T.J. Hockenson

#38 · TE · So. · Iowa6′5″ · 250 lb · Chariton, IA

T.J. Hockenson: TE · Iowa · #38.

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T.J. Hockenson

TE · Iowa · So · #38

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Two seasons in the Iowa receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2018: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 115 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Wisconsin — Week 4, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Iowa in the news

Iowa QB battle unresolvedNov 2
RB Kamari Moulton out for seasonKCCI Oct 28
Fleck dedicates win to UMD playerFOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27
Iowa QB granted 5th yearOct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Iowa	49	750	15.3	6	54
2017	Iowa	24	320	13.3	3	24
Career		73	1,070	14.7	9	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-7vs Northern Illinois	4	64	16.0	0	24
Wk 2	W 13-3vs Iowa State	6	33	5.5	0	9
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Northern Iowa	2	16	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 17-28vs No. 18 Wisconsin	3	115	38.3	0	46	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 6	W 48-31@ Minnesota	3	49	16.3	1	30
Wk 7	W 42-16@ Indiana	4	107	26.8	2	54	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 23-0vs Maryland	3	30	10.0	0	16
Wk 9	L 24-30@ No. 17 Penn State	3	63	21.0	0	32
Wk 10	L 36-38@ Purdue	4	39	9.8	1	13
Wk 11	L 10-14vs Northwestern	7	89	12.7	0	37
Wk 12	W 63-0@ Illinois	2	48	24.0	2	37	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 31-28vs Nebraska	5	54	10.8	0	25
Bowl	W 27-22vs No. 18 Mississippi State	3	43	14.3	0	22
Total		49	750	15.3	6	54

Signature game

Week 7 · 2018

W 42-16

at Indiana

4 rec · 107 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 26-point win on the road against Indiana.

With N. Stanley — 320 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · N. Fant — 4 rec · 101 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Indiana · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +5.44T.J. Hockenson 54 Yd pass from Nate Stanley
Week 4 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.22Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 46 yds to the IOWA 20 for a WISCONSIN Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 13 · Nebraska · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA −4.13Colten Rastetter pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 1 yd to the Neb 2
Week 9 · Penn State · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.66Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 32 yds T.J. Hockenson fumbled, forced by Koa Farmer, recovered by Iowa Nate Wieting for a
Week 12 · Illinois · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 37 yds for a TD (Miguel Recinos KICK)
Week 6 · Minnesota · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 30 yds to the Minn 1 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Nebraska · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 25 yds to the Iowa 48 for a
Week 11 · Northwestern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 37 yds to the Nwest 45 for a
Week 6 · Minnesota · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.98T.J. Hockenson run for 4 yds for a TD (Miguel Recinos KICK)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Nate Stanley pass complete to T.J. Hockenson for 13 yds to the NoIll 39 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Kirk Ferentz, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.

2017Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#30 / 702 · 96th pct

24.2%

EPA / target#59 / 702 · 92nd pct

0.90

Catch rate#177 / 702 · 75th pct

75.8%

Yards / catch#188 / 702 · 73rd pct

14.6

TD rate#261 / 702 · 62nd pct

6.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#4 / 109 · 97th pct

750

Receptions#6 / 109 · 95th pct

Rec TDs#10 / 109 · 89th pct

Rush TDs#2 / 18 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 26 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#19 / 109 · 83rd pct

15.3

Long catch#19 / 109 · 83rd pct

Rush yards#6 / 18 · 61st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

99th → 92nd percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 96th percentile

Catch rate

84th → 75th percentile

TD rate

40th → 62nd percentile

Yards / catch

67th → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	57.3	14.5	0.0
Road5g	3.2	61.2	19.6	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	61.0	17.9	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	53.8	14.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

Pass share

45.7%

407 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

68.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

436 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

T.J. Hockenson

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Iowa in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Three seasons at Iowa, drafted

2016

2018 13 games

2019