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Heisman / Players / Kade Eldridge /Washington

Kade Eldridge

TE · Washington · So · #44

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

6 REC YDS · 1 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Washington for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Washington for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · Washington

Returning around him

  • 42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • 7 Washington players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #23

TE · WASHINGTON · BIG TEN

Kade Eldridge

  • 2
  • #44
  • 6-4 | 250 lb
  • Lynden, WA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

9

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 74th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#2180

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP TE AWARD

Mackey

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2024–2025
19.02024
6.02025

-68%

Sharp dropoff (-68%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#586 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionTE
Class2
Jersey44
Measurements6-4 | 250 lb
HometownLynden, WA
Primary teamWashington

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 586 recruit
Composite rating 0.8811 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2023
Origin Lynden Christian School Lynden, WA, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8811 No. 586 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#2180Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2099Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8811

#586 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Kade Eldridge

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Kade Eldridge

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 2g
6Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
3Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
39Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 6): needs 63.1/game over remaining 11.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 6): needs 90.4/game over remaining 11.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 1): needs 5.4/game over remaining 11.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 1): needs 7.2/game over remaining 11.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.7/game over remaining 11.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.9/game over remaining 11.

Why the profile pops beyond receiving

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The most interesting thing about Kade Eldridge is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.

Current place #2180 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 1.5% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

TE season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 1 0 rec TD | #406/475 (15th pct)
Receiving yards 6 6.0 per catch | #440/475 (8th pct)
Scrimmage yards 7 Total offensive yardage | #440/475 (8th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
1 15th
YDS
6 8th
YPR
6.0 16th
TD
0 46th

Rushing

CAR
1 51st
YDS
1 30th
YPC
1.0 40th
TD
1 94th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 38-21vs Colorado State
Wk 8L 7-24@ Michigan166.006Season-high 6 yds
Total166.006
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning
2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Washington166.00--
2024USC3196.30--
Career2 loaded seasons4256.20--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.

Role share

A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 1.5% 1.7% pass-game share | #463/468 (1st pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 1 Across offense and returns | #257/475 (46th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 1 #406/475 15th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving yards 6 #440/475 8th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #257/475 46th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Yards / catch 6.0 #401/475 16th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Usage Pass share 1.7% #463/468 1st pct Air-game usagevs FBS TE
Rushing Carries 1 #30/59 51st pct Volumevs FBS TE
Rushing Rush TD 1 #5/62 94th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Rushing Rushing LONG 1 #39/50 24th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Rushing Rushing yards 1 #38/53 30th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Rushing Yards / carry 1.0 #33/53 40th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving LONG 6 #426/475 11th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.8% #125/468 74th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Standard-down usage 2.0% #338/468 28th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS TE
Usage Role share 1.5% #406/468 13th pct Share of team offensevs FBS TE
Usage Rush share 1.4% #16/468 97th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS TE
Usage 1st-down usage 0.0% #401/468 15th pct Early-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage 3rd-down usage 0.0% #339/468 28th pct Money-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Passing-down usage 0.0% #382/468 19th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS TE

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 2 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home1g
Road1g1.06.06.00.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins1g
Losses1g1.06.06.00.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-71g
Weeks 8+1g1.06.06.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

9Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (0th).

Rush TDs#5 / 33 · 74th pct
1rush
Rush yards#22 / 33 · 27th pct
1rush
Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct
0rece
Yards / catch#172 / 175 · 2nd pct
6.0rece
Rec yards#176 / 175 · 0th pct
6rece
Receptions#176 / 175 · 0th pct
1rece
Long catch#176 / 175 · 0th pct
6rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · TE · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Kade EldridgeWashingtonBryce CaufieldOregon State· 60% simHayden HansenFlorida· 55% simTyler FortenberryArkansas State· 51% sim
Rush TDs
74
Eldridge
Rush yards
27
Eldridge
Rec TDs
7
Eldridge
21
Caufield
43
Hansen
43
Fortenberry
Yards / catch
2
Eldridge
7
Caufield
16
Hansen
26
Fortenberry
Rec yards
0
Eldridge
44
Caufield
54
Hansen
58
Fortenberry
Receptions
0
Eldridge
66
Caufield
69
Hansen
75
Fortenberry
Long catch
0
Eldridge
39
Caufield
32
Hansen
32
Fortenberry

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Pass share

44.9%

370 pass / 454 run

Plays / game

63.4

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.3%

268 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Jedd Fisch
Washington
2025
Jedd Fisch
Washington

Played his entire career under Jedd Fisch.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownLynden, WA
Height6'4"
Weight250 lb
Class2
PositionTE
Jersey44

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 USC TE2 #2180 #2099 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 USC TE2 #3526 #3284 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Washington Big Ten TE 2 No. 44 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Lynden, WA
2024 USC Big Ten TE 2 No. 44 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Lynden, WA
2023 USC Pac-12 TE 2 No. 44 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Lynden, WA