Three Star Report

The tight end I watched in Atlanta was the 1,076th ranked recruit in his class

Sep 16, 2026 · Vols Football

I was at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday for the 45-24. The player I kept watching wore 86 for Georgia Tech.

Kevin Roche Jr. caught 6 passes for 66 yards. No Georgia Tech tight end has caught 6 in a game in the 23 seasons CollegeFootballData holds, 2004 to now. The old mark was 5, Colin Peek against Boston College in 2007.

He signed in the class of 2025 as a three star, composite 0.8664, 1,076th in the country, with 6 FBS offers. He was 6 foot 8 and 240 then. The 2026 roster lists him at 6 foot 9 and 270.

Through 2 games he has 10 catches for 103 yards, no touchdowns and a long of 22. He redshirted in 2025, so he cannot enter the NFL draft before 2028.

The Titans room without Okonkwo

Chig Okonkwo catches passes for Washington now. In 2025 he had 56 catches for 560 yards on 79 targets for Tennessee, 32.9 yards a game.

Through 1 game the Titans tight ends have 35 yards, Gunnar Helm 4 catches for 28 and Daniel Bellinger 1 for 7. That is 1 game against a pace built on 17, and week 2 is Sunday.

What the numbers are

The recruiting rank and composite are the composite rating as CollegeFootballData carries it. The height and weight then are from the recruiting row, and the height and weight now are from the 2026 Georgia Tech roster. The tight end catch record joins every Georgia Tech receiving line since 2004 to that season’s roster for position, and any player with 5 or more catches and no roster position would be listed rather than dropped. The check found none in 23 seasons. Georgia Tech’s own recap says the mark stands since 2000, which reaches 4 seasons further back than the data here. The Titans figures are nflverse play by play joined to the nflverse weekly roster for position, and a target is a pass play with a named receiver.

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