#44

Tyler Warren

Former tight end at Penn State. 2024: 104 catches, 1,233 receiving yards, 8 TD.

TE · Penn State · Sr. · #44

6′6″ · 257 lb · Mechanicsville, VA

CFB Index 96 · #2 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-AmericanIndianapolis — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 14, #14 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 543 nationally · Signed with Atlee

Statement game17 rec · 224 yds · 1 TDat USC (FBS) · W 33-30

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Penn State. 2024: 104 catches, 1,233 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Atlee in 2020.
Drafted round 1 by the Indianapolis in 2025.
Named All-America (FWAA) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 1,839 receiving yards, an All-American season (2024) — drafted at #14 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Iowa.Iowa · W 31-02023

2020

Recruited3-star out of Atlee

202313 games

All-Big Tenthird

202416 games

All-Big Tenfirst
All-America6 selectors
Mackeywinner
Big Ten Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Yearwinner

2025

Drafted by Indianapolisround 1, pick 14

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#543 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #14

Indianapolis · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2024)

6 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 2nd NFL season

#14Rd 1 · Pick 14

IndianapolisEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 41-14 over that span.

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

96All-America level #2 of 135?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#235 / 610 · 62nd pct

92.4%

TD rate#239 / 610 · 61st pct

7.6%

Explosive rate#280 / 610 · 54th pct

15.2%

Yards / catch#309 / 610 · 49th pct

11.8

EPA / target#341 / 610 · 44th pct

0.83

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#2 / 168 · 99th pct

1233

Receptions#2 / 168 · 99th pct

104

Rec TDs#3 / 168 · 98th pct

Rush yards#1 / 27 · 98th pct

218

Rush TDs#1 / 27 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#59 / 168 · 65th pct

11.9

Long catch#58 / 168 · 65th pct

Fumbles lost#27 / 47 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

16th → 54th percentile

Catch rate

84th → 62nd percentile

TD rate

100th → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

26th → 49th 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

2024 season · 16 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	5.3	61.9	11.1	0.3
Road7g	8.0	96.6	11.6	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	6.2	76.0	11.2	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	6.9	78.4	11.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #2 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Penn State	104	1,233	11.9	8	--
2023	Penn State	34	422	12.4	7	--
2022	Penn State	10	123	12.3	3	--
2021	Penn State	5	61	12.2	1	--
Career		153	1,839	12.0	19	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 17 · 2024

W 38–10

vs SMU

6 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 28-point win at home against SMU.

With N. Singleton — 90 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Allar — 127 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 10 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Purdue · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +4.52Tyler Warren run for 48 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)
Week 2 · Bowling Green · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 30 yds to the BGSU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Boise State · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 13 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)
Week 12 · Purdue · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 17 yds to the PUR 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Ohio State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.00Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 31 yds to the OSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Tyler Warren pass complete to Nicholas Singleton for 17 yds for a TD (Sander Sahaydak KICK)
Week 1 · West Virginia · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Beau Pribula pass complete to Tyler Warren for 19 yds for a TD (Sander Sahaydak KICK)
Week 7 · USC · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 32 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)
Week 1 · Boise State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 11 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)
Week 6 · UCLA · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Drew Allar pass complete to Tyler Warren for 5 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week