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TE Cade Stover (Houston Texans)

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kujirakira said:
Most consistent player today? Imo played a huge part in getting McCord settled into the game.
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Correct, Cade is a certified badass. That was his most complete game imo, executed all of his blocks and was the exact safety valve that McCord needed when pressed. Hell, he was a focal point in our game plan.

That might sound cliché, but it's true. So happy Stover came back for a country strong senior year.
 
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Only two tight ends in the entire FBS have more receiving yards per game this season than Ohio State’s Cade Stover.

Georgia’s Brock Bowers, a projected top-10 NFL draft pick, has been by far the nation’s most productive tight end with 37 catches for 545 yards and four touchdowns in six games. Colorado State’s Dallin Holker ranks second in tight end production with 32 catches for 412 yards and five touchdowns in five games. After them, the only other tight end who has averaged more than 60 receiving yards per game this season is Stover, who has 19 receptions for 306 yards and one touchdown through five contests.
Stover’s seven catches of 20-plus yards this season are tied for the second-most among all FBS tight ends and are the most so far this year of any Ohio State player (Marvin Harrison Jr. has six). He’s the only tight end in the Big Ten averaging more than 50 receiving yards per game.
With the exception of Ohio State’s second game of the year against Youngstown State, in which Stover had zero catches, the Buckeyes’ starting tight end has been a consistent weapon in the passing game, topping 50 receiving yards in each of Ohio State’s other four contests. He scored his first touchdown of the season in Ohio State’s most recent game when he scored a 44-yard touchdown – his third catch of at least 40 yards this year.

At his current rate of production (61.2 yards per game), Stover is on pace to catch 46 passes for 734 yards in the regular season alone, which would break the school record of 671 receiving yards by a tight end set by Billy Anders in 1966.

Few would have forecast that kind of production for Stover two years ago, when he was still bouncing back and forth between playing tight end and linebacker. Before last season, Ohio State had a reputation for not using its tight ends in the passing game, a narrative backed up by the fact that no Buckeye tight end caught more than 28 passes (Marcus Baugh in 2017) or had more than 309 receiving yards (Jeremy Ruckert in 2021) in a single season from 2014-21.

That all began to change last year as Stover caught 36 passes for 406 yards and five touchdowns in his first season as Ohio State’s starting tight end. Stover’s production so far this season has made the old narrative about Ohio State tight ends obsolete.

OHIO STATE’S TOP TIGHT ENDS IN LAST 10 SEASONS
YEAR PLAYER REC YDS TD
2023* Cade Stover 19 306 1
2022 Cade Stover 36 406 5
2021 Jeremy Ruckert 26 309 3
2020 Jeremy Ruckert 13 151 5
2019 Jeremy Ruckert 14 142 4
2018 Luke Farrell 20 205 1
2017 Marcus Baugh 28 304 5
2016 Marcus Baugh 24 269 2
2015 Nick Vannett 19 162 0
2014 Nick Vannett 19 220 5
*Through only five games
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Cade Stover On Pace for One of the Most Productive Seasons Ever For An Ohio State Tight End

With 19 catches for 306 receiving yards in only five games, Cade Stover is on pace for one of the most productive seasons ever for an Ohio State tight end.
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