Rivaldo Fairweather

#13 · TE · Sr. · Auburn6′4″ · 252 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Boyd Anderson

Rivaldo Fairweather: TE · Auburn · #13.

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Rivaldo Fairweather

TE · Auburn · Sr · #13

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Butch Davis, Mike MacIntyre and Hugh Freeze. All-SEC in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 71 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Oklahoma — Week 5, 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.

Auburn in the news

Auburn GM Brian Kloman firedYahoo Sports Oct 26
Xavier Atkins dismissed from AuburnOct 21
Auburn ends losing streak to GeorgiaUSA Today Oct 18
Georgia starter ruled out for AuburnOn3 Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Auburn	31	372	12.0	2	43
2023	Auburn	38	394	10.4	6	53
2022	Florida International	28	426	15.2	3	75
2021	Florida International	16	247	15.4	1	41
2020	Florida International	9	98	10.9	0	22
Career		122	1,537	12.6	12	75

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 21 Oklahoma	3	71	23.7	0	43	Season-high 71 yds
Wk 6	L 13-31@ No. 5 Georgia	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 17-21@ No. 19 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 No. 15 Texas A&M	2	20	10.0	0	13
Wk 14	L 14-28@ No. 13 Alabama	3	55	18.3	0	21
Total		31	372	12.0	2	43

Signature game

Week 10 · 2024

L 7-17

vs Vanderbilt

5 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD

With O. Chapman — 44.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20 · P. Thorne — 239 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.9

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Oklahoma · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +3.77Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 43 yds to the OU 13 for a
Week 14 · Alabama · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.43Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 21 yds to the ALA 40 for a
Week 3 · New Mexico · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.04Hank Brown pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 26 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 10 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 30 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 2 · California · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 16 yds to the AUB 42 for a
Week 12 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 21 yds to the ULM 30 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Alabama · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 20 yds to the ALA 22 for a
Week 6 · Georgia · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.96Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 11 yds to the AUB 39 for a
Week 8 · Missouri · 1st and 20 · Q2 · EPA −1.90Payton Thorne pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for a loss of 5 yards to the MIZ 48
Week 4 · Arkansas · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.87Hank Brown pass complete to Rivaldo Fairweather for 9 yds to the ARK 36 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#48 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

51Rotational starter #48 of 135 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 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 · 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

2024 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

48.0%

368 pass / 399 run

Plays / game

63.9

12 games

Team sack rate

6.4%

391 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

31 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #48 of 135 TEs · 2024

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

Rivaldo Fairweather

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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

31 catches in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2020 3 games

2022 10 games

2023 11 games