Tre Williams III

Senior tight end for North Texas. 2025: 30 catches, 375 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · North Texas · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 229 lb · Calhoun, GA

CFB Index 59 · #45 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to North Texas for 2026

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

375

receiving yards · 2025

30 catches · 5 TD · 12.5 per catch

Best game: 4 rec, 52 yds, 1 TD, at Tulane

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for North Texas. 2025: 30 catches, 375 receiving yards, 5 TD.

His career, year by year

Tre Williams III

TE · North Texas · Sr · #6

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The receipt: 62 rec yds, 2 receptions against Rice — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #45 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (89th percentile). Strength: long catch (88th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#160 / 798 · 80th pct

4.9%

Explosive rate#183 / 798 · 77th pct

14.6%

Yards / catch#289 / 798 · 64th pct

12.7

EPA / target#317 / 798 · 60th pct

0.48

Catch rate#388 / 798 · 51st pct

68.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#14 / 175 · 89th pct

Long catch#20 / 175 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#38 / 175 · 77th pct

12.5

Rec yards#43 / 175 · 75th pct

375

Receptions#53 / 175 · 69th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

12%5 of his 41 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.9	19.7	11.4	0.3
Road7g	2.4	33.9	14.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	17.7	11.1	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	2.6	35.9	14.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #45 of 156 TEs

Unranked recruit. Now #45 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #3 of 15 American Athletic TEs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	North Texas	30	375	12.5	5	--
Career		30	375	12.5	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 49–47

at San Diego State

1 rec · 4 yds

Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.

With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Rice · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +4.11(06:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete deep right to #6 T.Williams III caught at Rice11, for 56 yards to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:34, 1ST DOWN #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #41 S.Evans, LS: #48 C.Yates)
Week 10 · Navy · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.45(03:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete short left to #6 T.Williams III caught at NAVY48, for 26 yards to the NAVY38 (#16 G.Sessi; #18 P.Hamilton), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY NAVY Offside declined
Week 4 · Army · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +3.21Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Tre Williams III for 18 yds to the ARMY 45 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Tulane · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.75(08:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete short left to #6 T.Williams III caught at TLN02, for 10 yards to the TLN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:32, 1ST DOWN #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #41 S.Evans, LS: #48 C.Yates)
Week 5 · South Alabama · 2&19 · Q3 · EPA +2.58Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Tre Williams III for 27 yds to the USA 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Lamar · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Tre Williams III for 7 yds to the LAM 40 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Washington State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Tre Williams III for 6 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 3 · Washington State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Tre Williams III for 20 yds to the UNT 45 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Charlotte · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.30(06:11) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete short right to #6 T.Williams III caught at CLT30, for 30 yards to the CLT01 QB hurried by #35 S.Taylor (#3 C.Gill; #9 C.Grant), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Western Michigan · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Tre Williams III for 18 yds for a TD North Texas Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Braydon Nelson) to the WMU 0 (Kali Nguma KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Lamar	2	11	5.5	0	7
Wk 2	W 33-30@ Western Michigan	2	21	10.5	1	18
Wk 3	W 59-10vs Washington State	2	26	13.0	1	20
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Army	2	20	10.0	0	18
Wk 5	W 36-22vs South Alabama	1	27	27.0	0	27
Wk 7	L 36-63vs South Florida	2	15	7.5	1	10
Wk 8	W 55-17vs UTSA	2	18	9.0	0	12
Wk 9	W 54-20@ Charlotte	5	60	12.0	0	30
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Navy	3	35	11.7	0	26
Wk 12	W 53-24@ UAB	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Rice	2	62	31.0	1	56	Season-high 62 yds
Wk 14	W 52-25vs Temple	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 15	L 21-34@ Tulane	4	52	13.0	1	22
Bowl	W 49-47@ San Diego State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Total		30	375	12.7	5	56

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

Tre Williams III

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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