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Heisman / Players / D'Andre Rogers /TCU

D'Andre Rogers

TE · TCU · Sr

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

319 REC YDS · 34 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to TCU for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to TCU for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · TCU

Returning around him

  • 61% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 3 TCU players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #24

TE · TCU · BIG 12

D'Andre Rogers

  • 4
  • 6-4 | 250 lb
  • Sammamish, WA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

55

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 65th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#874

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP TE AWARD

Mackey

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
78.02023
1422024
3192025

+309%

Up 309% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
TCU
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionTE
Class4
Jersey--
Measurements6-4 | 250 lb
HometownSammamish, WA
Primary teamTCU

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#874Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1033Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

Achievements

  • Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (319).

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on D'Andre Rogers

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Football: DJ Rogers, Devean Deal among TCU players to sign undrafted free agent "Own fansNational: 1 mentions · belief +100 · "Hello r/CFB! Welcome to the 2025 Big 12 Uniform Tracker! In this extra special e"National
  • Own fans · n=1
  • National · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about D'Andre Rogers

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Receiving TDs

2

count

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #302 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 43rd

Why it matters

#302 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 2 TDs on 34 receptions.

Vs cohort

This player 2 (43th)

HIGH · n=34 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#373 / 531
  • Yards per reception#449 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 1 at North Carolina — 1 receiving_tds

Result W 48-14

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at North Carolina.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
319Rec yards
34Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
26.6Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
345.6Rec yards
37Receptions
2Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 319): needs 381/game over remaining 1.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 319): needs 681/game over remaining 1.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 34): needs 26/game over remaining 1.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 34): needs 46/game over remaining 1.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 6/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

D'Andre Rogers's story is about how role and output meet each other. For TCU, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #874 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

TE season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 34 2 rec TD | #37/475 (92nd pct)
Receiving yards 319 9.4 per catch | #62/475 (87th pct)
Scrimmage yards 319 Total offensive yardage | #62/475 (87th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnet

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
34 92nd
YDS
319 87th
YPR
9.4 46th
TD
2 84th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 48-14@ North Carolina5438.6114
Wk 3W 42-21vs Abilene Christian188.008
Wk 4W 35-24vs SMU33110.3014
Wk 5L 24-27@ Arizona State46015.0039Season-high 60 yds
Wk 6W 35-21vs Colorado3279.0014
Wk 7L 28-41@ Kansas State3279.0013
Wk 8W 42-36vs Baylor4307.5113
Wk 9W 23-17@ West Virginia3237.7016
Wk 11L 17-20vs Iowa State33210.7016
Wk 13W 17-14@ Houston273.508
Wk 14W 45-23vs Cincinnati11212.0012
BowlW 30-27vs USC2199.5013
Total343199.2239
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021SMU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy
2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025TCU343199.42--
2024TCU1214211.82--
2023TCU77811.11--
2021TCU----------
Career4 loaded seasons5353910.25--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.

Role share

A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 4.8% 9.1% pass-game share | #111/468 (76th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #79/475 (84th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 34 #37/475 92nd pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving yards 319 #62/475 87th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #79/475 84th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Yards / catch 9.4 #257/475 46th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Usage Pass share 9.1% #111/468 76th pct Air-game usagevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving LONG 39 #77/475 84th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.3% #32/468 93rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Passing-down usage 7.0% #72/468 85th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS TE
Usage Role share 4.8% #93/468 80th pct Share of team offensevs FBS TE
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.4% #159/468 66th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Standard-down usage 3.8% #139/468 71st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS TE
Usage 1st-down usage 3.1% #212/468 55th pct Early-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Rush share 0.0% #58/468 88th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS TE

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home7g2.422.79.60.1
Road5g3.432.08.80.2

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins9g2.722.28.50.2
Losses3g3.339.711.60.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-77g3.030.79.90.1
Weeks 8+5g2.620.88.30.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

55Mid-pack
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (28th).

Receptions#37 / 175 · 79th pct
34rece
Rec yards#62 / 175 · 65th pct
319rece
Long catch#67 / 175 · 61st pct
39rece
Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct
2rece
Yards / catch#125 / 175 · 29th pct
9.4rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · TE · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 5 metrics
D'Andre RogersTCUHouston ThomasUTSA· 89% simJett CarpenterNevada· 88% simHunter TiptonMiddle Tennessee· 88% sim
Receptions
79
Rogers
79
Thomas
80
Carpenter
90
Tipton
Rec yards
65
Rogers
69
Thomas
74
Carpenter
81
Tipton
Long catch
61
Rogers
42
Thomas
71
Carpenter
58
Tipton
Rec TDs
43
Rogers
43
Thomas
43
Carpenter
43
Tipton
Yards / catch
29
Rogers
42
Thomas
51
Carpenter
47
Tipton

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Complete TE

Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.

TE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to David Martin-Robinson’s 2022 season.

David Martin-Robinson

89%match

Temple · 2022

#2

Reed Tyler

Arkansas State · 2020

83%
#3

Jake Roberts

North Texas · 2022

82%
#4

Neal Johnson

Louisiana · 2022

81%
#5

Peyton Hendershot

Indiana · 2021

All-Big Ten
77%

Matches David on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
EPA / play (adj)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua Simon's senior season at South Carolina (2023).

Joshua Simon

82%match

South Carolina · 2023

All-Conference USA
#2

Jack Velling

Michigan State · 2025

All-Big Ten
82%
#3

R.J. Maryland

SMU · 2025

80%
#4

Trey Knox

South Carolina · 2023

All-SEC
80%
#5

Jake Roberts

Baylor · 2023

80%

Matches Joshua on

TD rate
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Pass share

51.9%

460 pass / 426 run

Plays / game

68.2

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.6%

340 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches
2021
Gary Patterson
TCU
2023
Sonny Dykes
TCU
era →
2024
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2025
Sonny Dykes
TCU

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownSammamish, WA
Height6'4"
Weight250 lb
Class4
PositionTE

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 TCU TE4 #874 #1033 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 TCU TE4 #2202 #2393 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big 12
2022 TCU TE4 #2128 #1556 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12
2021 TCU TE4 #3594 #3573 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 TCU Big 12 TE 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Sammamish, WA
2024 TCU Big 12 TE 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Sammamish, WA
2023 TCU Big 12 TE 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Sammamish, WA
2022 TCU Big 12 TE 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Sammamish, WA
2021 TCU Big 12 TE 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Sammamish, WA
2021 SMU American Athletic TE 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Sammamish, WA