Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Northern Illinois
Tristen Tewes
TE • 6'3" • 251 lbs • Pleasant Plains, IL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Tristen Tewes reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Tristen Tewes built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a tight end from Pleasant Plains, IL wearing No. 82, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tristen Tewes' career was his receiving...
Read the storyTristen Tewes, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Tristen Tewes reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 356
- Receptions
- 34
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Tristen Tewes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 356
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Senior
- 2024 Receiving yards rank
- 41 receiving yards · TE 278th (top 63%) · Mid-American 114th (top 62%) · National 1,382nd (top 65%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | 9 | 90 | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 15 | 180 | 3 | 77.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 44 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 44 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 44.5 |
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Tristen Tewes played TE for Northern Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tristen Tewes recorded 356 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
8.2
Efficiency
48
Usage
8.6
Consistency
78.4
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 12. Buffalo: 10. Bowling Green: 5. Western Michigan: 7. Akron: 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. Notre Dame: 1 by 80. Buffalo: 2 by 33.3. Bowling Green: 1 by 33.3. Western Michigan: 1 by 46.7. Akron: 1 by 46.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins7.8 · Games = 4 · -2.3 vs Losses
Losses10 · Games = 1 · +2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
80 vs Notre Dame
Player Story
Tristen Tewes story
Tristen Tewes built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a tight end from Pleasant Plains, IL wearing No. 82, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tristen Tewes' career was his receiving role: 34 catches, 356 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 tackles and 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tristen Tewes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 101 | 67.4 | 9 | 101 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 101 | 67.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 180 | 60.2 | 26.5 | 79 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 34 | 68.9 | 5.4 | -146 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 34 | 68.9 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 41 | 48 | 8.6 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Michigan
Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
64
Receiving Yards
97.1 takeover
64 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 10 · L 22-35 · Conference game
70
Receiving Yards
92.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Maine
Week 4 · W 41-14
21
Receiving Yards
73.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Arkansas State
Week 1 · W 21-19 · Postseason
18
Receiving Yards
72.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Notre Dame
Week 2 · W 16-14
12
Receiving Yards
71.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
12 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
77.3
180 primary · 60.2 efficiency · 26.5 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois
55.8
101 primary · 67.4 efficiency · 9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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