#88

Grant Calcaterra

Former tight end at SMU. 2021: 38 catches, 465 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · SMU · Sr. · #88

6′4″ · 242 lb · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

CFB Index 61 · #25 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferencePhiladelphia — drafted 2022, Rd 6, Pick 20, #198 overall

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 229 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at SMU. 2021: 38 catches, 465 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2017.
Transferred from Oklahoma to SMU in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Philadelphia in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at SMU, 1,102 receiving yards — drafted at #198 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 57 yds vs Kansas State.Kansas State · W 51-142018

20175 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Santa Margarita Catholic

202111 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-AACsecond

2022

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 6, pick 198

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#229 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #198

Philadelphia · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017

Chad Morris

SMU

2018–2019

Sonny Dykes

SMU

era →

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chad Morris, Sonny Dykes, and Jim Leavitt. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 5th NFL season

#198Rd 6 · Pick 20

PhiladelphiaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2018Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #25 of 119?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (85th percentile). Strength: td rate (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#101 / 655 · 85th pct

0.96

TD rate#100 / 655 · 85th pct

11.5%

Explosive rate#239 / 655 · 63rd pct

15.4%

Catch rate#293 / 655 · 55th pct

76.9%

Yards / catch#341 / 655 · 48th pct

12.3

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#24 / 146 · 84th pct

465

Receptions#24 / 146 · 83rd pct

Rec TDs#28 / 146 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#46 / 146 · 67th pct

12.2

Long catch#96 / 146 · 34th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.8	50.6	13.0	0.8
Road6g	3.2	35.3	10.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	39.0	11.5	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	46.2	12.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #25 of 119 TEs

Former four-star. Now #25 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	SMU	38	465	12.2	4	--
2019	Oklahoma	5	79	15.8	0	--
2018	Oklahoma	26	396	15.2	6	--
2017	Oklahoma	10	162	16.2	3	--
Career		79	1,102	13.9	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 55–28

vs UCF

5 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 27-point win at home against UCF.

With T. Mordecai — 377 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.5 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · U. Bentley IV — 97 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +6.03Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 8 yds for a TD
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.24Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 21 yds for a TD
Week 11 · UCF · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 15 yds for a TD, (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 2 · North Texas · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 29 yds for a TD, (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 12 · Cincinnati · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.04Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 14 yds to the Cincy 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 8 yds for a TD (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 21 yds for a TD (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 9 · Houston · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 14 yds to the SMU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Memphis · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.09Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 14 yds to the Memph 45
Week 8 · Tulane · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.96Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Grant Calcaterra for 19 yds to the Tulan 33 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-9vs Abilene Christian	3	51	17.0	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 35-12vs North Texas	2	39	19.5	1	29
Wk 3	W 39-37@ Louisiana Tech	7	103	14.7	0	24	Season-high 103 yds
Wk 4	W 42-34@ TCU	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 5	W 41-17vs South Florida	2	3	1.5	0	3
Wk 6	W 31-24@ Navy	4	29	7.3	0	10
Wk 8	W 55-26vs Tulane	7	90	12.9	0	21
Wk 9	L 37-44@ Houston	3	27	9.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 25-28@ Memphis	3	30	10.0	0	14
Wk 11	W 55-28vs UCF	5	70	14.0	1	26
Wk 12	L 14-48@ Cincinnati	1	14	14.0	0	14
Total		38	465	11.7	4	29

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