#86

Peyton Hendershot

Senior tight end for Indiana. 2021: 46 catches, 543 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Indiana · Sr. · #86

6′4″ · 254 lb · North Salem, IN

CFB Index 66 · #17 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceIndiana 2021 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Indiana. 2021: 46 catches, 543 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Indiana, 1,472 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 106 yds at Maryland.Maryland · L 35-382021

20207 games

All-Big Tenthird

202111 games

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Indiana

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Tom Allen — 21-24 over that span.

2018Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #17 of 119?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (88th percentile). Concern: catch rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#309 / 655 · 53rd pct

13.8%

Yards / catch#375 / 655 · 43rd pct

11.9

EPA / target#480 / 655 · 27th pct

0.46

TD rate#518 / 655 · 21st pct

3.1%

Catch rate#541 / 655 · 17th pct

64.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#14 / 146 · 90th pct

Rec yards#18 / 146 · 88th pct

543

Rec TDs#28 / 146 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#58 / 146 · 60th pct

11.8

Long catch#61 / 146 · 56th pct

Rush yards#16 / 33 · 52nd pct

Rush TDs#10 / 33 · 36th 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
Home5g	3.2	27.6	8.3	0.4
Road6g	5.0	67.5	13.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.8	61.2	12.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	39.5	10.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #17 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Indiana	46	543	11.8	4	--
2020	Indiana	22	144	6.5	4	--
2019	Indiana	52	622	12.0	4	--
2018	Indiana	15	163	10.9	2	--
Career		135	1,472	10.9	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 33–31

at Western Kentucky

7 rec · 100 yds

Edged out Western Kentucky on the road in a shootout.

With M. Penix Jr. — 373 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.3 · -17 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Carr — 109 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Michigan State · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.61Jack Tuttle pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 22 yds to the MchSt 37 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Penn State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 35 yds to the Ind 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Purdue · 3&17 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Grant Gremel pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 21 yds to the Ind 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ohio State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Peyton Hendershot 7 Yd pass from Jack Tuttle (Charles Campbell Kick)
Week 9 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Donaven McCulley pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 31 yds to the Mary 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 16 yds for a TD, (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 26 yds to the WKent 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Penn State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.12Jack Tuttle pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 7 yds to the PnSt 32 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Penn State · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.06Jack Tuttle pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 24 yds to the PnSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Cincinnati · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.95Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Peyton Hendershot for 5 yds to the Ind 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 6-34@ Iowa	3	26	8.7	0	12
Wk 3	L 24-38vs Cincinnati	6	60	10.0	1	18
Wk 4	W 33-31@ Western Kentucky	7	100	14.3	0	26
Wk 5	L 0-24@ Penn State	5	88	17.6	0	35
Wk 7	L 15-20vs Michigan State	3	32	10.7	0	22
Wk 8	L 7-54vs Ohio State	5	35	7.0	1	15
Wk 9	L 35-38@ Maryland	6	106	17.7	2	31	Season-high 106 yds
Wk 10	L 7-29@ Michigan	3	34	11.3	0	20
Wk 11	L 3-38vs Rutgers	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 12	L 14-35vs Minnesota	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	L 7-44@ Purdue	6	51	8.5	0	21
Total		46	543	11.1	4	35

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