allen — 83 rush yds (15 car) · 5 rec · 47 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Washington State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 28 yds to the WSU 22 for a
Week 6 · UNLV · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 2 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 17 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 9 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.25Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 24 yds to the PITT 49 for a
Week 14 · Miami · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 25 yds to the MIA 28 for a
Week 12 · California · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.13Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 20 yds to the CAL 29 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · UNLV · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 39 yds to the UNLV 36 for a
Week 6 · UNLV · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 15 yds to the UNLV 36 for a
Week 13 · UConn · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 20 yds to the CONN 48 for a
Week 1 · Washington State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Kyle McCord pass complete to Oronde Gadsden II for 18 yds for a TD (Jackson Kennedy KICK)

Teams and coaches

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Syracuse6-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 86 (#4 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

86All-Conference level #4 of 135 · 2024?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#147 / 610 · 76th pct

20.3%

EPA / target#169 / 610 · 72nd pct

1.06

TD rate#177 / 610 · 71st pct

8.9%

Yards / catch#229 / 610 · 63rd pct

12.9

Catch rate#315 / 610 · 48th pct

89.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#3 / 168 · 99th pct

922

Receptions#4 / 168 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#5 / 168 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#40 / 168 · 76th pct

12.8

Rush yards#9 / 27 · 69th pct

Long catch#54 / 168 · 67th pct

Rush TDs#8 / 27 · 37th 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 2024. 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	55.4	10.3	0.6
Road5g	7.0	92.0	12.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	72.4	12.3	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	69.2	11.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

Pass share

60.5%

596 pass / 389 run

Plays / game

75.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.8%

626 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #4 of 135 FBS tight ends by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

86 · #4 of 135 TEs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #4 at the position.

Oronde Gadsden II

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Syracuse, drafted

2021

2022 12 games

2023

2024 13 games

2025