Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Mississippi State
Seydou Traore
TE • 6'4" • 235 lbs • London, England
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Seydou Traore reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a tight end
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arkansas State • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Seydou Traore built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from London wearing No. 8, spending time with Arkansas State and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Seydou Traore's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 40
- Overall
- No. 180
- NFL Team
- Miami Dolphins
Seydou Traore, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Seydou Traore reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,467
- Receptions
- 130
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Seydou Traore quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,467
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State
- Top game
- Memphis
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 40 · Miami Dolphins
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 372 receiving yards · TE 47th (top 10%) · SEC 48th (top 18%) · National 365th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 4 | 11 | 79 | 0 | 38 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 12 | 50 | 655 | 4 | 80 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 34 | 361 | 1 | 60.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 59.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 34 | 361 | 5 | 59.5 |
Related Context
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Seydou Traore played TE for Arkansas State and Mississippi State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Seydou Traore recorded 1,467 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Arkansas State paired 655 primary output with 80.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 80.4 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 Arkansas State, Mississippi State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
54.6
Efficiency
80.4
Usage
20.3
Consistency
71.9
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 13. Ohio State: 17. Memphis: 120. Old Dominion: 81. UL Monroe: 62. James Madison: 73. Southern Miss: 50. Louisiana: 58. South Alabama: 47. Massachusetts: 41. Texas State: 49. Troy: 44
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. Grambling: 1 by 86.7. Ohio State: 2 by 56.7. Memphis: 6 by 100. Old Dominion: 7 by 77.1. UL Monroe: 4 by 100. James Madison: 3 by 100. Southern Miss: 5 by 66.7. Louisiana: 3 by 100. South Alabama: 8 by 39.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 100. Texas State: 5 by 65.3. Troy: 4 by 73.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins38.7 · Games = 3 · -21.2 vs Losses
Losses59.9 · Games = 9 · +21.2 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
Memphis
Best efficiency game
100 vs Massachusetts
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Troy | L 19-48 | — | 4 | 44 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 33 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Texas State | L 13-16 | — | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Massachusetts | W 35-33 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 1 | 24 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs South AlabamaHigh volume | L 3-31 | — | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 5.90 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Louisiana | L 18-38 | — | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 19.30 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Southern Miss | L 19-20 | — | 5 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs James Madison | L 20-42 | — | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 0 | 47 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs UL Monroe | W 45-28 | — | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Old Dominion | L 26-29 | — | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Memphis100 receiving yards | L 32-44 | — | 6 | 120 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 51 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Ohio State | L 12-45 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Grambling | W 58-3 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 13 |
Player Story
Seydou Traore story
Seydou Traore built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a tight end from London wearing No. 8, spending time with Arkansas State and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Seydou Traore's career was his receiving role: 130 catches, 1,467 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Arkansas 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 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State and Mississippi State.
The arc is straightforward: Seydou Traore 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.
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Arkansas State
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Mississippi State
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 79 | 45.7 | 9.9 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 655 | 80.4 | 20.3 | 576 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | -655 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 361 | 67.6 | 16.2 | 361 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 372 | 63.8 | 16.4 | 11 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 372 | 63.8 | 16.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Memphis
Week 3 · L 32-44
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
120
Receiving Yards
93.3 takeover
120 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 7 Ole Miss
Week 14 · L 19-38 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Receiving Yards
92 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Arkansas
Week 9 · L 25-58 · Conference game
77
Receiving Yards
91.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 34-17
77
Receiving Yards
87.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Old Dominion
Week 4 · L 26-29 · Conference game
81
Receiving Yards
81.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 77.1 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State
655 primary output · 80.4 efficiency · 20.3 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
60.3
361 primary · 67.6 efficiency · 16.2 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
59.5
372 primary · 63.8 efficiency · 16.4 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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