Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Kentucky
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.
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:...
Read the storyWillie 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 50.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 23 | 310 | 1 | 68.1 |
Related Context
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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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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 | @ Louisville | L 0-41 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Vanderbilt | L 17-45 | — | 6 | 78 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Florida | W 38-7 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Auburn | W 10-3 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Tennessee | L 34-56 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas | L 13-16 | — | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia | L 14-35 | — | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ South Carolina | L 13-35 | — | 2 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 53 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 48-23 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ole Miss | L 23-30 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Toledo | W 24-16 | — | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 23 |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 94 | 100 | 11.1 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 310 | 75.8 | 11.6 | 216 |
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
68.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
50.2
94 primary · 100 efficiency · 11.1 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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