Cade Otton

TE · TB · 2022–2026

Born April 15, 1999 · College Washington · Drafted 2022, round 4, pick 106 (TB) · 6-5, 247 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2024	TB	14	1	-4	0	-4.00	−1.316		0.0	−1.3	−0.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2022	TB	16	65	42	391	2	64.6	+0.076	+0.153−0.006 to +0.312	9.5	5.9	+5.0	+0.47
2022 playoffs	TB	1	7	4	58	0	57.1	+0.336		11.5	6.7	+2.4	−0.00
2023	TB	16	67	47	452	4	70.1	+0.172	+0.193+0.035 to +0.352	12.8	6.7	+11.5	+0.75
2023 playoffs	TB	2	19	13	154	1	68.4	+0.279		25.7	6.4	+5.3	+0.18
2024	TB	14	87	59	600	4	67.8	+0.144	+0.217+0.066 to +0.369	19.0	5.4	+12.5	+0.20
2024 playoffs	TB	1	2	2	32	0	100.0	+1.257		11.8	6.5	+2.5	+0.14
2025	TB	15	81	59	572	1	72.8	+0.050	+0.195+0.042 to +0.349	16.9	5.2	+4.0	+0.09
2026	TB	8	38	23	211	0	60.5	−0.119	+0.135−0.036 to +0.305	16.7	6.6	−4.5	+0.05
Career	TB	69	338	230	2,226	11	68.0	+0.084		14.2	5.8	+28.5	+1.56

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2022	TB	16	8
2023	TB	16	1
2023 playoffs	TB	2	1
2024	TB	14	4
2025	TB	15	4
Career	TB	69	17

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2022	TB	16	780	69.2	–	–
2022 playoffs	TB	1	58	72.5	–	–
2023	TB	17	1,039	96.7	–	–
2023 playoffs	TB	2	129	97.0	–	–
2024	TB	14	844	92.4	–	–
2024 playoffs	TB	1	45	95.7	–	–
2025	TB	16	976	93.1	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	65	73.8	5	10.4	5	80.0
2023	67	77.6	5	9.6	11	54.5
2024	87	67.8	7	11.9	9	44.4
2025	81	81.5	4	6.1	10	40.0
2026	38	63.2	3	12.5	5	40.0

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	@ CIN	L 27–33	5	3	26	−0.1
2	2026-09-20	vs CLE	L 19–23	6	5	38	−1.5
3	2026-09-27	vs MIN	L 16–23	6	3	56	+3.5
4	2026-10-04	vs GB	L 14–17	6	4	37	+1.1
5	2026-10-08	@ DAL	W 24–16	4	3	25	+2.0
6	2026-10-18	vs PIT	L 19–26 OT	2	1	4	+0.4
7	2026-10-25	@ CAR	W 43–13	1	0	0	−0.7
9	2026-11-08	@ CHI	L 24–27	8	4	25	−9.3

2025 game log (15 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	@ ATL	W 23–20	3	0	0	0	−1.5	0
2	2025-09-15	@ HOU	W 20–19	4	3	25	0	+1.1	0
4	2025-09-28	vs PHI	L 25–31	4	3	9	0	−2.7	0
5	2025-10-05	@ SEA	W 38–35	5	4	81	0	+6.7	0
6	2025-10-12	vs SF	W 30–19	6	5	51	0	+0.1	0
7	2025-10-20	@ DET	L 9–24	9	7	65	0	−1.0	1
8	2025-10-26	@ NO	W 23–3	5	4	40	0	+2.7	0
10	2025-11-09	vs NE	L 23–28	12	9	82	0	+2.4	0
11	2025-11-16	@ BUF	L 32–44	5	2	28	0	−0.7	0
12	2025-11-23	@ LA	L 7–34	7	4	21	0	−8.2	1
13	2025-11-30	vs ARI	W 20–17	2	2	9	0	−0.1	0
14	2025-12-07	vs NO	L 20–24	4	3	19	0	−1.1	0
16	2025-12-21	@ CAR	L 20–23	2	2	15	0	+0.7	0
17	2025-12-28	@ MIA	L 17–20	4	4	33	0	+1.5	2
18	2026-01-03	vs CAR	W 16–14	9	7	94	1	+4.1	0

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs WAS	W 37–20	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	−0.4	0
2	2024-09-15	@ DET	W 20–16	1	-4	−1.3	2	0	0	0	−1.6	0
3	2024-09-22	vs DEN	L 7–26	0	0	0.0	8	7	47	0	−4.2	0
4	2024-09-29	vs PHI	W 33–16	0	0	0.0	9	6	52	0	−0.3	0
5	2024-10-03	@ ATL	L 30–36 OT	0	0	0.0	4	3	44	0	+2.9	0
6	2024-10-13	@ NO	W 51–27	0	0	0.0	6	2	15	1	−2.5	2
7	2024-10-21	vs BAL	L 31–41	0	0	0.0	10	8	100	0	+6.4	0
8	2024-10-27	vs ATL	L 26–31	0	0	0.0	10	9	81	2	+8.1	0
9	2024-11-04	@ KC	L 24–30 OT	0	0	0.0	11	8	77	1	+4.9	0
10	2024-11-10	vs SF	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	8	5	35	0	+1.8	0
12	2024-11-24	@ NYG	W 30–7	0	0	0.0	3	1	30	0	+0.8	0
13	2024-12-01	@ CAR	W 26–23 OT	0	0	0.0	7	4	20	0	−6.2	1
14	2024-12-08	vs LV	W 28–13	0	0	0.0	4	3	70	0	+1.3	0
15	2024-12-15	@ LAC	W 40–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	24	0	+1.7	1
P19	2025-01-12	vs WAS	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	2	2	32	0	+2.5	0

2023 game log (18 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ MIN	W 20–17	3	2	19	0	−0.0	0
2	2023-09-17	vs CHI	W 27–17	6	6	41	0	+0.9	0
3	2023-09-25	vs PHI	L 11–25	2	1	16	0	+0.7	0
4	2023-10-01	@ NO	W 26–9	4	3	13	1	−0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	vs DET	L 6–20	2	1	15	0	−1.8	0
7	2023-10-22	vs ATL	L 13–16	6	5	43	0	−0.3	0
8	2023-10-26	@ BUF	L 18–24	6	4	27	0	−2.5	0
9	2023-11-05	@ HOU	L 37–39	9	6	67	2	+3.5	0
10	2023-11-12	vs TEN	W 20–6	3	2	10	0	+0.5	0
11	2023-11-19	@ SF	L 14–27	5	4	49	0	+2.7	0
12	2023-11-26	@ IND	L 20–27	4	4	45	0	+2.7	0
14	2023-12-10	@ ATL	W 29–25	5	2	16	1	+0.5	0
15	2023-12-17	@ GB	W 34–20	2	2	44	0	+3.9	0
16	2023-12-24	vs JAX	W 30–12	1	1	7	0	−0.2	0
17	2023-12-31	vs NO	L 13–23	6	2	10	0	−1.2	1
18	2024-01-07	@ CAR	W 9–0	3	2	30	0	+2.2	0
P19	2024-01-15	vs PHI	W 32–9	11	8	89	0	+5.3	0
P20	2024-01-21	@ DET	L 23–31	8	5	65	1	+0.0	1

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ DAL	W 19–3	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
2	2022-09-18	@ NO	W 20–10	2	1	4	0	−1.1	0
4	2022-10-02	vs KC	L 31–41	4	3	29	0	+0.6	0
5	2022-10-09	vs ATL	W 21–15	7	6	43	0	+1.9	0
6	2022-10-16	@ PIT	L 18–20	3	2	23	0	+2.1	1
7	2022-10-23	@ CAR	L 3–21	5	4	64	0	+1.2	0
8	2022-10-27	vs BAL	L 22–27	5	2	15	0	−0.3	1
9	2022-11-06	vs LA	W 16–13	6	5	68	1	+6.1	0
10	2022-11-13	vs SEA	W 21–16	3	3	35	0	+2.4	0
12	2022-11-27	@ CLE	L 17–23 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2022-12-05	vs NO	W 17–16	10	6	28	1	−2.2	0
14	2022-12-11	@ SF	L 7–35	5	4	28	0	+0.5	1
15	2022-12-18	vs CIN	L 23–34	1	1	20	0	+1.3	0
16	2022-12-25	@ ARI	W 19–16 OT	7	2	12	0	−3.1	1
17	2023-01-01	vs CAR	W 30–24	6	2	17	0	−5.2	0
18	2023-01-08	@ ATL	L 17–30	1	1	5	0	+1.1	0
P19	2023-01-16	vs DAL	L 14–31	7	4	58	0	+2.4	0