Player Dossier

2024-2025

Kentucky

Willie Rodriguez

TE • 6'4" • 252 lbs • Taylor Mill, KY, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Willie Rodriguez reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Player Story

Willie Rodriguez built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a tight end from Taylor Mill, KY wearing No. 81, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Willie Rodriguez's career was his receiving role:...

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Willie Rodriguez, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. Willie Rodriguez reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
404
Receptions
28
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Willie Rodriguez quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · TE
Career Receiving Yards
404
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Top game
Texas
High school pipeline
Covington Catholic · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 81 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
310 receiving yards · TE 66th (top 14%) · SEC 58th (top 21%) · National 434th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky6594050.2
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky1123310168.1

Related Context

Willie Rodriguez played TE for Kentucky. Across 2 tracked seasons, Willie Rodriguez recorded 404 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 310 primary output with 75.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 75.8 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: Vanderbilt

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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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

28.2

Efficiency

75.8

Usage

11.6

Consistency

57.6

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 31. Ole Miss: 9. Eastern Michigan: 28. South Carolina: 66. Georgia: 7. Texas: 32. Tennessee: 28. Auburn: 8. Florida: 8. Vanderbilt: 78. Louisville: 15

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. Toledo: 2 by 100. Ole Miss: 1 by 60. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 93.3. South Carolina: 2 by 100. Georgia: 2 by 23.3. Texas: 3 by 71.1. Tennessee: 2 by 93.3. Auburn: 1 by 53.3. Florida: 1 by 53.3. Vanderbilt: 6 by 86.7. Louisville: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins18.8 · Games = 4 · -14.8 vs Losses
Losses33.6 · Games = 7 · +14.8 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

Vanderbilt

Best efficiency game

100 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 11/29@ LouisvilleL 0-411151515015
Sat 11/22@ VanderbiltL 17-456781313020
Sun 11/9vs FloridaW 38-7188808
Sat 11/1@ AuburnW 10-3188808
Sat 10/25vs TennesseeL 34-562281414018
Sat 10/18vs TexasL 13-1633210.710.70019
Sat 10/4@ GeorgiaL 14-35273.53.5005
Sat 9/27@ South CarolinaL 13-352663333053
Sat 9/13vs Eastern MichiganW 48-232281414125
Sat 9/6vs Ole MissL 23-30199909
Sat 8/30vs ToledoW 24-1623115.515.50023

Player Story

Willie Rodriguez story

Willie Rodriguez built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a tight end from Taylor Mill, KY wearing No. 81, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Willie Rodriguez's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 404 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles and 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Willie Rodriguez's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kentucky

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky9410011.1
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky31075.811.6216

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas

Week 13 · L 14-31 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

53

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 11 Vanderbilt

Week 13 · L 17-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

78

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 49 South Carolina

Week 5 · L 13-35 · Conference game

66

Receiving Yards

83.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 48 Toledo

Week 1 · W 24-16

31

Receiving Yards

68.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · W 48-23

28

Receiving Yards

61.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

28 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

310 primary output · 75.8 efficiency · 11.6 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Kentucky

50.2

94 primary · 100 efficiency · 11.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games