Patrick Overmyer

#9 · TE · Houston6′5″ · 240 lb · Kingwood, TX · Kingwood Park

Receiving yards4317th of 107 tight ends Last gameL 13–21at Utah · Oct 24

Nextvs CincinnatiSat Nov 7 · 3:30 pm ET

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This week

RecordHouston is 6-2, No. 17 in the AP poll (week 10).
From the game thread
“This one was a mess in a lot of places, but man... Utah is real. And so are your fans. Overmyer, please get better. Wiggy-REST. Great game, Utes. GO COOGS! <3 \n//”
Houston fan, r/CFB game thread · at Utah, Oct 24
Next gamevs Cincinnati · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

3 stories this week, from 3 outlets.

Stories per day.

Houston's Patrick Overmyer Earns National Recognition After Remarkable Start

Sports Illustrated +1 Oct 29

All 17 stories this season

Worth knowing

Patrick Overmyer spent three seasons at UTSA before this one.
Patrick Overmyer has 52 receiving yards a game at home, 55.8 on the road.

His most important play this season

Q2, 9:52 · Houston up 4Conner Weigman finds Patrick Overmyer for a 2-yard touchdownHouston at Kansas State, week 6Q2, 9:52 · Houston 14, Kansas State 3▲20%Houston’s chance to win, 56% to 76%▲20%Houston’s chance to win, 56% to 76%C.Weigman pass complete short right to P.Overmyer caught at KSTATE00, for 2 yards to the KSTATE00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this play Big 12 Conference

All 6 of his plays on video

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 12, middle 6, right 15.

Patrick Overmyer

TE · Houston · #9

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Patrick Overmyer takes over from Tanner Koziol at Houston.

431receiving yards39catches7receiving TD

TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER

431

Team leader in receiving yards (431).

Read the story so far

Patrick Overmyer arrived as a 3-star prospect. Patrick Overmyer lines up at TE for Houston.

On the field, the headline is 431 rec yds, with 39 rec.

Patrick Overmyer inherited the TE job from Tanner Koziol (2-star).

The number to watch: 431 — team receiving yards leader.

TE successionleap of faith

Inherited fromTanner Koziol 2★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Style of play

Play style

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Eric OlsenOregon State · 2026 · 80% season match
Josh PedersonUL Monroe · 2019 · 75% season match
Reis KesselNorth Dakota State · 2026 · 74% season match
Mik'Quan DeaneWestern Kentucky · 2018 · 72% season match
Hunter TiptonMemphis · 2026 · 72% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Houston	39	431	11.1	7	47
2025	UTSA	27	344	12.7	5	45
2024	UTSA	31	283	9.1	3	42
Career		97	1,058	10.9	15	47

Last game (Wk 8): 1 catch.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-20vs Oregon State	6	84	14.0	0	30	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 2	W 77-6vs Southern	2	16	8.0	1	9
Wk 3	L 26-28@ No. 13 Texas Tech	8	72	9.0	1	18
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Georgia Southern	3	68	22.7	0	47
Wk 5	W 27-17vs UCF	6	76	12.7	0	23
Wk 6	W 35-16@ Kansas State	8	83	10.4	4	44	4 TD catches
Wk 7	W 35-32vs No. 18 Oklahoma State	5	32	6.4	1	11
Wk 8	L 13-21@ No. 10 Utah	1	0	0.0	0	0
Total		39	431	11.1	7	47

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 6 · 2026

W 35-16

at Kansas State

8 rec · 83 yds · 4 TD

With C. Weigman — 242 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · L. Dougherty — 59.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 74 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −4.58Weigman to Overmyer: a 14-yard pass.
Week 6 · Kansas State · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Weigman to Overmyer: a 44-yard pass.
Week 6 · Kansas State · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Weigman to Overmyer: a 1-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Kansas State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Weigman to Overmyer: an 8-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Oregon State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Weigman to Overmyer: a 30-yard pass.
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Weigman to Overmyer: a 2-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 2 · Southern · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Weigman to Overmyer: a 9-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.51Weigman to Overmyer: a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Oregon State · 2nd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Weigman to Overmyer: a 25-yard pass.
Week 1 · Oregon State · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Weigman to Overmyer: an 18-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards4317thAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Receptions39tied for 4thAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch11.1tied for 50thAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs71stAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Long catch47tied for 14thAmong 107 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Rush yards1tied for 18thAmong 24 tight ends with 12 or more catches

Fumbles lost1tied for 7thAmong 15 tight ends with 12 or more catches

116th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches39tied for 9th in the Big 12 this season.

Receiving touchdowns74th in the Big 12 this season; tied for 20th among current FBS players over the whole career (15).

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -5 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

39 rec · 431 yds · 7 TD

39 of 39 receptions matched to play-by-play

57 of 57 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5724% of team targets

Catch rate

68%39 of 57 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

4% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 20.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

70% of targets (40)

78%catch rate

Air 3.7 · YAC 5.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of targets (12)

50%catch rate

Air 15.7 · YAC 3.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

5% of targets (3)

0%catch rate

Air 26.7 avg

68% catch rate on 57 targets · 24% of the team's targets.

Teams and coaches

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

2025UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2026Houston6-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 83 (#6 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #6 of 132?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (91st percentile). Strength: rec tds (100th percentile). Concern: rush yards (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#54 / 569 · 91st pct

10.5%

Catch rate#209 / 569 · 63rd pct

68.4%

EPA / target#259 / 569 · 55th pct

0.47

Explosive rate#375 / 569 · 34th pct

8.8%

Yards / catch#394 / 569 · 31st pct

11.1

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#1 / 107 · 100th pct

Receptions#4 / 107 · 96th pct

Rec yards#7 / 107 · 94th pct

431

Long catch#14 / 107 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#50 / 107 · 53rd pct

11.1

Rush TDs#8 / 24 · 35th pct

Fumbles lost#7 / 15 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#18 / 24 · 25th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

16th → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 34th percentile

Catch rate

16th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

51st → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

46th → 31st 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.8	52.0	10.3	0.5
Road4g	5.0	55.8	10.5	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.4	61.6	11.9	1.0
Weeks 8+1g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Pass share

43.3%

241 pass / 315 run

Plays / game

69.5

8 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

265 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

39 catches and 1 carry in 8 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

83 · #6 of 132 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #6 at the position.

Starter

The No. 2,150 recruit in the country is starting at tight end in the Big 12.

Patrick Overmyer

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news this week

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

What fans said

Latest stories

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2023

2026 8 games

Patrick Overmyer

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

25% of the catches, 20% of the yards, 32% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news this week

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

What fans said

Latest stories

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2023

2026 8 games