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Cade Otton Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #88

Tight End · 6' 5", 247 lbs · Tumwater, WA · Age 27

Cade Otton is a Tight End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted 106th overall, 2022. In 2026 he caught 15 passes for 157 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Tight EndDrafted 106th overall5-yr veteran
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #88 · Tight End
Cade Otton
Season avg15 rec · 157 yds · 0 td
Career avg222 rec · 2,175 yds · 11 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
15rec
157yds
0td
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Scouting report

Cade Otton — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Cade Otton is a Tight End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted 106th overall, 2022. In 2026 he caught 15 passes for 157 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
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Big-play
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Target share
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Act II

Where Cade Otton stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #159 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
180Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Cade Otton — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
157 YDS
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Volume
15 REC
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Big-play
10.5 Y/R
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Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Cade Otton

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
37
rec
19–55
369
rec yds
192–546
1
td
-1–3
53
targets
27–79
10
games
5–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 15 → projected 37 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Everything it reads
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5 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 27 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 14 / 16 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Cade Otton career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
202216423912659.3
202317474554679.7
2024145960048710.2
202516595721819.7
2026 in progress · 4 games41515702310.5
Career672222,17511323
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
75off index
76def index
+17net
64%playoff odds
59roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B- (75), defense B- (76) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 59, pass rush 53, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Cade Otton

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-04-15

The beginning

Cade Otton is a Tight End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in his 5th NFL season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Turning pro

Drafted 106th overall, 2022 as a Tight End.

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Cade Otton is a Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end, drafted 106th overall, 2022.

Chapter

Across 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has caught 222 passes for 2,175 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 15 passes for 157 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2026.

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Otton's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
247 lbs
Draft
106th overall, 2022
Born
Tumwater, WA
Age
27
Jersey
#88
Background

Cade Otton is from Tumwater, WA and is 27 years old. He was drafted 106th overall, 2022 and plays tight end at 6' 5", 247 lbs.

Over 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has caught 222 passes for 2,175 yards and 11 touchdowns. Otton is currently on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster.

The person

Cade Otton is a starting tight end who has caught 222 passes for 2,175 yards and 11 touchdowns across 5 seasons (2022–2026).

Receiving222 career receptions for 2,175 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Best season59 catches for 600 yards in 2024.
Draft pedigree106th overall, 2022.
Durability67 career games played.
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FAQ

Cade Otton — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Cade Otton, answered.

What position does Cade Otton play?
Cade Otton is a Tight End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
When was Cade Otton drafted?
Cade Otton was drafted 106th overall, 2022.
How many seasons has Cade Otton played?
5 (2022–2026).
What are Cade Otton's career stats?
He has caught 222 passes for 2,175 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Cade Otton career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE1
listed starter
Snap share
94%
of offensive snaps
Target share
19%
WOPR 0.39
Listed as the starter (TE1) on the current depth chartEvery-down role (94% of snaps)

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ CIN
Week 1 · Smash
Season outlook
52
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
2 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
50
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ CINW2 vs CLEW3 vs MINW4 vs GBW5 @ DALW6 vs PITW7 @ CARW8 vs ATLW9 @ CHIW10 · BYEW11 @ DETW12 vs CARW13 vs LACW14 @ BALW15 vs NOW16 @ ATLW17 vs LAW18 @ NO

Each week grades Cade Otton's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
4
since 2022
Games missed
1
listed Out
Lower-body
4
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk16 · Knee2025 Wk15 · Knee (Doubtful)2025 Wk1 · Groin2024 Wk19 · Knee (Questionable)2024 Wk18 · Knee (Doubtful)2024 Wk17 · Knee (Out)

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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