#89

Tip Reiman

Former tight end at Illinois. 2023: 19 catches, 203 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Illinois · Jr. · #89

6′5″ · 270 lb · Rapid City, SD

CFB Index 40 · #92 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceArizona — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 18, #82 overall

The story

Former tight end at Illinois. 2023: 19 catches, 203 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Drafted round 3 by the Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Illinois, 419 receiving yards — drafted at #82 overall by Arizona.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2024

Drafted by Arizonaround 3, pick 82

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Illinois

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #82

Arizona · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020

Rod Smith

Illinois

2021–2023

Bret Bielema

Illinois

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

#82Rd 3 · Pick 18

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Illinois2-6HC: Rod Smith · Run-heavy

2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Rotational starter #92 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (93rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#44 / 639 · 93rd pct

13.6%

EPA / target#169 / 639 · 74th pct

0.96

Catch rate#240 / 639 · 62nd pct

86.4%

Yards / catch#434 / 639 · 32nd pct

10.7

Explosive rate#574 / 639 · 10th pct

4.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#49 / 160 · 69th pct

Rec TDs#49 / 160 · 62nd pct

Yards / catch#88 / 160 · 45th pct

10.7

Receptions#91 / 160 · 41st pct

Rec yards#103 / 160 · 36th pct

203

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

10th → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 10th percentile

Catch rate

7th → 62nd percentile

TD rate

25th → 93rd percentile

Yards / catch

14th → 32nd percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	23.5	13.5	0.2
Road5g	1.0	12.4	12.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	21.7	14.9	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	12.8	9.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #92 of 137 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Illinois	19	203	10.7	3	--
2022	Illinois	19	173	9.1	1	--
2021	Illinois	3	43	14.3	1	--
2020	Illinois	--	--	--	--	--
Career		41	419	10.2	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 27–24

at Maryland

1 rec · 13 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With L. Altmyer — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · 29 rush yds (13 car) · H. Robertson — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Minnesota · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 15 yds for a TD (Caleb Griffin KICK)
Week 2 · Kansas · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 4 yds for a TD (Caleb Griffin KICK)
Week 8 · Wisconsin · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 3 yds for a TD (Caleb Griffin KICK)
Week 12 · Iowa · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.00John Paddock pass complete to Tip Reiman for 17 yds to the IOWA 1 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Nebraska · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.96Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 7 yds to the NEB 26 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Maryland · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.79Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 13 yds to the ILL 43 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Penn State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.71Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 8 yds to the ILL 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 17 yds to the ILL 42 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Florida Atlantic · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.45Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tip Reiman for 42 yds to the FAU 5 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Northwestern · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.12John Paddock pass complete to Tip Reiman for 5 yds to the ILL 31 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-28vs Toledo	2	33	16.5	0	17
Wk 2	L 23-34@ Kansas	1	4	4.0	1	4
Wk 3	L 13-30vs Penn State	3	23	7.7	0	8
Wk 4	W 23-17vs Florida Atlantic	1	42	42.0	0	42	Season-high 42 yds
Wk 5	L 19-44@ Purdue	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 6	L 7-20vs Nebraska	3	24	8.0	0	11
Wk 7	W 27-24@ Maryland	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 8	L 21-25vs Wisconsin	2	4	2.0	1	3
Wk 10	W 27-26@ Minnesota	1	15	15.0	1	15
Wk 12	L 13-15@ Iowa	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 13	L 43-45vs Northwestern	3	15	5.0	0	5
Total		19	203	13.0	3	42

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

Tip Reiman

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

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