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TE Cade Stover (Houston Texans)

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Stover figured to be a key piece in Ohio State’s postseason run after emerging as a breakout pass-catching weapon at tight end during the 2022 season. But following his first catch against the Bulldogs, Stover suffered a fracture in his back that ended his CFP semifinal before the end of the first quarter.

Between the game’s final result and the fact that he wasn’t on the field to help the Buckeyes get over the hump, Stover said it was the most heart-wrenching experience of his football career – if not his life as a whole.

“Probably one of the hardest days of my life. Hardest moment of my life, for sure, so far,” Stover said. “You wait your whole life to get to that point, had an opportunity to play in that (playoff game) and that happens. Had my mom and my dad with me. It was hard. It's kind of even hard to talk about to be honest with you because that team was close and that was a special team and I wanted to see them do well like that. So for me not to be out there with them hurt bad and still kind of stings to this day.”
 
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Broken Records: Mark my words, Cade Stover is breaking the tight end single-season catch record

This is the year. Stover will be the new single season receptions leader in Ohio State’s record book.
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Stover’s stats last season​

The reason the record should fall this year is because the record should have fallen last year against Georgia. Unfortunately for the Buckeyes’ lead tight end Stover, he was upended and injured to the point of needing to go to the hospital for further evaluations with the diagnosis being a fracture in the back. His health is the most important thing, but there is no player who wanted to be on the field more for that playoff game than Stover.

Before the injury, Stover was at 36 catches on the season. Georgia had also failed to slow down Ohio State’s passing attack for much of the game. There were definitely two more catches in that game if Stover maintained his health. Joe Royer had one in the absence of Stover. The Buckeyes found ways to sneak out Stover, and they had the trust in him to go out to make plays in the passing the game in key situations.

Even without the catches, Stover would have allowed the Buckeyes to stick more closely to the original game plan. But this story is not about overall impact of the tight end position, because the importance is obvious. That is why this is the year the record will finally fall, and the reasons why are straight forward.

Why the record is done for this season​

Ohio State has so many weapons on offense it might be a challenge for the Buckeyes to spread enough opportunities around for anyone to break a record. That being said, given the early season schedule – and the talent around Stover – overmatched defenses will need to choose to slow down someone, This creates opportunities for under the radar playmakers to find their stats in the flow of the game. Looking at the list of reasons, there is pretty straight forward path for Stover to get more than 37 catches.

The tight end single season catch record will fall this season because the Buckeyes will have defenses committing heavily to defending the star receivers. As the comedic character from Parks and Rec Tom Haverford once said, “I have never taken the high road. But I tell other people to ‘cause then there’s more room for me on the low road.”

This is basically the life of the tight end. They do the dirty work down low while the receivers get the glory and the shine. The receivers also garner significantly more attention over top. If they are in traffic there is plenty of room for Stover on the low road (or underneath the coverage). Stover had a handful of uncontested catches last season because he was standing alone off of a play fake or a blown coverage. That will continue to happen given the talent the Buckeyes have offensively.

The second reason: Stover is now in year two as a full-time tight end, and he has a former offensive assistant who assisted heavily in the development of the receivers as his position coach in Keenan Bailey. As a receiver at the tight end position, Stover went from providing little outside of blocking with five catches to becoming a legitimate weapon with 36 catches.

Last year had all the workings of a year of the tight end, but this year will be the year because of that progress he has made from a technical standpoint in such a short time at the position. With a coach who has a background with receivers, Stover can easily break the ceiling he set for himself last season.

On to the third reason, Ohio State’s success this year will have a major impact. The Buckeyes in the 1995 season played 13 games. That was the total Stover played last year in a season, and I know we already talked about what would have happen if he got to play the entirety of his 13 games. If Ohio State gets back to where they belong winning Big Ten Titles, playing in the CFP, and getting to a championship, there will be absolutely no doubt that Stover breaks this record. With a 14th or 15th game, Stover would have smashed the record and started the next Tight End University.
 
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OHIO STATE PLAYERS ON PRESEASON WATCH LISTS​

  • WR Marvin Harrison Jr.: Maxwell Award, Biletnikoff Award
  • WR Emeka Egbuka: Maxwell Award, Biletnikoff Award, Paul Hornung Award
  • G Donovan Jackson: Outland Trophy
  • G Matt Jones: Outland Trophy
  • DT Mike Hall Jr.: Outland Trophy
  • DE JT Tuimoloau: Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Lott IMPACT Trophy
  • LB Tommy Eichenberg: Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Lott IMPACT Trophy
  • S Lathan Ransom: Bronko Nagurski Trophy
  • P Jesse Mirco: Ray Guy Award
  • TE Cade Stover: Mackey Award
 
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