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Minnesota · 2026

Kaden Helms

TESenior6' 4", 240 lbsBellevue, NE
Minnesota Golden Gophers4-2 · TDC #66
Snap share
7%
likely 3–10%
Receptions
2
1397th of 1995 in FBS
Rec. yards
13
1582nd of 1981 in FBS
Yards / catch
6.5
Rec. TD
0
EPA / play
+0.17
2 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

2 plays · +0.3 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.17
Passing+0.17
1st down+0.32
3rd down+0.03
Standard downs+0.32
Passing downs+0.03
HelmsWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays3%
Pass plays4%
Run plays0%
1st down4%
2nd down0%
3rd down8%
Standard downs2%
Passing downs5%
HelmsWR/TE average
2025 charting · Oklahoma

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Helms’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
3
2 caught (67%)
Avg. depth of target
3.3
air yards per target
YAC per catch
5.5
11 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
11
of 22 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
0%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted3 targets charted

83% comp3.3 avg. depth5.5 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds1–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: noneLeft, 5–9 air yards: noneLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: noneMiddle, 5–9 air yards: noneMiddle, 10–14 air yards: 1 targets (33%), 1 caught (100%), 16 yds, 16.0 per target1100% · 16yMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: 1 targets (33%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (33%), 1 caught (100%), 6 yds, 6.0 per target1100% · 6yRight, 5–9 air yards: noneRight, 10–14 air yards: noneRight, 15–19 air yards: noneRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: none
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Career

4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farMinnesota#66 · 4-227%21304.4%
2025Oklahoma#21 · 10-3512%53513.9%
2024Oklahoma#35 · 6-726%21912.3%
2022Oklahoma#25 · 6-713%140—

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Kaden Helms's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Kaden Helms's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

5.5 avg. game scoreBest: 5.5 vs Mississippi State (Week 2)0 of 1 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1Eastern IllinoisW 59–7—no stats recorded
2Mississippi StateL 13–385.52136.507
3AkronW 41–7—no stats recorded
4@WashingtonW 27–24—no stats recorded
5MichiganW 20–14—no stats recorded
6@PurdueL 13–41—no stats recorded
2026 · 1 game5.52136.507

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions21397th / 1995
Yards131582nd / 1981
Yards / catch6.5—
Touchdowns0—
Long7—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedPenaltiesSnap share
Wk 1 · Eastern Illinois71··1—
Wk 2 · Mississippi State63~27 (13–39)2·43%
Season37627 (13–39)217%

Position Room

7 TEs on the Minnesota roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
Pierce WalshTE64717%+0.24
82Julian JohnsonTEJR2703%-0.31
87Kaden HelmsTESR21304%+0.17
Roman VossTE24414%+1.28
44George RohlTEFR1603%+0.39
83Sam PetersTESR—————
88Jacob SimpsonTEJR———3%-0.83

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Minnesota depth chart →