Senior tight end for UTEP. 2023: 10 catches, 59 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′1″ · 240 lb · Venice, FL
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 342 nationally · Joined UTEP
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for UTEP. 2023: 10 catches, 59 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Zach Fryar
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has three seasons of production at UTEP behind him. The receipt: 25 rec yds, 2 receptions against Jacksonville State — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 79 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Dimel.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 11-21 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 12.2 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17@ Jacksonville State | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 25 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ Northwestern | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31@ Arizona | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-28vs New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34@ Sam Houston | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-21vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs Liberty | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | 59 | 4.6 | 1 | 19 |
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 2023 production profile sits closest to Zeke Moore’s 2023 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Sam Scott's junior season at Wyoming (2024).
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Player DNA