#81

Treyton Welch

Senior tight end for Wyoming. 2023: 31 catches, 308 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Wyoming · Sr. · #81

6′3″ · 241 lb · Buffalo, MN

CFB Index 50 · #54 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceWyoming 2023 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Wyoming. 2023: 31 catches, 308 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Wyoming in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3178 nationally · Signed with Wyoming

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Wyoming, 874 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 87 yds at New Mexico.New Mexico · W 27-142022

2019

Signed with Wyoming2-star out of Buffalo Senior

202210 games

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3178 national

CFB

College

Wyoming

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Craig Bohl

Wyoming

Played his entire career under Craig Bohl.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Craig Bohl — 25-20 over that span.

2020Wyoming2-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2021Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2022Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Wyoming9-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #54 of 137?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (98th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 639 · 98th pct

100.0%

TD rate#393 / 639 · 37th pct

4.2%

EPA / target#444 / 639 · 31st pct

0.57

Yards / catch#464 / 639 · 27th pct

10.3

Explosive rate#491 / 639 · 23rd pct

8.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#40 / 160 · 75th pct

Rec yards#54 / 160 · 67th pct

308

Rec TDs#75 / 160 · 43rd pct

Long catch#90 / 160 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#113 / 160 · 29th pct

9.9

Fumbles lost#18 / 35 · 27th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

99th → 31st percentile

Explosive rate

97th → 23rd percentile

Catch rate

99th → 98th percentile

TD rate

100th → 37th percentile

Yards / catch

75th → 27th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	28.3	7.9	0.2
Road4g	3.0	34.5	11.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	30.3	8.3	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.7	32.0	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

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

50 · #54 of 137 TEs

Two-star recruit. Now #54 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Wyoming	31	308	9.9	2	--
2022	Wyoming	22	308	14.0	5	--
2021	Wyoming	19	163	8.6	2	--
2020	Wyoming	5	95	19.0	0	--
Career		77	874	11.4	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–17

vs Portland State

1 rec · 3 yds

With A. Peasley — 201 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.6 · 43 rush yds (6 car) · C. Stewart — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · UNLV · 2&20 · Q3 · EPA +3.91Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 32 yds to the UNLV 41 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Fresno State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 12 yds for a TD (John Hoyland KICK)
Week 1 · Texas Tech · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +1.94Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 19 yds to the WYO 35 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Fresno State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.90Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 19 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Boise State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 12 yds to the WYO 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · New Mexico · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA -1.67Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for a loss of 3 yards to the UNM 39
Week 5 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.47Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 22 yds to the UNM 2 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Hawai'i · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.32Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 10 yds to the HAW 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.99Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 8 yds Treyton Welch fumbled, recovered by HAW Justin Sinclair [SG] PEASLEY, Andrew pass short to the right complete for 8 yards to WELCH, Treyton caught at the WYO27, WELCH, Treyton fumbled at WYO34 forced by SINCLAIR, Justin, recovered by HAW SINCLAIR, Justin at the WYO34, returned 9 yards to the WYO25 (WIELAND, Wyatt;SINCLAIR, Justin), clock 12:40.
Week 6 · Fresno State · 3&20 · Q3 · EPA +0.95Andrew Peasley pass complete to Treyton Welch for 17 yds to the WYO 47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-33vs Texas Tech	3	31	10.3	0	19
Wk 2	W 31-17vs Portland State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 3	L 10-31@ Texas	3	22	7.3	0	18
Wk 5	W 35-26vs New Mexico	3	22	7.3	0	22
Wk 6	W 24-19vs Fresno State	6	74	12.3	1	19	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 7	L 27-34@ Air Force	3	38	12.7	1	22
Wk 9	L 7-32@ Boise State	3	28	9.3	0	13
Wk 11	L 14-34@ UNLV	3	50	16.7	0	32
Wk 12	W 42-9vs Hawai'i	2	18	9.0	0	10
Bowl	W 16-15vs Toledo	4	22	5.5	0	9
Total		31	308	9.3	2	32

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