Scott Orndoff

#83 · TE · Pittsburgh6′5″ · Waynesburg, PA

Scott Orndoff: TE · Pittsburgh · #83.

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Scott Orndoff

TE · Pittsburgh · #83

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The three seasons at Pittsburgh span two head coaches: Paul Chryst and Pat Narduzzi. One game to point at: 128 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Clemson — Week 11, 2016.

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.

Pittsburgh in the news

Cornell coach Ed Dawson diesPittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Pittsburgh	35	579	16.5	5	74
2015	Pittsburgh	13	244	18.8	5	55
2014	Pittsburgh	4	24	6.0	1	9
Career		52	847	16.3	11	74

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-7vs Villanova	5	68	13.6	0	19
Wk 2	W 42-39vs Penn State	4	15	3.8	1	10
Wk 3	L 38-45@ Oklahoma State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 5	W 43-27vs Marshall	2	29	14.5	0	20
Wk 6	W 37-34vs Georgia Tech	2	86	43.0	1	74
Wk 7	W 45-31@ Virginia	3	25	8.3	0	20
Wk 9	L 36-39vs No. 25 Virginia Tech	2	96	48.0	0	71
Wk 10	L 28-51@ Miami	2	30	15.0	0	19
Wk 11	W 43-42@ No. 3 Clemson	9	128	14.2	2	55	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 12	W 56-14vs Duke	2	58	29.0	1	48
Wk 13	W 76-61vs Syracuse	1	18	18.0	0	18
Bowl	L 24-31vs Northwestern	2	21	10.5	0	15
Total		35	579	16.5	5	74

Signature game

Week 11 · 2016

W 43-42

at Clemson

9 rec · 128 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Clemson on the road in a shootout.

With N. Peterman — 308 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.2 · 18 rush yds (6 car) · R. Winslow — 43.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +7.07Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 74 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 12 · Duke · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +4.47Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 48 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 11 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.28Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 55 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt PAT MISSED)
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 71 yds to the VTech 10 for a
Week 1 · Northwestern · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.91Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 15 yds to the Nwest 42 for a
Week 1 · Villanova · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 13 yds to the Villa 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Clemson · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 7 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 2 · Penn State · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 2 yds for a TD, (Chris Blewitt KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.36Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 20 yds to the Virg 1 for a
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Nathan Peterman pass complete to Scott Orndoff for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a

Teams and coaches

2014Pittsburgh6-7HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2015Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2016Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (91st percentile). Strength: epa / target (87th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#64 / 674 · 91st pct

16.9

EPA / target#85 / 674 · 87th pct

0.81

TD rate#90 / 674 · 87th pct

9.3%

Explosive rate#205 / 674 · 70th pct

14.8%

Catch rate#449 / 674 · 33rd pct

63.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#5 / 96 · 95th pct

16.5

Long catch#7 / 96 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#14 / 96 · 86th pct

579

Rec TDs#13 / 96 · 84th pct

Receptions#21 / 96 · 78th 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 2016. 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	52.9	24.3	0.4
Road4g	3.8	47.0	10.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	35.6	14.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	66.0	24.8	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

37.7%

320 pass / 528 run

Plays / game

65.2

13 games

Team sack rate

2.9%

348 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

35 catches in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Scott Orndoff

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Awards

Starter

Four seasons at Pittsburgh