Hunter Welcing

TE · #84 · Ohio State · SR · 6'3" · 248 · Deer Park, IL

Transferred from NW · TE depth chart, 2nd

296 2025 receiving yards
28 of 44 2025 catches
2 2025 TDs
5 Explosive plays
13 Career games (10 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Northwestern131028-44 296 10.6 2

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 22.8 80
Yards per catch 10.6 60
Catch rate 63.6% 42
Receiving TDs 2 66

Around Hunter

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Julian Sayin QB · 3,610 pass yds · 14g
RB Bo Jackson RB · 1,090 rush yds · 13g
WR-X Chris Henry Jr. WR · no college stats
WR-Z Jeremiah Smith WR · 1,243 rec yds · 13g
WR-SL Brandon Inniss WR · 271 rec yds · 14g
TE Nate Roberts TE · 30 rec yds · 13g

The situation

Ohio State 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 12.3% 74
Red zone TD rate 72.0% 64
Line yards per carry 2.8 71
Sack rate allowed 4.0% 85

2025 Game log

with Northwestern
WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1 @ TULN 1 1 2
W2Western Illinois Leathernecks 2 2 34 1 1
W3 ORE 2 2 19
W5 UCLA 1 1 22
W6 ULM 4 4 32
W7 @ PSU 4 1
W8 PUR 4 2 18 1 1
W9 @ NEB 3 2 29
W11 @ USC 3 2 2 1
W12 MICH 8 4 81 2
W13 MINN 3 3 29 1
W14 @ ILL 6 4 15 1
W18 CMU 3 1 13

Recruiting

2020 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2020 board
#1167 Caine Savage ATH · Anaheim Western UTAH
#1167 Cade Kootsouradis OT · Crestview GT
#1167 Hunter Welcing TE · Lake Zurich NW
#1167 Hans Lillis TE · Germantown Academy BC
#1167 Mike Pettway WR · Thompson WSU
TEs in the class
#47 Alex Lines Higley UNLV
#48 AJ Barner Aurora IND
#49 Hunter Welcing Lake Zurich NW
#50 Hans Lillis Germantown Academy BC
#51 Jake Overman Servite ORST
2025 · 80th pctile of TEs
Recruit · 63th pctile of class