Former tight end at Northern Illinois. 2024: 6 catches, 41 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 251 lb · Pleasant Plains, IL
The story
Former tight end at Northern Illinois. 2024: 6 catches, 41 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTristen Tewes
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Fifth year in the Northern Illinois receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 12 rec yds, 1 receptions against Notre Dame — Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Northern Illinois, 356 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 27-31 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 101 | 10.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 356 | 10.5 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 16–14
at Notre Dame
1 rec · 12 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 16-14@ Notre Dame | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 12 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23vs Buffalo | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-28@ Western Michigan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-16vs Akron | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 6 | 41 | 7.2 | 1 | 12 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Henry Pearson’s 2022 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Henry Pearson's junior season at App State (2022).
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Player DNA