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Cade Stover

Tight End, Houston Texans · #8.

Player facts

Team: Houston Texans
Position: Tight End
Number: 8
Born: Jun 12, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Mansfield, OH, USA
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 251 lbs
College: Ohio State
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Regular Season	2	3	18	9.0	0	20	1	0	0	0.0	0
Last 5 Games	2	2	18	9.0	0	20	1	0	0	0.0	0
Career	29	41	227	7.8	1	27	10	4	3	0.8	2

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	@ TEN	W 26-3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs DAL	L 34-30	1	1	20	20.0	0	20	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ IND	L 19-17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CIN	L 20-6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs BUF	L 36-31	1	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Cade Stover (born June 12, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and was selected by the Texans in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cade Stover, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Stover was born on June 12, 2000, in Mansfield, Ohio, later attending Lexington High School in Lexington, Ohio. He was named Ohio's Mr. Football and the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after rushing for 1,477 yards and 17 touchdowns on offense and recording 163 tackles and four interceptions on defense. Stover also set Lexington's all-time scoring and rebounding records in basketball. He was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Ohio State over offers from Michigan, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas, and Wisconsin.

College career

Stover was initially recruited to play linebacker at Ohio State, but was moved to defensive end before the start of his freshman season. He played in four games before redshirting the season. Stover was moved to tight end during spring practice in 2020. He returned to linebacker during the season. Stover was again moved to tight end for his redshirt junior season and caught five passes for 76 yards. He played linebacker in the 2022 Rose Bowl due to a shortage of players at the position. In 2023, Stover was one of the three finalists for the Mackey Award, which is awarded to the nation's best tight end.

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