#86Gavin Bartholomew

TE·Pittsburgh·2024

Gavin Bartholomew is a Versatile TE for Pittsburgh. Gavin's 2024 season produced 23.2 total EPA across 37 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 Gavin Bartholomew'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.

2024 Production

Receiving

38 Receptions329 Rec yards4 Rec TD8.7 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2024 · vs TE peers

Efficiency100
Volume13
Explosiveness11
Consistency71
Pass-Down56

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 consistency71th %ile · average

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.
▸8 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Strong second-half surge — EPA/play improved 0.79 from the first to second half of the season.
▸Peak game: 2.04 EPA/play in Wk 14 vs Boston College (SP+ 1).

NIL Market Tier· 2024

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.

Historical Comparables · TE · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

Player	Team	Yr	Plays	WEPA/play	Line val	Total EPA
Ty Thompson	Tulane	2024	48	0.420	0.7	20.2
Seth Green	Minnesota	2018	83	0.390	0.0	32.4
Johnny Langan	Rutgers	2020	59	0.300	0.0	17.7
Evan Svoboda	Wyoming	2024	75	0.290	0.5	21.8
Jordan Myers	Rice	2021	59	0.270	0.2	15.9

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
1	vsKent State	W55-24	-33.0	5	66	13.2	0	21	0.97
2	@Cincinnati	W28-27	-0.1	2	25	12.5	0	13	0.68
3	vsWest Virginia	W38-34	2.1	2	20	10.0	0	17	0.76
4	vsYoungstown State	W73-17	—	3	2	0.7	0	5	-0.60
6	@North Carolina	W34-24	5.0	2	11	5.5	0	9	0.27
7	vsCalifornia	W17-15	4.0	3	29	9.7	0	13	0.45
9	vsSyracuse	W41-13	5.5	3	21	7.0	0	21	-0.10
10	@SMU	L25-48	17.5	4	21	5.3	0	10	0.28
11	vsVirginia	L19-24	-5.1	3	29	9.7	1	20	1.25
12	vsClemson	L20-24	13.3	4	32	8.0	1	11	0.94
13	@Louisville	L9-37	13.6	3	28	9.3	0	11	1.52
14	@Boston College	L23-34	1.2	3	26	8.7	2	11	2.04
20	vsToledo	L46-48	-2.5	1	19	19.0	0	19	—

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

4.6%

Passing plays

7.7%

Rushing plays

0.3%

Standard downs

4.2%

Passing downs

5.5%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.61
Passing downs: 0.65
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.65 / -0.24

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