Jeff Caldwell

Senior wide receiver for Cincinnati. 2025: 32 catches, 478 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Cincinnati · Sr. · #9

6′5″ · 215 lb · Louisville, KY

CFB Index 50 · #231 of 485 WRsHigh confidence

How he plays

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

Yards / catch: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

478

receiving yards · 2025

Swing playSwung Cincinnati from 8% to 28% to win.BYU at Cincinnati · 26-14

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior wide receiver for Cincinnati. 2025: 32 catches, 478 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Transferred from Lindenwood to Cincinnati in 2025.

The full story, with sources

Jeff Caldwell

WR · Cincinnati · Sr · #9

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Lindenwood to Cincinnati — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 109 rec yds, 5 receptions against Bowling Green, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Cincinnati	32	478	14.9	6	--
Career		32	478	14.9	6	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-20vs Nebraska	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 2	W 34-20vs Bowling Green	5	109	21.8	1	39	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 3	W 70-0vs Northwestern State	3	58	19.3	0	28
Wk 5	W 37-34@ Kansas	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 6	W 38-30vs Iowa State	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 7	W 20-11vs UCF	3	58	19.3	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 49-17@ Oklahoma State	3	54	18.0	0	38
Wk 9	W 41-20vs Baylor	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 10	L 14-45@ Utah	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 12	L 24-30vs Arizona	5	68	13.6	1	33
Wk 13	L 14-26vs BYU	2	20	10.0	1	19
Wk 14	L 23-45@ TCU	4	42	10.5	1	16
Total		32	478	13.6	6	40

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 38–30

vs Iowa State

1 rec · 21 yds

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With B. Sorsby — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.0 · 64 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 41.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 3&16 · Q4 · EPA +4.35Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Jeff Caldwell for 38 yds to the OKST 29 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UCF · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +4.28Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Jeff Caldwell for 40 yds for a TD (Stephen Rusnak KICK)
Week 13 · BYU · 3&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.70(04:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Sorsby pass complete short middle to #9 J.Caldwell caught at BYU03, for 19 yards to the BYU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:37, 1ST DOWN #99 S.Rusnak kick attempt good (H: #31 M.Fletcher, LS: #48 E.Stein)
Week 12 · Arizona · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.53(10:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Sorsby pass complete deep left to #9 J.Caldwell caught at CIN50, for 33 yards to the ARZ47 (#43 D.Johnson), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Bowling Green · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Jeff Caldwell for 39 yds to the BGSU 25 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Jeff Caldwell for 28 yds to the NWST 34 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Bowling Green · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Jeff Caldwell for 9 yds for a TD (Stephen Rusnak KICK)
Week 12 · Arizona · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Jeff Caldwell 7 Yd pass from Brendan Sorsby (Stephen Rusnak Kick)
Week 14 · TCU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55(11:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Sorsby pass complete short middle to #9 J.Caldwell caught at TCU00, for 14 yards to the TCU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:27, 1ST DOWN #99 S.Rusnak kick attempt good (H: #31 M.Fletcher, LS: #48 E.Stein)
Week 2 · Bowling Green · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Jeff Caldwell for 20 yds to the BGSU 32 for a 1ST down

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #231 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Strength: td rate (85th percentile). Concern: catch rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#110 / 798 · 86th pct

15.1

TD rate#120 / 798 · 85th pct

5.5%

Explosive rate#186 / 798 · 77th pct

14.5%

EPA / target#256 / 798 · 68th pct

0.53

Catch rate#740 / 798 · 7th pct

52.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#138 / 558 · 75th pct

14.9

Rec yards#240 / 558 · 57th pct

478

Receptions#255 / 558 · 53rd pct

Long catch#378 / 558 · 31st 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

32 rec · 478 yds · 6 TD

31 of 32 receptions matched to play-by-play

23 of 57 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5717% of team targets

Catch rate

54%31 of 57 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

48% of targets (11)

73%catch rate

Air 4.4 · YAC 3.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

30% of targets (7)

43%catch rate

Air 13.4 · YAC 1.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

22% of targets (5)

20%catch rate

Air 28.4 · YAC 3.0 avg

54% catch rate on 57 targets · 17% of the team's targets · 20% catch rate on 5 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

20%11 of his 55 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.6	43.0	14.4	0.6
Road4g	2.8	33.5	12.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	46.3	15.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	33.3	11.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Pass share

41.6%

89 pass / 125 run

Plays / game

71.3

3 games

Team sack rate

4.1%

98 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #231 of 485 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #28 of 55 Big 12 WRs

How the All-Big 12 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

Jeff Caldwell

202512 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

2025 snapshot

Receiving profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

How he plays

DNA match

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