#87

Raymond Pauwels Jr.

Senior tight end for Fresno State. 2022: 21 catches, 197 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Fresno State · Sr. · #87

6′4″ · 242 lb · Litchfield Park, AZ

CFB Index 39 · #99 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceFresno State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Fresno State. 2022: 21 catches, 197 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Fresno State, 339 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Nevada.Nevada · W 41-142022

202213 games

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Fresno State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

3 coaches

2020

Kalen DeBoer

Fresno State

2021

Lee Marks

Fresno State

era →

2022

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Kalen DeBoer, Lee Marks, and Jeff Tedford. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #99 of 132?

Medium-low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (25th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#77 / 158 · 49th pct

Rec TDs#73 / 158 · 44th pct

Rec yards#102 / 158 · 36th pct

197

Fumbles lost#12 / 35 · 36th pct

Long catch#108 / 158 · 30th pct

Yards / catch#118 / 158 · 25th pct

9.4

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.7	12.6	8.1	0.1
Road6g	1.5	18.2	11.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	18.6	12.3	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	11.2	7.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #99 of 132 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Fresno State	21	197	9.4	2	--
2021	Fresno State	17	126	7.4	2	--
2020	Fresno State	2	16	8.0	0	--
Career		40	339	8.5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2022

W 29–6

vs Washington State

4 rec · 21 yds

Dominant 23-point win at home against Washington State.

With J. Mims — 210 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD · J. Haener — 272 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -5 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Nevada · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Jake Haener pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 3 yds for a TD, (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · Cal Poly · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Jake Haener pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 8 yds for a TD, (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 12 · Nevada · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Jake Haener pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 17 yds to the Nevad 22 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · USC · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.69Logan Fife pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 26 yds to the USC 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.26Jake Haener pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 8 yds to the WshSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.18Logan Fife pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 13 yds to the FrsSt 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +1.15Jake Haener pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 10 yds to the FrsSt 45
Week 9 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.84Jake Haener pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 10 yds to the FrsSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · San José State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.72Logan Fife pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 19 yds Raymond Pauwels fumbled, recovered by SJSt Kenyon Reed
Week 6 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.71Logan Fife pass complete to Raymond Pauwels for 29 yds to the BoiSt 12 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Cal Poly	2	14	7.0	1	8
Wk 2	L 32-35vs Oregon State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	L 17-45@ USC	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 5	L 14-19@ UConn	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 6	L 20-40@ Boise State	2	42	21.0	0	29	Season-high 42 yds
Wk 7	W 17-10vs San José State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 8	W 41-9@ New Mexico	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 9	W 32-28vs San Diego State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 10	W 55-13vs Hawai'i	2	17	8.5	0	10
Wk 11	W 37-30@ UNLV	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	W 41-14@ Nevada	3	25	8.3	1	17
Wk 13	W 30-0vs Wyoming	1	5	5.0	0	5
Bowl	W 29-6vs Washington State	4	21	5.3	0	8
Total		21	197	9.9	2	29

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

Raymond Pauwels Jr.

202213 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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