Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Indiana
Riley Nowakowski
TE • 6'2" • 243 lbs • Milwaukee, WI, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Riley Nowakowski reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
27
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Riley Nowakowski built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Milwaukee, WI wearing No. 37, spending time with Indiana and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Riley Nowakowski's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 29
- Overall
- No. 169
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Riley Nowakowski, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Riley Nowakowski reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 518
- Receptions
- 50
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Riley Nowakowski quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 518
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 29 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 37 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 387 receiving yards · TE 41st (top 9%) · Big Ten 49th (top 18%) · National 343rd (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 5 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 30.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 7 | 11 | 74 | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Indiana | 14 | 7 | 71 | 1 | 64.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Indiana | 14 | 25 | 316 | 3 | 64.4 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Riley Nowakowski played TE for Wisconsin and Indiana. Across 6 tracked seasons, Riley Nowakowski recorded 2 rushing yards, 518 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 69.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
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 Wisconsin, Indiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
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 · Indiana
Games
14
Receiving Yards / G
27.6
Efficiency
69.2
Usage
12.6
Consistency
46.5
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 17. Oregon: 18. Alabama: 36. Old Dominion: 15. Kennesaw State: 14. Illinois: 43. Iowa: 4. Oregon: 11. Michigan State: 54. UCLA: 17. Maryland: 22. Penn State: 51. Wisconsin: 65. Ohio State: 20
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. Miami: 2 by 56.7. Oregon: 2 by 60. Alabama: 3 by 80. Old Dominion: 2 by 50. Kennesaw State: 1 by 93.3. Illinois: 1 by 100. Iowa: 1 by 26.7. Oregon: 3 by 24.4. Michigan State: 3 by 100. UCLA: 3 by 37.8. Maryland: 2 by 73.3. Penn State: 3 by 100. Wisconsin: 4 by 100. Ohio State: 2 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half21 · Games = 7 · -13.3 vs Second Half
Second Half34.3 · Games = 7 · +13.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
100 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/20 | vs Miami | W 27-21 | — | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 1/10 | vs Oregon | W 56-22 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Thu 1/1 | vs Alabama | W 38-3 | — | 3 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| Sun 12/7 | @ Ohio State | W 13-10 | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Wisconsin | W 31-7 | — | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 1 | 37 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Penn State | W 27-24 | — | 3 | 51 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Maryland | W 55-10 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs UCLA | W 56-6 | — | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Michigan State | W 38-13 | — | 3 | 54 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 39 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oregon | W 30-20 | — | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Iowa | W 20-15 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Illinois | W 63-10 | — | 1 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 43 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Kennesaw State | W 56-9 | — | 1 | 14 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Old Dominion | W 27-14 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
Riley Nowakowski story
Riley Nowakowski built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Milwaukee, WI wearing No. 37, spending time with Indiana and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Riley Nowakowski's career was his receiving role: 50 catches, 518 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Riley Nowakowski'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
Wisconsin
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Indiana
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 57 | 50.7 | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 57 | 50.7 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 74 | 47.1 | 8.5 | 17 |
| 2025 Postseason | Indiana | 387 | 69.2 | 12.6 | 313 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Indiana | 387 | 69.2 | 12.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 12 · W 31-7 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
65
Receiving Yards
86 takeover
65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 10 · L 14-20 · Conference game
31
Receiving Yards
77.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 15 Penn State
Week 11 · W 27-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
51
Receiving Yards
77.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 82 Michigan State
Week 8 · W 38-13 · Conference game
54
Receiving Yards
74.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs No. 20 Alabama
Week 1 · W 38-3 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
36
Receiving Yards
68.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
36 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2025 Postseason · Indiana
64.4
387 primary · 69.2 efficiency · 12.6 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Indiana
64.4
387 primary · 69.2 efficiency · 12.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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