Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Ohio 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.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- 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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Postseason | Ohio State | 7 | - | 0 | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2022 Postseason | Ohio State | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 13 | 35 | 399 | 5 | 56 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 10 | 41 | 576 | 5 | 82.2 |
Related Context
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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
2022 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 65.7 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: Penn State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Postseason · Ohio State
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
31.2
Efficiency
65.7
Usage
13.4
Consistency
43.1
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 7. Notre Dame: 14. Arkansas State: 40. Toledo: 83. Wisconsin: 51. Rutgers: 12. Michigan State: 6. Iowa: 25. Penn State: 78. Northwestern: 12. Indiana: 45. Maryland: 20. Michigan: 13
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. Georgia: 1 by 46.7. Notre Dame: 3 by 31.1. Arkansas State: 2 by 100. Toledo: 3 by 100. Wisconsin: 4 by 85. Rutgers: 1 by 80. Michigan State: 3 by 13.3. Iowa: 2 by 83.3. Penn State: 6 by 86.7. Northwestern: 2 by 40. Indiana: 3 by 100. Maryland: 2 by 66.7. Michigan: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins35.1 · Games = 11 · +25.1 vs Losses
Losses10 · Games = 2 · -25.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1/1 | @ Georgia | L 41-42 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Michigan | L 23-45 | — | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Maryland | W 43-30 | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Indiana2+ TD | W 56-14 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Northwestern | W 21-7 | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Penn State | W 44-31 | — | 6 | 78 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Iowa | W 54-10 | — | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Michigan State | W 49-20 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Rutgers | W 49-10 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Wisconsin2+ TD | W 52-21 | — | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 12.80 | 2 | 22 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Toledo | W 77-21 | — | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 27.70 | 0 | 38 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Arkansas State | W 45-12 | — | 2 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Notre Dame | W 21-10 | — | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 4.70 | 0 | 7 |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Ohio State | 76 | 81.3 | 4.8 | 76 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 76 | 81.3 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Ohio State | 406 | 65.7 | 13.4 | 330 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 406 | 65.7 | 13.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 576 | 83.3 | 21.5 | 170 |
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
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8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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