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Luke Reynolds

#85Luke Reynolds

Luke Reynolds is a Red Zone Weapon TE for Virginia Tech.

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 Luke Reynolds'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.

2026 Production

Receiving
13 Receptions158 Rec yards3 Rec TD12.2 Yards/rec

Air yards

Where the ball goes, and how much of the gain is the throw rather than the run after it.

15
Targets
8.7y
Avg depth
3.3y
After catch
87%
Catch rate

The ball travels 8.7 yards in the air on an average target about the median for the position. Another 3.3 comes after the catch.

Where he is targeted

targets · completion rate · yards
deep
0
0
0
short
6
67% · 56y
2
100% · 34y
7
100% · 68y
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Depth and direction come from CFBD’s passing detail, which is backfilled after the games: this covers weeks 1–2 only. Spikes, throwaways and intentional grounding are excluded before any average.

Performance Analysis · 2026 · vs TE peers

  • Efficiency100
  • Volume29
  • Explosiveness34
  • Consistency50
  • Pass-Down100
Player type
Red Zone Weapon TE

Goes from good to great inside the 20 — high TD conversion on limited looks makes this receiver a scoring machine.

Red zone targetHigh TD rateSize/catch radius advantage
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite
Key findings
  • Top-10% efficiency among TEs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Peak game: 1.27 EPA/play in Wk 2 vs Old Dominion (SP+ -6).

NIL Market Tier· 2026

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

+1.2701.27Wk 1 vs VMI: +0.51 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Old Dominion: +1.27 EPA/play2
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+RecRec YdsAvgRec TDLongEPA/play
1vsVMIW73-355010.01210.51
2vsOld DominionW44-21-6.2810813.52211.27

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
10.0%
Passing plays
17.9%
Rushing plays
2.6%
Standard downs
7.3%
Passing downs
18.9%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.70
Passing downs
2.12
Pass / Rush EPA
1.69 / -0.63

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.