Landen King

TE · Sr. · Duke6′5″ · 230 lb · Beaumont, TX · Atascocita

Landen King is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Duke.

King shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The five seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, Kyle Whittingham and Manny Diaz. A game that shows it: 48 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Virginia — Week 12, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Brayden LoftinKansas State · 2024 · 81% season match
Michael KirchFlorida Atlantic · 2025 · 76% season match
Aubry PayneGeorgia State · 2021 · 59% season match
Trey KnoxArkansas · 2022 · 58% season match
Ben ReddingSMU · 2022 · 57% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Duke	15	203	13.5	4	33
2024	Utah	3	54	18.0	1	21
2023	Utah	14	166	11.9	3	28
2022	Auburn	1	24	24.0	0	24
2021	Auburn	5	59	11.8	1	25
Career		38	506	13.3	9	33

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Elon	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 2	L 19-45vs No. 11 Illinois	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Tulane	1	3	3.0	1	3
Wk 4	W 45-33vs NC State	1	17	17.0	1	17
Wk 6	W 45-21@ California	1	33	33.0	0	33
Wk 8	L 18-27vs No. 12 Georgia Tech	3	34	11.3	1	20
Wk 10	W 46-45@ Clemson	2	24	12.0	0	16
Wk 11	L 34-37@ UConn	1	1	1.0	1	1
Wk 12	L 17-34vs No. 20 Virginia	2	48	24.0	0	32	Season-high 48 yds
Wk 15	W 27-20vs No. 16 Virginia	2	21	10.5	0	16
Total		15	203	13.5	4	33

Signature game

Week 8 · 2025

L 18-27

vs Georgia Tech

3 rec · 34 yds · 1 TD

With D. Mensah — 373 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 61.0 · C. Barkate — 13 rec · 172 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Virginia · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Mensah to King: a 16-yard pass.
Week 11 · UConn · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Mensah to King: a 1-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Tulane · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Darian Mensah pass complete to Landen King for 3 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 8 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Darian Mensah pass complete to Landen King for 20 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 4 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Darian Mensah pass complete to Landen King for 17 yds for a TD (Todd Pelino KICK)
Week 15 · Virginia · 4th and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.49D.Mensah pass complete short right to L.King caught at UVA 26, for 16 yards to the UVA 25 (E.Minter)

4 more plays

Week 12 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.48Mensah to King: a 32-yard pass.
Week 6 · California · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.16Darian Mensah pass complete to Landen King for 33 yds to the CAL 29 for a
Week 8 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.87Darian Mensah pass complete to Landen King for 7 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 1 · Elon · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.56Darian Mensah pass complete to Landen King for 19 yds to the ELON 42 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

15 rec · 203 yds · 4 TD

15 of 15 receptions matched to play-by-play

10 of 19 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

194% of team targets

Catch rate

79%15 of 19 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

10% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 6.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

20% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air 3.5 · YAC 1.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

50% of targets (5)

60%catch rate

Air 14.2 · YAC 3.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

20% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 23.0 · YAC 6.0 avg

79% catch rate on 19 targets · 4% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

12%2 of his 17 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022Auburn5-7HC: Bryan Harsin and Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy

2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced

2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 40 (#108 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2025 season

40Rotational starter #108 of 156 · 2025?

5 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (87th percentile). Strength: rec tds (80th percentile). Concern: receptions (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#23 / 175 · 87th pct

13.5

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Long catch#94 / 175 · 45th pct

Rec yards#110 / 175 · 37th pct

203

Receptions#141 / 175 · 17th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.6	24.2	14.9	0.4
Road4g	1.2	15.2	12.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	25.6	11.8	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Pass share

53.3%

506 pass / 444 run

Plays / game

67.9

14 games

Team sack rate

4.8%

495 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

15 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

40 · #108 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #108 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #16 of 22 ACC TEs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).