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Cade Stover
Cade Stover

#8Cade Stover

TE·Ohio State·2023

Cade Stover is a Versatile TE for Ohio State. Cade's 2023 season produced 39.4 total EPA across 40 plays.

What projects, and what doesn't · TEs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.42
    Beats guessing the TE average by 9%. n=2,225 TE seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.04
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=2,016 TE seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.46
    Beats guessing the TE average by 13%. n=2,016 TE seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Cade Stover's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2023 Production

Receiving
41 Receptions576 Rec yards5 Rec TD14.0 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2023 · vs TE peers

  • Efficiency100
  • Volume21
  • Explosiveness47
  • Consistency88
  • Pass-Down0
Player type
Versatile TE

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite
Game-to-game consistency88th %ile · above avg
Key findings
  • ▸Top-10% efficiency among TEs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • ▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
  • ▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
  • ▸9 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
  • ▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.52 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
  • ▸Peak game: 2.07 EPA/play in Wk 7 vs Purdue (SP+ -7).

NIL Market Tier· 2023

On3 valuation ↗
Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+2.070−2.07Wk 1 vs Indiana: +1.15 EPA/play1Wk 3 vs Western Kentucky: +1.01 EPA/play3Wk 4 vs Notre Dame: +0.99 EPA/play4Wk 6 vs Maryland: +1.28 EPA/play6Wk 7 vs Purdue: +2.07 EPA/play7Wk 8 vs Penn State: +0.62 EPA/play8Wk 11 vs Michigan State: +0.90 EPA/play11Wk 12 vs Minnesota: +0.48 EPA/play12Wk 13 vs Michigan: +1.14 EPA/play13
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+RecRec YdsAvgRec TDLongEPA/play
1@IndianaW23-3-7.459819.60491.15
3vsWestern KentuckyW63-10-2.059018.00401.01
4@Notre DameW17-1420.17527.40140.99
6vsMarylandW37-1711.026633.01441.28
7@PurdueW41-7-7.345313.32232.07
8vsPenn StateW20-1223.547017.50300.62
9@WisconsinW24-109.4——————
11vsMichigan StateW38-3-6.877911.31190.90
12vsMinnesotaW37-30.44266.51160.48
13@MichiganL24-3031.334214.00321.14

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
7.3%
Passing plays
14.3%
Rushing plays
0.3%
Standard downs
7.0%
Passing downs
8.3%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
1.08
Passing downs
0.78
Pass / Rush EPA
0.98 / —

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.