Randall Telfer

TE · USC 2014 · #82

Last confirmed: USC, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′4″ · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Randall Telfer: TE · USC · #82.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Hayden PittmanUAB · 2019 · 92% season match
Chase BlakleyBoise State · 2018 · 87% season match
Clay BurtonFlorida · 2014 · 80% season match
Geoff SwaimTexas · 2014 · 74% season match
Barrett BurnsApp State · 2014 · 69% season match

Randall Telfer

TE · USC · #82

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. One game to point at: 35 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Boston College — Week 3, 2014.

How he plays

Play style

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

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

USC in the news

Top-150 recruit commits to USCOn3 Oct 21
$70M buyout talk for RileyYahoo Sports Oct 16
USC DC Gary Patterson explains key coaching changeSports Illustrated Oct 13
Ex-USC player arrested for rapeABC7 Los Angeles Oct 8

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	USC	21	197	9.4	2
Career		21	197	9.4	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	L 31-37@ Boston College	2	35	17.5	0	18	Season-high 35 yds
Wk 5	W 35-10vs Oregon State	2	29	14.5	0	18
Wk 6	L 34-38vs Arizona State	3	18	6.0	0	11
Wk 7	W 28-26@ No. 10 Arizona	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 8	W 56-28vs Colorado	4	19	4.8	0	9
Wk 9	L 21-24@ No. 19 Utah	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 12	W 38-30vs California	2	14	7.0	1	15
Wk 14	W 49-14vs Notre Dame	3	28	9.3	1	13
Bowl	W 45-42vs No. 25 Nebraska	2	18	9.0	0	19
Total		21	197	9.4	2	21

Signature game

Week 14 · 2014

W 49-14

vs Notre Dame

3 rec · 28 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 35-point win at home against Notre Dame.

With C. Kessler — 372 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · J. Allen — 93 rush yds (19 car) · 1 rec · 17 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · California · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.60Kessler to Telfer: a 15-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Arizona State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 11 yds to the ArzSt 41 for a
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Kessler to Telfer: a 9-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Arizona · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 10 yds to the Ariz 31 for a
Week 5 · Oregon State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.09Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 11 yds to the USC 47 for a
Week 6 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.43Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for a loss of 2 yards to the USC 36

4 more plays

Week 8 · Colorado · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.35Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 9 yds to the USC 39
Week 6 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.21Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 9 yds to the ArzSt 45
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.83Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 13 yds to the NDame 38 for a
Week 3 · Boston College · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.82Cody Kessler pass complete to Randall Telfer for 17 yds to the USC 26 for a

Teams and coaches

2014USC9-4HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (92nd percentile). Concern: td rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#53 / 713 · 92nd pct

82.6%

EPA / target#584 / 713 · 18th pct

0.25

Yards / catch#587 / 713 · 18th pct

9.1

Explosive rate#607 / 713 · 15th pct

4.3%

TD rate#562 / 713 · 11th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#51 / 108 · 51st pct

Rec TDs#54 / 108 · 41st pct

Rec yards#76 / 108 · 30th pct

197

Yards / catch#87 / 108 · 19th pct

9.4

Long catch#98 / 108 · 8th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	21.6	8.3	0.4
Road3g	1.7	23.7	15.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	23.0	10.9	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	20.5	10.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Pass share

47.2%

460 pass / 514 run

Plays / game

74.9

13 games

Team sack rate

6.4%

497 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

21 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Randall Telfer

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

USC in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

21 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at USC, drafted

His moves

2010

2015