Jason Pirtle

#88 · TE · Sr. · North Texas6′2″ · 232 lb · Locust Grove, OK

Jason Pirtle: TE · North Texas · #88.

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Jason Pirtle

TE · North Texas · Sr · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Arrived as a two-star recruit; five seasons of production at North Texas since. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2021. On tape: 60 receiving yards and 5 receptions against UTEP, Week 11, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

North Texas in the news

June Jones passes awayOct 29
North Texas QB eligibility questionedFort Worth Star-Telegram Oct 20
$1.02M donation to UNT athleticsUniversity of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
Former North Texas HS standout dies after injuryCBS News Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	North Texas	41	380	9.3	2	31
2020	North Texas	16	154	9.6	1	27
2019	North Texas	17	263	15.5	5	56
2018	North Texas	1	22	22.0	0	22
2017	North Texas	4	45	11.2	0	19
Career		79	864	10.9	8	56

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-14vs Northwestern State	2	28	14.0	0	15
Wk 2	L 12-35@ SMU	5	43	8.6	0	13
Wk 3	L 6-40vs UAB	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 17-24@ Louisiana Tech	4	26	6.5	0	10
Wk 6	L 35-48@ Missouri	2	29	14.5	1	22
Wk 7	L 21-49vs Marshall	5	35	7.0	0	10
Wk 8	L 26-35vs Liberty	5	38	7.6	1	11
Wk 9	W 30-24@ Rice	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Southern Miss	5	48	9.6	0	15
Wk 11	W 20-17vs UTEP	5	60	12.0	0	31	Season-high 60 yds
Wk 12	W 49-7@ Florida International	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 13	W 45-23vs No. 15 UTSA	1	19	19.0	0	19
Total		38	351	9.2	2	31

Signature game

Week 8 · 2021

L 26-35

vs Liberty

5 rec · 38 yds · 1 TD

With A. Aune — 212 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 59.1 · 56 rush yds (11 car) · B. Rodriguez — 45 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · UTSA · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.43Austin Aune pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 19 yds to the TexSA 48 for a
Week 10 · Southern Miss · 4th and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Austin Aune pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 10 yds to the SoMis 35 for a
Week 11 · UTEP · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Austin Aune pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 31 yds to the UTEP 42 for a
Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Austin Aune pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 14 yds to the MiaOh 28 for a
Week 8 · Liberty · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Aune to Pirtle: a 6-yard pass.
Week 10 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Austin Aune pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 10 yds to the SoMis 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · SMU · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.27Jace Ruder pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 11 · UTEP · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Austin Aune pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 10 yds to the UTEP 39 for a
Week 1 · Northwestern State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Jace Ruder pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 15 yds to the NWSt 39 for a
Week 1 · Northwestern State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.84Jace Ruder pass complete to Jason Pirtle for 13 yds to the NWSt 24 for a

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Seth Littrell — 32-30 over that span.

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2018North Texas9-4HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced, fast tempo

2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 57 (#31 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

57Quality starter #31 of 119 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (87th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#27 / 655 · 96th pct

92.9%

EPA / target#88 / 655 · 87th pct

0.99

TD rate#543 / 655 · 17th pct

2.4%

Yards / catch#558 / 655 · 15th pct

9.0

Explosive rate#627 / 655 · 4th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#21 / 146 · 86th pct

Rec yards#36 / 146 · 76th pct

380

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Long catch#86 / 146 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#116 / 146 · 21st pct

9.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

25th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

17th → 4th percentile

Catch rate

56th → 96th percentile

TD rate

38th → 17th percentile

Yards / catch

13th → 15th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	32.0	10.9	0.2
Road6g	3.0	26.5	8.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	28.8	9.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	29.7	10.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Seth Littrell

Pass share

38.4%

393 pass / 631 run

Plays / game

85.3

12 games

Team sack rate

4.3%

399 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

57 · #31 of 119 TEs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #31 at the position.

Jason Pirtle

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Style of play

Fans

North Texas in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at North Texas

2016

2020 6 games

2021 12 games