Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2013Indiana
Ted Bolser
TE • 6'6" • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Ted Bolser reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State
Player Story
Ted Bolser built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a tight end from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 83, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Ted Bolser's career was his receiving role: 117 catches,...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2014
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 217
- NFL Team
- Washington
Ted Bolser, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Indiana. Ted Bolser reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,337
- Receptions
- 117
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Ted Bolser quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,337
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Indiana State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Ryan · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Ryan · 45 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2014 · Round 7 · Pick 2 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 83 · Class 2013
- 2013 Receiving yards rank
- 320 receiving yards · TE 36th (top 12%) · Big Ten 30th (top 18%) · National 375th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Indiana | 10 | 27 | 407 | 5 | 68.8 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Indiana | 7 | 14 | 165 | 1 | 48.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Indiana | 12 | 41 | 445 | 3 | 70.5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Indiana | 11 | 35 | 320 | 6 | 56.1 |
Related Context
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Ted Bolser played TE for Indiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ted Bolser recorded 1,337 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Indiana paired 445 primary output with 71 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 61.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State
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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2013 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
29.1
Efficiency
61.2
Usage
13.9
Consistency
45.1
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana State: 78. Navy: 56. Bowling Green: 12. Missouri: 10. Penn State: 18. Michigan State: 32. Michigan: 41. Minnesota: 32. Illinois: 17. Ohio State: 8. Purdue: 16
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. Indiana State: 6 by 86.7. Navy: 5 by 74.7. Bowling Green: 1 by 80. Missouri: 2 by 33.3. Penn State: 1 by 100. Michigan State: 4 by 53.3. Michigan: 3 by 91.1. Minnesota: 6 by 35.6. Illinois: 2 by 56.7. Ohio State: 2 by 26.7. Purdue: 3 by 35.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins28.2 · Games = 5 · -1.6 vs Losses
Losses29.8 · Games = 6 · +1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Indiana State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Purdue | W 56-36 | — | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 1 | 15 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Ohio State | L 14-42 | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Illinois | W 52-35 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Minnesota | L 39-42 | — | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Michigan | L 47-63 | — | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Michigan State | L 28-42 | — | 4 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Penn State | W 44-24 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/22 | vs Missouri | L 28-45 | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Bowling Green | W 42-10 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Navy2+ TD | L 35-41 | — | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 11.20 | 2 | 21 |
| Thu 8/29 | vs Indiana State2+ TD | W 73-35 | — | 6 | 78 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
Player Story
Ted Bolser story
Ted Bolser built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a tight end from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 83, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Ted Bolser's career was his receiving role: 117 catches, 1,337 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Indiana. 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. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.
The arc is straightforward: Ted Bolser 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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Indiana
2009-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Indiana | 407 | 90.1 | 10.6 | 407 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Indiana | 165 | 62.9 | 11.3 | -242 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Indiana | 445 | 71 | 12.9 | 280 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Indiana | 320 | 61.2 | 13.9 | -125 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana State
Week 1 · W 73-35
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
78
Receiving Yards
95.6 takeover
78 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#2
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 51-17
68
Receiving Yards
87.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 6 · L 20-41 · Conference game
54
Receiving Yards
86.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Iowa
Week 10 · W 24-21 · Conference game
82
Receiving Yards
85.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
82 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 8 · L 13-43 · Conference game
77
Receiving Yards
83.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Indiana
445 primary output · 71 efficiency · 12.9 usage
70.5
#2
2010 Regular Season · Indiana
68.8
407 primary · 90.1 efficiency · 10.6 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Indiana
56.1
320 primary · 61.2 efficiency · 13.9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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