Former tight end at Penn State. 2020: 23 catches, 310 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 258 lb · Merrimac, MA
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 224 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Penn State. 2020: 23 catches, 310 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Pat Freiermuth
This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Penn State. His first career honor landed in 2020: Big Ten Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year. The receipt: 113 rec yds, 7 receptions against Nebraska — Week 11, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 1,185 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #55 overall by Pittsburgh.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
PittsburghEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under James Franklin — 24-11 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long catch (96th percentile). Concern: rec tds (26th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.5 | 68.5 | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.0 | 86.5 | 12.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 77.5 | 13.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Penn State | 23 | 310 | 13.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 43 | 507 | 11.8 | 7 | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 26 | 368 | 14.2 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 92 | 1,185 | 12.9 | 16 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 35-36@ Indiana | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-38vs Ohio State | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-35vs Maryland | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Nebraska | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 0 | 74 | Season-high 113 yds |
| Total | 23 | 310 | 13.8 | 1 | 74 |