#13

Rivaldo Fairweather

Former tight end at Auburn. 2024: 31 catches, 372 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Auburn · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 252 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 51 · #48 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceAuburn 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 2611 nationally · Signed with Florida International

Statement game8 rec · 152 yds · 3 TDvs Middle Tennessee (FBS) · L 28-33

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Auburn. 2024: 31 catches, 372 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida International in 2020.
Transferred from Florida International to Auburn in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Auburn, 1,537 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 152 yds vs Middle Tennessee.Middle Tennessee · L 28-332022

20203 games

Signed with Florida International3-star out of Boyd Anderson

202210 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202311 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2611 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

4 coaches

2020

Kevin Steele

Auburn

2021

Bryan Harsin

Auburn

era →

2022

Cadillac Williams

Auburn

era →

2023–2024

Hugh Freeze

Auburn

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Kevin Steele, Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida International0-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy

2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #48 of 135?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: fumbles lost (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#149 / 610 · 75th pct

20.0%

Yards / catch#288 / 610 · 52nd pct

12.0

EPA / target#300 / 610 · 51st pct

0.88

TD rate#315 / 610 · 48th pct

5.7%

Catch rate#346 / 610 · 43rd pct

88.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#38 / 168 · 76th pct

Rec yards#42 / 168 · 75th pct

372

Receptions#45 / 168 · 73rd pct

Yards / catch#57 / 168 · 66th pct

12.0

Rec TDs#72 / 168 · 46th pct

Fumbles lost#27 / 47 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

69th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 75th percentile

Catch rate

79th → 43rd percentile

TD rate

97th → 48th percentile

Yards / catch

31st → 52nd 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.8	36.8	12.8	0.2
Road4g	2.2	19.5	8.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	31.5	12.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	30.5	10.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #48 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Auburn	31	372	12.0	2	--
2023	Auburn	38	394	10.4	6	--
2022	Florida International	28	426	15.2	3	--
2021	Florida International	16	247	15.4	1	--
2020	Florida International	9	98	10.9	0	--
Career		122	1,537	12.6	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 43–41

vs Texas A&M

2 rec · 20 yds

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With P. Thorne — 301 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.3 · 38 rush yds (11 car) · O. Chapman — 34 AVG · 46 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Oklahoma · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.77Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 43 yds to the OU 13 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Alabama · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 21 yds to the ALA 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · New Mexico · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.04Hank Brown pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 26 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 10 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 30 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 2 · California · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 16 yds to the AUB 42 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UL Monroe · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 21 yds to the ULM 30 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Alabama · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 20 yds to the ALA 22 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.96Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 11 yds to the AUB 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Missouri · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA -1.90Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for a loss of 5 yards to the MIZ 48
Week 4 · Arkansas · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.87Hank Brown pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 9 yds to the ARK 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 73-3vs Alabama A&M	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 2	L 14-21vs California	2	23	11.5	0	16
Wk 3	W 45-19vs New Mexico	3	37	12.3	1	26
Wk 4	L 14-24vs Arkansas	4	40	10.0	0	25
Wk 5	L 21-27vs Oklahoma	3	71	23.7	0	43	Season-high 71 yds
Wk 6	L 13-31@ Georgia	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 17-21@ Missouri	3	2	0.7	0	6
Wk 9	W 24-10@ Kentucky	2	10	5.0	0	7
Wk 10	L 7-17vs Vanderbilt	5	66	13.2	1	30
Wk 12	W 48-14vs UL Monroe	2	30	15.0	0	21
Wk 13	W 43-41vs Texas A&M	2	20	10.0	0	13
Wk 14	L 14-28@ Alabama	3	55	18.3	0	21
Total		31	372	11.5	2	43

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

Rivaldo Fairweather

20203 games

202210 games

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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