#41Robby Preckel

TE·Northwestern·20250.1 pts line value1st Round

Robby Preckel is a Versatile TE for Northwestern. Robby's 2025 season produced 2.5 total EPA across 39 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 Robby Preckel'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.

Recruiting Profile· Class of 2025

★★★★★

3-Star · Developmental

Stars: ★★★★★
247 composite: 0.8511
National rank: #1,699
High school: Lafayette
Hometown: Ballwin, MO

Recruiting data from CFBD/247Sports composite. Sourced from the player's signing-class team — transfers show original school's class.

2025 Production

Rushing

149 Rush yards0 Rush TD42 Carries3.5 Yards/carry

Receiving

1 Receptions4 Rec yards0 Rec TD4.0 Yards/rec

Returns

1 Kick returns14 KR yards0 KR TD

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs TE peers

Efficiency50
Volume39
Explosiveness0
Consistency33
Pass-Down100

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)50th %ile · average

Game-to-game consistency33th %ile · below avg

Key findings

▸High game-to-game variance — boom-or-bust profile.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.

NIL Market Tier· 2025

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
A.J. Doyle	Massachusetts	2013	53	0.040	0.0	2.1
Blake Bell	Oklahoma	2013	63	0.070	0.1	4.4
Jaheim Bell	South Carolina	2022	73	0.110	0.0	8.0
Kaden Feagin	Illinois	2024	52	0.150	0.0	7.8
D'Vaughn Pennamon	Ole Miss	2017	55	0.200	0.0	11.0

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
6	vsUL Monroe	W42-7	-21.6	—	—	—	—	—	-0.43
7	@Penn State	W22-21	18.1	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	vsPurdue	W19-0	-6.1	—	—	—	—	—	0.32
11	@USC	L17-38	16.9	—	—	—	—	—	-0.33
13	vsMinnesota	W38-35	1.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	@Illinois	L13-20	12.9	1	4	4.0	0	4	-0.08
20	vsCentral Michigan	W34-7	-8.8	—	—	—	—	—	—

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

13.7%

Passing plays

1.8%

Rushing plays

26.1%

Standard downs

15.0%

Passing downs

10.5%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: -0.20
Passing downs: 0.12
Pass / Rush EPA: -0.34 / -0.10

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

Career · rolling EPA, game by game

Per-game EPA5-game avg

EPA per play · 2025 · 5 games

Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.