Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Cincinnati
Joe Royer
TE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Joe Royer reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Towson
Player Story
Joe Royer built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Cincinnati and Ohio State. The clearest part of Joe Royer's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 170
- NFL Team
- Cleveland Browns
Joe Royer, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Joe Royer reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 972
- Receptions
- 84
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Joe Royer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 972
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
- Top game
- Towson
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Elder · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Elder · 31 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 30 · Cleveland Browns
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 416 receiving yards · TE 32nd (top 7%) · Big 12 41st (top 17%) · National 312th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2022 Postseason | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 51 | 532 | 3 | 75.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 29 | 416 | 4 | 57.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State to Cincinnati | P4 to P4 | 78.9 | Dec 8, 2023 |
Joe Royer played TE for Ohio State and Cincinnati. Across 6 tracked seasons, Joe Royer recorded 972 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Cincinnati paired 532 primary output with 69.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 68 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Cincinnati.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
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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2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
34.7
Efficiency
68
Usage
14.4
Consistency
35.5
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 11. Bowling Green: 104. Northwestern State: 23. Kansas: 24. Iowa State: 20. UCF: 83. Oklahoma State: 63. Baylor: 12. Utah: 10. Arizona: 8. BYU: 13. TCU: 45
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. Nebraska: 3 by 24.4. Bowling Green: 2 by 100. Northwestern State: 3 by 51.1. Kansas: 2 by 80. Iowa State: 4 by 33.3. UCF: 2 by 100. Oklahoma State: 5 by 84. Baylor: 1 by 80. Utah: 1 by 66.7. Arizona: 1 by 53.3. BYU: 2 by 43.3. TCU: 3 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins47 · Games = 7 · +29.6 vs Losses
Losses17.4 · Games = 5 · -29.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
100 vs TCU
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ TCU | L 23-45 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| Sun 11/23 | vs BYU | L 14-26 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Arizona | L 24-30 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 11/2 | @ Utah | L 14-45 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Baylor | W 41-20 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Oklahoma State | W 49-17 | — | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UCF | W 20-11 | — | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 41.50 | 0 | 67 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Iowa State | W 38-30 | — | 4 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kansas | W 37-34 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Northwestern State2+ TD | W 70-0 | — | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 2 | 21 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bowling Green100 receiving yards | W 34-20 | — | 2 | 104 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 73 |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Nebraska | L 17-20 | — | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 0 | 6 |
Player Story
Joe Royer story
Joe Royer built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Cincinnati and Ohio State. The clearest part of Joe Royer's career was his receiving role: 84 catches, 972 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Cincinnati. 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 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati and Ohio State.
The arc is straightforward: Joe Royer 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Ohio State
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Cincinnati
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 9 | 60 | 3.6 | 9 |
| 2022 Postseason | Ohio State | 10 | 33.4 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 10 | 33.4 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 5 | 33.3 | 4.5 | -5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 532 | 69.5 | 20.1 | 527 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 416 | 68 | 14.4 | -116 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 38-20
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
89
Receiving Yards
91.9 takeover
89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ UCF
Week 7 · W 19-13 · Conference game
84
Receiving Yards
88.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
84 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 2 · W 34-20
104
Receiving Yards
79.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
104 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 76 UCF
Week 7 · W 20-11 · Conference game
83
Receiving Yards
78.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
83 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 8 · W 49-17 · Conference game
63
Receiving Yards
76 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 84 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
532 primary output · 69.5 efficiency · 20.1 usage
75.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
57.5
416 primary · 68 efficiency · 14.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
43.4
9 primary · 60 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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