Player Dossier

2008-2010

Tulane

Cody Sparks

TE • 6'4" • Bridge City, TX, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Cody Sparks reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a tight end

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Reliability

54

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Tulane

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Tulane
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Cody Sparks built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a tight end from Bridge City, TX wearing No. 80, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Cody Sparks' career was his receiving role: 73 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.8111

Bridge City · Bridge City, TX

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Cody Sparks, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Tulane. Cody Sparks reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
753
Receptions
73
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Cody Sparks quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulane · TE
Career Receiving Yards
753
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Tulane
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Bridge City · Tulane
High school pipeline
Bridge City · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 80 · Class 2010
2010 Receiving yards rank
427 receiving yards · TE 13th (top 5%) · Conference USA 30th (top 18%) · National 240th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonTulane920245059.5
2009 Regular SeasonTulane51081040
2010 Regular SeasonTulane1143427670.2

Related Context

Cody Sparks played TE for Tulane. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cody Sparks recorded 5 rushing yards, 753 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Tulane.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Tulane paired 427 primary output with 65.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 65.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Regular Season · Tulane

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

38.8

Efficiency

65.2

Usage

17.6

Consistency

57

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 10. Houston: 25. Rutgers: 37. Army: 22. Tulsa: 83. UTEP: 12. SMU: 37. Southern Miss: 34. Rice: 53. UCF: 15. Marshall: 99

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SE Louisiana: 1 by 66.7. Houston: 2 by 83.3. Rutgers: 6 by 41.1. Army: 2 by 73.3. Tulsa: 7 by 79. UTEP: 2 by 40. SMU: 3 by 82.2. Southern Miss: 3 by 75.6. Rice: 7 by 50.5. UCF: 4 by 25. Marshall: 6 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins28 · Games = 4 · -17 vs Losses
Losses45 · Games = 7 · +17 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

100 vs Marshall

Result
Sat 11/27@ MarshallL 23-3869916.516.50038
Sat 11/20vs UCFL 14-614153.83.8006
Sat 11/13vs Rice2+ TDW 54-497537.67.60223
Sat 11/6vs Southern MissL 30-4633411.311.30116
Sat 10/30vs SMUL 17-3133712.312.30115
Sun 10/24@ UTEPW 34-242126608
Sat 10/16@ TulsaL 24-5278311.911.90128
Sat 10/9vs ArmyL 23-412221111019
Sat 10/2@ RutgersW 17-146376.26.20012
Sat 9/25@ HoustonL 23-4222512.512.50113
Fri 9/3vs SE LouisianaW 27-211101010010

Player Story

Cody Sparks story

Cody Sparks built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a tight end from Bridge City, TX wearing No. 80, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Cody Sparks' career was his receiving role: 73 catches, 753 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 5 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cody Sparks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Tulane

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonTulane24574.811.3
2009 Regular SeasonTulane8147.110.2-164
2010 Regular SeasonTulane42765.217.6346

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 13 · L 23-38 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

99

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

99 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UL Monroe

Week 4 · W 24-10

55

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Tulsa

Week 7 · L 24-52 · Conference game

83

Receiving Yards

74.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

83 receiving yards with a 79 efficiency score.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 13 · L 7-56 · Conference game

38

Receiving Yards

72.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

38 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.

#5

@ Rice

Week 11 · L 20-28 · Conference game

31

Receiving Yards

70.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 68.9 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Tulane

427 primary output · 65.2 efficiency · 17.6 usage

70.2

#2

2008 Regular Season · Tulane

59.5

245 primary · 74.8 efficiency · 11.3 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Tulane

40

81 primary · 47.1 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games