Player Dossier

2019-2023

Ohio State

Cade Stover

TE • 6'4" • 251 lbs • Mansfield, OH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Cade Stover reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

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Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Cade Stover built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a tight end from Mansfield, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Cade Stover's career was his receiving role: 82...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9487

Lexington · Mansfield, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 123
NFL Team
Houston Texans

Cade Stover, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio State. Cade Stover reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,058
Receptions
82
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Cade Stover quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,058
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
4-star · Lexington · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Lexington · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 4 · Pick 23 · Houston Texans
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
576 receiving yards · TE 9th (top 3%) · Big Ten 17th (top 8%) · National 170th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State1-00100
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State2-00100
2021 PostseasonOhio State7-0040.9
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State7576040.9
2022 PostseasonOhio State1317056
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State1335399556
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State1041576582.2

Related Context

Cade Stover played TE for Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cade Stover recorded 1,058 receiving yards, 17 tackles, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 81.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Win 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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2021 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

10.9

Efficiency

81.3

Usage

4.8

Consistency

53

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 0. Tulsa: 17. Akron: 25. Rutgers: 0. Maryland: 9. Indiana: 18. Penn State: 7

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. Tulsa: 1 by 100. Akron: 1 by 100. Maryland: 1 by 60. Indiana: 1 by 100. Penn State: 1 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half10.5 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half11.3 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

100 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 1/1vs UtahW 48-45
Sat 10/30vs Penn StateW 33-24177707
Sat 10/23@ IndianaW 54-71181818018
Sat 10/9vs MarylandW 66-17199909
Sat 10/2@ RutgersW 52-13
Sat 9/25vs AkronW 59-71252525025
Sat 9/18vs TulsaW 41-201171717017

Player Story

Cade Stover story

Cade Stover built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a tight end from Mansfield, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Cade Stover's career was his receiving role: 82 catches, 1,058 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Ohio State. 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 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State.

The arc is straightforward: Cade Stover 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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    Ohio State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2021 PostseasonOhio State7681.34.876
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State7681.34.80
2022 PostseasonOhio State40665.713.4330
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State40665.713.40
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State57683.321.5170

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 1 · W 23-3 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

98

Receiving Yards

93.1 takeover

98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Western Kentucky

Week 3 · W 63-10

90

Receiving Yards

89.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Penn State

Week 9 · W 44-31 · Conference game

78

Receiving Yards

85.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 11 · W 38-3 · Conference game

79

Receiving Yards

81.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

79 receiving yards with a 75.2 efficiency score.

#5

vs Toledo

Week 3 · W 77-21

83

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

83 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2020 Regular Season · Ohio State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Ohio State

82.2

576 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 21.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games