Senior tight end for Southern Miss. 2025: 15 catches, 183 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Denham Springs, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
15 catches · 2 TD · 12.2 per catch
The play that turned itSwung Southern Miss from 15% to 56% to win.Troy at Southern Miss · 28-18
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Southern Miss. 2025: 15 catches, 183 receiving yards, 2 TD.
How he plays
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.
Rush TDs: 74th percentile.
The full scouting readKadinn Morris
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Lance Taylor and Charles Huff. The receipt on tape: 70 rec yds, 3 receptions against Louisiana, Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, and Charles Huff. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (12th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 12.3 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 36.3 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.7 | 16.1 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 35.0 | 23.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #117 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #10 of 16 Sun Belt TEs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 208 | 11.6 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 38–20
2 rec · 25 yds · 1 TD
With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34vs Mississippi State | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Jackson State | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-22vs App State | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-35@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-10@ Louisiana | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 30 | Season-high 70 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 18-28vs Troy | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | L 16-27vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 15 | 183 | 9.8 | 2 | 30 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Southern Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Southern Miss
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jacob Jenkins’s 2025 season.
Matches Jacob on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kamari Morales's junior season at North Carolina (2022).
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Player DNA
4 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page