Nick Muse

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2021: 20 catches, 222 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · South Carolina · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 250 lb · Belmont, NC

CFB Index 41 · #73 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceMinnesota — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 6, #227 overall

The story

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2021: 20 catches, 222 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Drafted round 7 by the Minnesota in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Carolina, 805 receiving yards — drafted at #227 overall by Minnesota.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 131 yds vs Georgia.Georgia · L 16-452020

202111 games

All-SEC

2022

Drafted by Minnesotaround 7, pick 227

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Carolina

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #227

Minnesota · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019–2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 5th NFL season

#227Rd 7 · Pick 6

MinnesotaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #73 of 119?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#335 / 655 · 49th pct

5.9%

Yards / catch#439 / 655 · 33rd pct

11.1

Explosive rate#477 / 655 · 27th pct

8.8%

EPA / target#556 / 655 · 15th pct

0.31

Catch rate#596 / 655 · 9th pct

58.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#69 / 146 · 50th pct

Rec yards#73 / 146 · 50th pct

222

Yards / catch#76 / 146 · 48th pct

11.1

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Long catch#96 / 146 · 34th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.0	25.6	14.3	0.3
Road4g	1.5	10.8	7.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	19.0	11.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	22.2	11.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #73 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	South Carolina	20	222	11.1	2	--
2020	South Carolina	30	425	14.2	1	--
2019	South Carolina	17	158	9.3	0	--
Career		67	805	12.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2021

W 40–17

vs Florida

4 rec · 38 yds

Dominant 23-point win at home against Florida.

With J. Brown — 175 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 47.2 · -7 rush yds (3 car) · K. Harris — 128 rush yds (16 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Zeb Noland pass complete to Nick Muse for 29 yds to the Vandy 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Tennessee · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.22Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 16 yds to the Tenn 33 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Troy · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 15 yds to the Troy 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Jason Brown pass complete to Nick Muse for 13 yds to the SCaro 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Illinois · 1&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.69Nick Muse 4 Yd pass from Zeb Noland (Nick Muse Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 10 · Florida · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.64Jason Brown pass complete to Nick Muse for 19 yds to the Fla 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Kentucky · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 25 yds to the Kent 16 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 1&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.21Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 2 yds for a TD, (Parker White KICK)
Week 5 · Troy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.10Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 12 yds to the SCaro 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.00Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 8 yds to the SCaro 38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois	2	15	7.5	1	11
Wk 2	W 20-17@ East Carolina	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 3	L 13-40@ Georgia	2	5	2.5	0	5
Wk 4	L 10-16vs Kentucky	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 5	W 23-14vs Troy	2	27	13.5	0	15
Wk 6	L 20-45@ Tennessee	2	24	12.0	0	16
Wk 7	W 21-20vs Vanderbilt	2	31	15.5	1	29
Wk 10	W 40-17vs Florida	4	38	9.5	0	19	Season-high 38 yds
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Missouri	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 12	W 21-17vs Auburn	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 13	L 0-30vs Clemson	2	28	14.0	0	22
Total		20	222	11.7	2	29

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Nick Muse

202111 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

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Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

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