Sage Ennis

Senior tight end for Virginia. 2025: 23 catches, 214 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Virginia · Sr.

6′4″ · 245 lb · Graceville, FL

CFB Index 44 · #84 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

214

receiving yards · 2025

23 catches · 5 TD · 9.3 per catch

Best game: 1 rec, 12 yds, 1 TD, at Duke

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Virginia. 2025: 23 catches, 214 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lincoln in 2020.
Transferred from Clemson to Virginia in 2024.

His career, year by year

Sage Ennis

TE · Virginia · Sr

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Sage Ennis has played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 40 rec yds, 4 receptions against California, Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #84 of 156?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

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 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).

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%

Splits & context

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
Road5g	2.8	24.4	9.3	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #84 of 156 TEs

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 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 13–7

at Missouri

5 rec · 35 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With C. Morris — 198 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · D. Sparks — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · California · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.00(05:09) Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short right to #0 S.Ennis caught at UVA35, for 25 yards to the CAL42 (#4 B.Austin), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Stanford · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 13 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 12 · Duke · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.88(01:45) Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short left to #0 S.Ennis caught at DUKE03, for 12 yards to the DUKE00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:39, 1ST DOWN #41 W.Bettridge kick attempt good (H: #38 D.Sparks, LS: #69 B.Robinson) PENALTY #41 W.Bettridge kick attempt good (H: #38 D.Sparks, LS: #69 B.Robinson) PENALTY DUKE Personal Foul (#4 J.Green) #41 W.Bettridge kick attempt good (H: #38 D.Sparks, LS: #69 B.Robinson) PENALTY DUKE Personal Foul (#4 J.Green) 15 yards from DUKE00 to UVA50
Week 5 · Florida State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 6 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 14 · Virginia Tech · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.32(04:23) Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short right to #0 S.Ennis caught at UVA48, for 11 yards to the VAT47 (#6 J.Bass), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Washington State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.79Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 23 yds to the WSU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · NC State · 1&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 3 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 1 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23(01:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short middle to #0 S.Ennis caught at UVA31, for 9 yards to the UVA33 (#5 K.Jacobs; #15 S.Banner)
Week 1 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.16(06:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 C.Morris pass complete short right to #0 S.Ennis caught at UVA45, for 0 yards to the UVA45 (#15 S.Banner)
Week 8 · Washington State · 2&25 · Q3 · EPA +1.08Chandler Morris pass complete to Sage Ennis for 10 yds to the WSU 30

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 13-7@ Missouri	5	35	7.0	0	15
Total		23	214	9.6	5	25

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

Sage Ennis

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