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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Illinois
Tanner Arkin
TE • 6'4" • 265 lbs • Fort Collins, CO, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Tanner Arkin reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado State • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Tanner Arkin built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Fort Collins, CO wearing No. 85, spending time with Colorado State and Illinois. The clearest part of Tanner Arkin's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Tanner Arkin, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Tanner Arkin reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 351
- Receptions
- 45
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Tanner Arkin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 351
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Fossil Ridge · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Fossil Ridge · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 114 receiving yards · TE 180th (top 38%) · Big Ten 119th (top 43%) · National 927th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 46.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado State | 9 | 14 | 116 | 0 | 60.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 16 | 111 | 3 | 56 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 11 | 91 | 2 | 61.9 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colorado State to Illinois | G5/FCS to P4 | 78.2 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Tanner Arkin played TE for Colorado State and Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tanner Arkin recorded 37 rushing yards, 351 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Illinois paired 114 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 55.4 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado State, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
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 Postseason · Illinois
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
14.3
Efficiency
55.4
Usage
9.4
Consistency
62.5
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 23. Western Illinois: 14. Indiana: 3. USC: 12. Purdue: 7. Washington: 9. Rutgers: 13. Northwestern: 33
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. Tennessee: 2 by 76.7. Western Illinois: 2 by 46.7. Indiana: 1 by 20. USC: 1 by 80. Purdue: 1 by 46.7. Washington: 2 by 30. Rutgers: 2 by 43.3. Northwestern: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins17 · Games = 6 · +11 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 2 · -11 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
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | vs Tennessee | W 30-28 | — | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sun 11/30 | vs Northwestern | W 20-13 | — | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 16.50 | 0 | 28 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Rutgers | W 35-13 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Washington | L 25-42 | — | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 1 | 5 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Purdue | W 43-27 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs USC | W 34-32 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Indiana | L 10-63 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Western Illinois | W 52-3 | — | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
Player Story
Tanner Arkin story
Tanner Arkin built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from Fort Collins, CO wearing No. 85, spending time with Colorado State and Illinois. The clearest part of Tanner Arkin's career was his receiving role: 45 catches, 351 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 37 rushing yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 37 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tanner Arkin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Colorado State
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado State | 9 | 60 | 5.3 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado State | 116 | 51.4 | 10.2 | 107 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | -115 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 111 | 44.9 | 10.6 | 110 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 114 | 55.4 | 9.4 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 114 | 55.4 | 9.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 51 Northwestern
Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
33
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Hawai'i
Week 8 · W 17-13 · Conference game
31
Receiving Yards
75.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 68.9 efficiency score.
#3
@ San José State
Week 10 · L 16-28 · Conference game
27
Receiving Yards
71.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
27 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.
#4
@ Nebraska
Week 4 · W 31-24 · Conference game
28
Receiving Yards
70 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
28 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 7 · W 50-49 · Conference game
25
Receiving Yards
68.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Illinois
114 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 9.4 usage
61.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
61.9
114 primary · 55.4 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Colorado State
60.4
116 primary · 51.4 efficiency · 10.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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