EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
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.
4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Minnesota#52 · 5-3 | 4 | 10% | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3.7% |
| 2025 | Oklahoma#21 · 10-3 | 5 | 12% | 5 | 35 | 1 | 3.9% |
| 2024 | Oklahoma#35 · 6-7 | 2 | 6% | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | Oklahoma#25 · 6-7 | 1 | 3% | 1 | 4 | 0 | — |
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.
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
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | W 59–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 2 | L 13–38 | 5.5 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3 | W 41–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 4 | @ | W 27–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 5 | W 20–14 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 6 | @ | L 13–41 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 8 | W 13–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 9 | @ | L 16–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 5.5 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 2 | 1510th / 2089 |
| Yards | 13 | 1681st / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 6.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 7 | — |
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
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Eastern Illinois | 71 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 2 · Mississippi State | 63 | ~27 (13–39) | 2 | · | 43% |
| Wk 8 · Iowa | 61 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 9 · Indiana | 60 | ~23 (11–33) | 1 | · | 38% |
| Season | 497 | 50 (20–72) | 3 | 2 | 10% |
7 TEs on the Minnesota roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Voss | TE | 7 | 117 | 2 | 7% | +0.78 | ||
| Pierce Walsh | TE | 6 | 47 | 1 | 7% | +0.24 | ||
| 82 | Julian Johnson | TE | JR | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3% | -0.52 |
| 87 | Kaden Helms | TE | SR | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3% | -0.10 |
| 44 | George Rohl | TE | FR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.39 |
| 83 | Sam Peters | TE | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Jacob Simpson | TE | JR | — | — | — | 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 →