Houston Texans 2019-2023 TE - Cade Stover (23' Big Ten Tight End of the Year', 22 Third Team All-BIG)

Where does Ohio State’s Cade Stover rank among the best tight ends in college football?

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— Tyler Johnson (@T_johnson_TJ) July 5, 2023

 

Hungry, driven Cade Stover embracing ‘never-ending process’https://t.co/3SL7JSU1dn

— Lettermen Row (@LettermenRow) July 27, 2023

 

Ohio State's Cade Stover has NIL deals with a John Deere equipment dealer and the Central Ohio Farmers Co-op.

Being compensated for NIL deals in tractors is still the dream🚜

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— On3 NIL (@On3NIL) July 28, 2023

 

Cade Stover gives them an All-American caliber TE. On the receiving end here from Brown pic.twitter.com/klNb84c4Z5

— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 11, 2023

 

Striving to ‘get uncomfortable’ this offseason, Cade Stover now a better route runnerhttps://t.co/nRBYQKCnnK

— Lettermen Row (@LettermenRow) August 16, 2023

 

Captain Calls 📞 @cstov8 pic.twitter.com/R6oslOsDue

— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) August 20, 2023

 

Cade Stover is going to be such a problem this year. 😤@cstov8 x @OhioStateFB

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— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 2, 2023

 

• Stover’s expectation isn’t to approach 100 yards every game this season, even after a six-catch, 98-yard performance in Week 1. “I’m just going to catch whatever they throw me and get whatever yards they give me.”
• Tight ends coach Keenan Bailey gets credit for Stover’s development as a route runner, he said.
• On how it felt to notice his progress on film: “Seeing what you do in the sand out there in the summer come to life a little bit, when that happens it’s nice to see. But then again, if you only do it one time it doesn’t do you much good, so I’m going to try to keep stacking (games).”
• On his 49-yard reception against Indiana: “It was a good play-action play call, got the linebackers to bite. I got lucky, got put in a good position to do well.”
• Stover feels that quarterbacks Kyle McCord and Devin Brown do a good job shutting out fan criticism. “As much as fans want to think that they are qualified enough to call plays and come out there and do our job, good for them, but I can promise you that nobody here cares at all about what they say. We appreciate all their support and everything else, but when it comes down to the X’s and O’s, they don’t see the thousands of reps that we’re putting in and Kyle and Devin, those guys are putting in.”
• On whether McCord settled in during the second half Saturday: “I felt like he was settled in most of the game. We’ve got to protect a little better up front and make things easier for him, but the situation that he had, I think he played a hell of a game and I’m happy to see Week 1 to Week 2 strides and Week 2 to Week 3 strides and from then on out.”