#87

Drew Biber

Senior tight end for Minnesota. 2025: 18 catches, 136 receiving yards.

TE · Minnesota · Sr. · #87

6′4″ · 245 lb · Cedarburg, WI

CFB Index 33 · #141 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidence

The numbers

136

receiving yards · 2025

Swing playSwung Minnesota from 31% to 53% to win.Michigan State at Minnesota · 23-20

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior tight end for Minnesota. 2025: 18 catches, 136 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2021.
Transferred from Purdue to Minnesota in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Catch rate: 71st percentile.

The full scouting read

Drew Biber

TE · Minnesota · Sr · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Drew Biber has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 41 rec yds, 4 receptions against Rutgers — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Minnesota	18	136	7.6	0	--
2024	Purdue	13	113	8.7	0	--
2023	Purdue	1	16	16.0	1	--
2022	Purdue	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		33	271	8.2	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-10vs Buffalo	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Northwestern State	1	16	16.0	16
Wk 3	L 14-27@ California	1	17	17.0	17
Wk 5	W 31-28vs Rutgers	4	41	10.3	21	Season-high 41 yds
Wk 6	L 3-42@ Ohio State	1	1	1.0	1
Wk 7	W 27-20vs Purdue	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 8	W 24-6vs Nebraska	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 9	L 3-41@ Iowa	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 10	W 23-20vs Michigan State	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 12	L 13-42@ Oregon	2	5	2.5	4
Wk 13	L 35-38@ Northwestern	2	17	8.5	9
Wk 14	W 17-7vs Wisconsin	2	8	4.0	5
Total		18	136	7.5	21

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–6

vs Nebraska

1 rec · 3 yds

With T. Weston — 39.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · D. Taylor — 148 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · California · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.87Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 17 yds to the MINN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.25Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 9 yds to the MINN 34
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.21(14:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Lindsey pass complete short left to #87 D.Biber caught at MINN30, for 5 yards to the MINN30 (#9 A.Brown), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.82(04:52) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Lindsey pass complete short middle to #87 D.Biber caught at NU 39, for 9 yards to the NU 30 (#9 B.Turner; #33 B.Brus)
Week 5 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.80Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 21 yds to the RUTG 24 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.77Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 9 yds to the PUR 27
Week 6 · Ohio State · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA -0.67Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 1 yd to the OSU 23
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.65Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 16 yds to the NWST 28 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.58(00:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Lindsey pass complete short left to #87 D.Biber caught at NU 28, for 8 yards to the NU 28 (#9 B.Turner; #37 M.Uihlein)
Week 5 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.35Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 11 yds to the RUTG 27 for a 1ST down

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #141 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

73.9%

EPA / target#645 / 798 · 19th pct

0.18

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#669 / 798 · 16th pct

4.3%

Yards / catch#697 / 798 · 13th pct

7.8

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#124 / 175 · 28th pct

Rec yards#154 / 175 · 12th pct

136

Long catch#155 / 175 · 11th pct

Yards / catch#162 / 175 · 7th pct

7.6

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

18 rec · 136 yds · 0 TD

17 of 18 receptions matched to play-by-play

10 of 23 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

236% of team targets

Catch rate

74%17 of 23 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

10% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 7.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

80% of targets (8)

75%catch rate

Air 3.4 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

10% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 13.0 avg

74% catch rate on 23 targets · 6% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

22%5 of his 23 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.6	12.7	7.8	0.0
Road5g	1.4	9.4	7.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.5	15.5	10.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	7.2	4.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

57.1%

112 pass / 84 run

Plays / game

65.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.7%

119 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #141 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #141 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #24 of 26 Big Ten TEs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Drew Biber

2021

202512 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

2025 snapshot

Receiving profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

How he plays

Starter

DNA match

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