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Oronde Gadsden Los Angeles Chargers · #86

Tight End · 6' 5", 236 lbs · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Age 23

Oronde Gadsden is a Tight End for the Los Angeles Chargers, drafted 165th overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 9 passes for 86 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Tight EndDrafted 165th overall2-yr veteran
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Los Angeles Chargers · #86 · Tight End
Oronde Gadsden
Season avg9 rec · 86 yds · 1 td
Career avg58 rec · 750 yds · 4 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
9rec
86yds
1td
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Scouting report

Oronde Gadsden — 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.

B+
Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Oronde Gadsden is a Tight End for the Los Angeles Chargers, drafted 165th overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 9 passes for 86 yards and 1 touchdowns.
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Receiving
B
Big-play
B+
Scoring
B+
Receiving yards
Excellent · offense
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Volume
Excellent · offense
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Scoring
Excellent · offense
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B
Big-play
Strong · offense
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Target share
Excellent · offense
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Act II

Where Oronde Gadsden 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: #172 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
97Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Oronde Gadsden — every number, three levels deep

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

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Receiving
86 YDS
drill in ↓
A+
Volume
9 REC
drill in ↓
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Big-play
9.6 Y/R
drill in ↓
A+
Scoring
1 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Oronde Gadsden

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
23
rec
7–39
284
rec yds
53–515
2
td
1–3
34
targets
12–55
8
games
3–12
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 9 → projected 23 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
+0.4
Net vs last season+13.8 rec
Everything it reads
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2 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 23 — 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: 15 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Oronde Gadsden career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2025154966436913.6
2026 in progress · 4 games49861159.6
Career1958750484
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 Los Angeles Chargers built to win?

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

9–8proj record
57off index
85def index
+8net
54%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C- (57), defense B+ (85) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 29, pass rush 70, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 9–8 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 Oronde Gadsden

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

2003-06-25

The beginning

Oronde Gadsden is a Tight End for the Los Angeles Chargers, in his 2nd NFL season.

Los Angeles Chargers

Turning pro

Drafted 165th overall, 2025 as a Tight End.

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Oronde Gadsden is a Los Angeles Chargers tight end, drafted 165th overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 58 passes for 750 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 9 passes for 86 yards and 1 touchdown in 2026.

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Gadsden's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
236 lbs
Draft
165th overall, 2025
Born
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Age
23
Jersey
#86
Background

Oronde Gadsden is from Fort Lauderdale, FL and is 23 years old. He was drafted 165th overall, 2025 and plays tight end at 6' 5", 236 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 58 passes for 750 yards and 4 touchdowns. Gadsden is currently on the Los Angeles Chargers roster.

The person

Oronde Gadsden is a rotational tight end who has caught 58 passes for 750 yards and 4 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2025–2026).

Receiving58 career receptions for 750 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Best season49 catches for 664 yards in 2025.
Draft pedigree165th overall, 2025.
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FAQ

Oronde Gadsden — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Oronde Gadsden, answered.

What position does Oronde Gadsden play?
Oronde Gadsden is a Tight End for the Los Angeles Chargers.
When was Oronde Gadsden drafted?
Oronde Gadsden was drafted 165th overall, 2025.
How many seasons has Oronde Gadsden played?
2 (2025–2026).
What are Oronde Gadsden's career stats?
He has caught 58 passes for 750 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Oronde Gadsden 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
TE2
behind the starter
Snap share
44%
of offensive snaps
Target share
13%
WOPR 0.26

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
vs ARI
Week 1 · Smash
Season outlook
55
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
4 / 5
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
69
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs ARIW2 vs LVW3 @ BUFW4 @ SEAW5 vs DENW6 @ KCW7 · BYEW8 @ LAW9 vs HOUW10 @ BALW11 vs NYJW12 vs NEW13 @ TBW14 @ LVW15 vs SFW16 @ MIAW17 vs KCW18 @ DEN

Each week grades Oronde Gadsden'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
1
since 2025
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk11 · Knee

Home surface: matrixturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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