Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2011Minnesota
Eric Lair
TE • 6'3" • Houston, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Eric Lair reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Eric Lair built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a tight end from Houston, TX wearing No. 85, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Eric Lair's career was his receiving role: 51 catches, 706...
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- Committed To
- Yale
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Eric Lair, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Minnesota. Eric Lair reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 706
- Receptions
- 51
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Eric Lair quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 706
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Minnesota
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Bolingbrook · Yale
- High school pipeline
- Bolingbrook · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 168 receiving yards · TE 73rd (top 24%) · Big Ten 57th (top 33%) · National 619th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Minnesota | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 39 | 526 | 2 | 76 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Minnesota | 8 | 11 | 168 | 1 | 46.9 |
Related Context
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Eric Lair played TE for Minnesota. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eric Lair recorded 17 rushing yards, 706 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Minnesota paired 526 primary output with 75.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 69.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
21
Efficiency
69.2
Usage
12.7
Consistency
44.4
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 30. Miami (OH): 55. North Dakota State: 41. Michigan: 5. Purdue: 19. Nebraska: 3. Michigan State: 5. Northwestern: 10
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. USC: 2 by 100. Miami (OH): 2 by 100. North Dakota State: 2 by 100. Michigan: 1 by 33.3. Purdue: 1 by 100. Nebraska: 1 by 20. Michigan State: 1 by 33.3. Northwestern: 1 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins55 · Games = 1 · +38.9 vs Losses
Losses16.1 · Games = 7 · -38.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
100 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | @ Northwestern | L 13-28 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Michigan State | L 24-31 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Nebraska | L 14-41 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Purdue | L 17-45 | — | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Michigan | L 0-58 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs North Dakota State | L 24-37 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 1 | 21 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Miami (OH) | W 29-23 | — | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 0 | 43 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ USC | L 17-19 | — | 2 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
Player Story
Eric Lair story
Eric Lair built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a tight end from Houston, TX wearing No. 85, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Eric Lair's career was his receiving role: 51 catches, 706 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 17 rushing yards across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Minnesota. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 17 rushing yards and 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: Eric Lair moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Minnesota
2009-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Minnesota | 12 | 80 | 5 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 80 | 5 | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Minnesota | 526 | 75.4 | 19.1 | 514 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Minnesota | 168 | 69.2 | 12.7 | -358 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 6 · L 23-41 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
78
Receiving Yards
94.3 takeover
78 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Northern Illinois
Week 4 · L 23-34
94
Receiving Yards
88.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
94 receiving yards with a 89.5 efficiency score.
#3
vs Miami (OH)
Week 3 · W 29-23
55
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs North Dakota State
Week 4 · L 24-37
41
Receiving Yards
82.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Northwestern
Week 5 · L 28-29 · Conference game
75
Receiving Yards
82.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Minnesota
526 primary output · 75.4 efficiency · 19.1 usage
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#2
2011 Regular Season · Minnesota
46.9
168 primary · 69.2 efficiency · 12.7 usage
#3
2009 Postseason · Minnesota
37.2
12 primary · 80 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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