Player Dossier

2012-2016

Wisconsin

Eric Steffes

TE • 6'5" • Mount Calvary, WI, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Eric Steffes reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8607

Booker T. Washington · Miami, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Eric Steffes, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Eric Steffes reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
84
Receptions
10
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Eric Steffes quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · TE
Career Receiving Yards
84
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Booker T. Washington
High school pipeline
Booker T. Washington · 56 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 44 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
34 receiving yards · TE 202nd (top 65%) · Big Ten 148th (top 72%) · National 1,344th (top 70%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonWisconsin0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonWisconsin0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonWisconsin0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonWisconsin3350077.8
2016 Regular SeasonWisconsin6734144.4

Related Context

Eric Steffes played TE for Wisconsin. Across 5 tracked seasons, Eric Steffes recorded 84 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 50 primary output with 100 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 36.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Loss 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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2016 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

5.7

Efficiency

36.7

Usage

7.3

Consistency

48.4

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 2. Akron: 8. Michigan State: 2. Iowa: 5. Purdue: 3. Penn State: 14

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. LSU: 1 by 13.3. Akron: 1 by 53.3. Michigan State: 2 by 6.7. Iowa: 1 by 33.3. Purdue: 1 by 20. Penn State: 1 by 93.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins4 · Games = 5 · -10 vs Losses
Losses14 · Games = 1 · +10 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

93.3 vs Penn State

Result
Sun 12/4@ Penn StateL 31-381141414014
Sat 11/19@ PurdueW 49-20133303
Sat 10/22@ IowaW 17-9155505
Sat 9/24@ Michigan StateW 30-6221111
Sat 9/10vs AkronW 54-10188808
Sat 9/3vs LSUW 16-14122202

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Wisconsin

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonWisconsin0
2013 Regular SeasonWisconsin00
2014 Regular SeasonWisconsin00
2015 Regular SeasonWisconsin501004.750
2016 Regular SeasonWisconsin3436.77.3-16

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Hawai'i

Week 4 · W 28-0

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

74.1 takeover

19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Penn State

Week 14 · L 31-38 · Conference game

14

Receiving Yards

71.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

14 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Purdue

Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game

16

Receiving Yards

65.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Nebraska

Week 6 · W 23-21 · Conference game

15

Receiving Yards

64.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Akron

Week 2 · W 54-10

8

Receiving Yards

42.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

8 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Wisconsin

50 primary output · 100 efficiency · 4.7 usage

77.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Wisconsin

44.4

34 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Wisconsin

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games