Former tight end at Missouri. 2024: 4 catches, 22 receiving yards.
6′6″ · 243 lb · Newton Falls, OH
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 2508 nationally · Signed with Buffalo
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Missouri. 2024: 4 catches, 22 receiving yards.
Tyler Stephens
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Maurice Linguist and Eli Drinkwitz. The receipt: 17 rec yds, 2 receptions against Murray State — Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Missouri, 282 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Eli Drinkwitz.
Season context · Team result + system
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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Murray State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 17 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs Oklahoma | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 4 | 22 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 |
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 2021 production profile sits closest to Jake Marwede’s 2021 season.
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Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Hayden Hatten’s path through Idaho.
Hayden Hatten
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As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Niemenski's freshman season at UConn (2021).
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Player DNA