TE#88
Cade Otton
gsis_id 00-0038129
TB
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 3.66 yd
- Cushion
- 5.99 yd
- YAC above expectation
- 1.15
- Avg YAC
- 6.52
- Share of intended air yards
- 14.9%
- Catch rate
- 71.5%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 6
- Drops
- 1
- Drop rate
- 1.7%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 85.0
- Interceptions on targets
- 2
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 81 | 59 | 572 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.174 | 0.34 | 0 | 122.2 |
| 2024 | 15 | 89 | 61 | 632 | 4 | 15.0 | 0.180 | 0.37 | -4 | 145.8 |
| 2023 | 19 | 86 | 60 | 609 | 5 | 17.9 | 0.136 | 0.27 | 0 | 152.9 |
| 2022 | 17 | 72 | 46 | 449 | 2 | 7.3 | 0.091 | 0.19 | 0 | 102.9 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'5"
- Weight
- 247 lb
- College
- Washington (Pacific Twelve Conference)
- Draft
- 2022 · Rd 4 · Pk 106 · TB
- Rookie season
- 2022
- Experience
- 5 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 16 · no game status listed · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Source: Highlightly injuries
2024 · Out · TB
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
65 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 · TE cohort of 35
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified TE in 2025; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Dawson KnoxTE · BUF · distance 0.42
- Separation
- 3.64
- Cushion
- 5.32
- YAC over expected
- 0.28
- Share of air yards
- 10.0
- Catch rate
- 73.5
Colby ParkinsonTE · LA · distance 0.57
- Separation
- 3.55
- Cushion
- 5.72
- YAC over expected
- 0.44
- Share of air yards
- 4.9
- Catch rate
- 76.8
Michael MayerTE · LV · distance 0.57
- Separation
- 3.45
- Cushion
- 5.92
- YAC over expected
- 0.23
- Share of air yards
- 6.7
- Catch rate
- 70.0
Chigoziem OkonkwoTE · TEN · distance 0.57
- Separation
- 3.86
- Cushion
- 5.81
- YAC over expected
- 1.17
- Share of air yards
- 9.0
- Catch rate
- 70.9
Jonnu SmithTE · PIT · distance 0.63
- Separation
- 3.77
- Cushion
- 5.50
- YAC over expected
- -0.00
- Share of air yards
- 7.1
- Catch rate
- 70.4
Cade Otton baseline
- Separation
- 3.50
- Cushion
- 5.56
- YAC over expected
- 0.73
- Share of air yards
- 9.0
- Catch rate
- 72.8