Sage Ennis

TE · Sr. · Virginia6′4″ · 245 lb · Graceville, FL · Lincoln

Sage Ennis is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Virginia.

Ennis shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. On tape: 40 receiving yards and 4 receptions against California, Week 10, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Marshall LangNorthwestern · 2021 · 80% season match
Lake McReeUSC · 2022 · 76% season match
Will WallaceTulane · 2021 · 75% season match
Christopher ToudleNC State · 2021 · 74% season match
Lawson LuckieGeorgia · 2025 · 70% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Virginia	23	214	9.3	5	25
2024	Virginia	1	2	2.0	0	2
2023	Clemson	3	52	17.3	0	28
2022	Clemson	2	17	8.5	0	13
2021	Clemson	1	8	8.0	0	8
2020	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
Career		30	293	9.8	5	28

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 31-35@ NC State	2	10	5.0	1	7
Wk 4	W 48-20vs Stanford	2	21	10.5	1	13
Wk 5	W 46-38vs No. 8 Florida State	1	6	6.0	1	6
Wk 8	W 22-20vs Washington State	2	33	16.5	0	23
Wk 9	W 17-16@ North Carolina	2	25	12.5	0	16
Wk 10	W 31-21@ California	4	40	10.0	0	25	Season-high 40 yds
Wk 11	L 9-16vs Wake Forest	2	20	10.0	0	16
Wk 12	W 34-17@ Duke	1	12	12.0	1	12
Wk 14	W 27-7vs Virginia Tech	2	12	6.0	1	11
Bowl	W 13-7vs No. 25 Missouri	5	35	7.0	0	15
Total		23	214	9.3	5	25

Signature game

Week 12 · 2025

W 34-17

at Duke

1 rec · 12 yds · 1 TD

With C. Morris — 316 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 84.7 · J. Taylor — 133 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 25 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · California · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Morris to Ennis: a 25-yard pass.
Week 4 · Stanford · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 13 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 12 · Duke · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Morris to Ennis: a 12-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Florida State · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 6 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 14 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Morris to Ennis: an 11-yard pass.
Week 8 · Washington State · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.79Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 23 yds to the WSU 2 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · NC State · 1st and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 3 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 1 · Missouri · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Morris to Ennis: a 9-yard pass.
Week 1 · Missouri · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.16Morris to Ennis: a 0-yard pass.
Week 8 · Washington State · 2nd and 25 · Q3 · EPA +1.08Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 10 yds to the WSU 30

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

12%4 of his 33 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 44 (#84 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

44Rotational starter #84 of 156 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile). Concern: epa / target (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#29 / 798 · 96th pct

9.1%

Yards / catch#557 / 798 · 30th pct

10.0

Explosive rate#582 / 798 · 27th pct

6.1%

Catch rate#587 / 798 · 26th pct

60.6%

EPA / target#659 / 798 · 17th pct

0.17

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#14 / 175 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Receptions#84 / 175 · 50th pct

Rec yards#105 / 175 · 40th pct

214

Yards / catch#126 / 175 · 27th pct

9.3

Long catch#138 / 175 · 20th 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 2025. 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	18.4	9.8	0.6
Road4g	2.2	21.8	9.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	18.0	7.1	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	23.7	11.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

Pass share

48.0%

492 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

73.3

14 games

Team sack rate

3.6%

474 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

23 catches in 10 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

44 · #84 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #84 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #12 of 22 ACC TEs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).