Player Dossier

2022-2025

Notre Dame

Eli Raridon

TE • 6'7" • 251 lbs • Des Moines, IA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Eli Raridon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Eli Raridon built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Des Moines, IA wearing No. 9, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Eli Raridon's career was his receiving role: 48...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.931

Valley · West Des Moines, IA

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 31
Overall
No. 95
NFL Team
New England Patriots

Eli Raridon, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Eli Raridon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
623
Receptions
48
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Eli Raridon quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · TE
Career Receiving Yards
623
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
4-star · Valley · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Valley · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 3 · Pick 31 · New England Patriots
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
482 receiving yards · TE 20th (top 5%) · FBS Independents 4th (top 11%) · National 258th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0-00-
2023 PostseasonNotre Dame2212045.7
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame2339145.7
2024 PostseasonNotre Dame7324035.9
2024 Regular SeasonNotre Dame7866235.9
2025 Regular SeasonNotre Dame932482075.1

Related Context

Eli Raridon played TE for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eli Raridon recorded 623 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 482 primary output with 73.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Win 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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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

53.6

Efficiency

73.8

Usage

18.3

Consistency

65.5

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 97. Texas A&M: 85. Arkansas: 43. Boise State: 8. NC State: 109. USC: 5. Boston College: 59. Pittsburgh: 67. Stanford: 9

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: 5 by 100. Texas A&M: 4 by 100. Arkansas: 2 by 100. Boise State: 2 by 26.7. NC State: 7 by 100. USC: 1 by 33.3. Boston College: 3 by 100. Pittsburgh: 6 by 74.4. Stanford: 2 by 30

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins42.9 · Games = 7 · -48.1 vs Losses
Losses91 · Games = 2 · +48.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Boston College

Result
Sun 11/30@ StanfordW 49-20294.54.5006
Sat 11/15@ PittsburghW 37-1566711.211.20028
Sat 11/1@ Boston CollegeW 25-1035919.719.70030
Sat 10/18vs USCW 34-24155505
Sat 10/11vs NC State100 receiving yardsW 36-7710915.615.60036
Sat 10/4vs Boise StateW 28-7284405
Sat 9/27@ ArkansasW 56-1324321.521.50025
Sat 9/13vs Texas A&ML 40-4148521.321.30043
Sun 8/31@ MiamiL 24-2759719.419.40065

Player Story

Eli Raridon story

Eli Raridon built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Des Moines, IA wearing No. 9, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Eli Raridon's career was his receiving role: 48 catches, 623 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Eli Raridon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Notre Dame

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2023 PostseasonNotre Dame5163.412.951
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame5163.412.90
2024 PostseasonNotre Dame9049.58.239
2024 Regular SeasonNotre Dame9049.58.20
2025 Regular SeasonNotre Dame48273.818.3392

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 55 NC State

Week 7 · W 36-7

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

109

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

109 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 9 Miami

Week 1 · L 24-27 · Ranked opponent

97

Receiving Yards

92.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 9 Texas A&M

Week 3 · L 40-41 · Ranked opponent

85

Receiving Yards

81.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 36 Pittsburgh

Week 12 · W 37-15

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Receiving Yards

77.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 74.4 efficiency score.

#5

vs Wake Forest

Week 12 · W 45-7

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Receiving Yards

76.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

482 primary output · 73.8 efficiency · 18.3 usage

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#2

2023 Postseason · Notre Dame

45.7

51 primary · 63.4 efficiency · 12.9 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame

45.7

51 primary · 63.4 efficiency · 12.9 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games