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Cade Otton

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Tight endTE1

Over 16 games last season Cade Otton averaged 3.7 receptions and 36 yards on 94% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 3.9 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
3.9
0.2 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
38
Anytime TD
16%

What a realistic week looks like

4%011%116%218%316%413%59%66%74%82%910111213Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 1 and 7 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share
Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

GameOppSnap shareTarget shareTgtRecRec ydsTDWe said
26 wk4———————3.9 projected
26 wk3MIN94%17.1%635604.1 -1.1
26 wk2CLE89%18.2%65380—
26 wk1CIN98%18.5%53260—
25 wk18CAR96%40.9%97941—
25 wk17MIA97%9.1%44330—
25 wk16CAR94%8.0%22150—
25 wk14NO81%14.3%43190—
25 wk13ARI97%7.7%2290—
25 wk12LA86%22.6%74210—
25 wk11BUF97%18.5%52280—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 18 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

OutcomeGames it happenedHow often
3+ receptions13 of 1872%
5+ receptions5 of 1828%
7+ receptions3 of 1817%
50+ receiving yards5 of 1828%
75+ receiving yards3 of 1817%
100+ receiving yards0 of 180%
Scored a touchdown1 of 186%

Career by season

Cade Otton: snap share and target share by season02040608010020222023202420252026Snap shareTarget shareSeasonshare of the team
Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.
SeasonGamesCatches/gmRec yds/gmTargets/gmTDs, seasonSnap shareTarget share
2026 so far33.740.05.7094%17.9%
2025163.735.85.1194%16.3%
2024154.142.15.9493%18.0%
2023193.232.14.5596%13.6%
2022172.726.44.2269%9.1%

5 seasons of usage, 2022–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Cade Otton sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the TB room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole Tampa Bay Buccaneers roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about tight ends

Does a new head coach change who gets the ball?It changes WHO, not how muchIs any defense actually “weak against tight ends”?Not a real trait

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4