#82

Gunnar Oakes

Senior tight end for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 27 catches, 278 receiving yards.

TE · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #82

6′5″ · 256 lb · Swanton, OH

CFB Index 46 · #67 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceEastern Michigan 2022 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 27 catches, 278 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Eastern Michigan, 620 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 50 yds vs Central Michigan.Central Michigan · W 38-192022

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Chris Creighton — 31-27 over that span.

2018Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2019Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2020Eastern Michigan2-4HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #67 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#307 / 636 · 52nd pct

0.70

Catch rate#412 / 636 · 35th pct

74.2%

Yards / catch#413 / 636 · 35th pct

11.1

Explosive rate#544 / 636 · 14th pct

6.5%

TD rate#554 / 636 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#53 / 158 · 66th pct

Rec yards#65 / 158 · 59th pct

278

Yards / catch#101 / 158 · 36th pct

10.3

Long catch#119 / 158 · 24th pct

Rec TDs#135 / 158 · 8th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.0	21.6	9.8	0.0
Road6g	2.8	28.3	10.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	24.7	10.8	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	26.2	8.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #67 of 132 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Eastern Michigan	27	278	10.3	0	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	11	125	11.4	1	--
2020	Eastern Michigan	1	12	12.0	0	--
2019	Eastern Michigan	6	62	10.3	0	--
2018	Eastern Michigan	11	143	13.0	1	--
Career		56	620	11.1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 42–34

vs Eastern Kentucky

3 rec · 32 yds

Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With T. Powell — 271 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.6 · 5 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · San José State · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 19 yds to the SJSt 31 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northern Illinois · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 14 yds to the NoIll 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Central Michigan · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.27Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 23 yds to the CMich 16 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Louisiana · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 17 yds to the EMich 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Kentucky · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.12Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 7 yds to the EKent 42 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.54Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 10 yds to the EMich 35 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.54Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 10 yds to the EMich 35 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 17 yds to the EMich 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Kentucky · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.40Taylor Powell pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ball State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.15Austin Smith pass complete to Gunnar Oakes for 27 yds to the BalSt 4 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-34vs Eastern Kentucky	3	32	10.7	15
Wk 2	L 21-49@ Louisiana	4	41	10.3	17
Wk 3	W 30-21@ Arizona State	4	25	6.3	9
Wk 4	L 31-50vs Buffalo	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 6	W 45-23@ Western Michigan	2	27	13.5	17
Wk 7	L 10-39vs Northern Illinois	1	14	14.0	14
Wk 8	W 20-16@ Ball State	3	44	14.7	27
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Toledo	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Kent State	2	6	3.0	4
Wk 13	W 38-19vs Central Michigan	4	50	12.5	23	Season-high 50 yds
Bowl	W 41-27@ San José State	2	27	13.5	19
Total		27	278	10.0	27

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

Gunnar Oakes

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

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Signature game

Signature plays

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