Player

Tommy Tremble

TE · Panthers

Tremble's robotic target consistency across 4 different Carolina regimes means he's scheme-agnostic — every new Panthers OC reaches for the same tool near the goal line. That durability is rare for a non-feature TE.

FanIQ Research · May 11, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

Four QBs, three OCs, five years — Tommy Tremble's stat line barely blinked.

Trend

Tremble by season (regular season)

Season	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD
2021	15	35	20	180	2
2022	15	32	19	174	3
2023	15	32	23	194	3
2024	10	32	23	234	2
2025	15	37	27	249	2

Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield, Andy Dalton, Bryce Young — Carolina has cycled through quarterbacks like a revolving door, but Tommy Tremble's targets never noticed. Every single season since 2021: 32-37 targets, 19-27 catches, 2-3 TDs. He is the only TE in the NFL who has logged 4+ seasons since 2021 with all season target totals within a 5-count band (32–37). In a franchise defined by instability, Tremble is the one constant in the box score.

The 3rd-round Notre Dame TE hit career highs in 2025 (37 targets, 27 catches, 249 yards) — still a 16.6 yards/game profile, the trajectory creeping up.

Receiving yards by season

Season	Yds
2021	180
2022	174
2023	194
2024	234
2025	249

Why it matters. Tremble's robotic target consistency across 4 different Carolina regimes means he's scheme-agnostic — every new Panthers OC reaches for the same tool near the goal line. That durability is rare for a non-feature TE.

112 career catches, 9.8% TD rate — among TEs with 100+ catches since 2021, Tremble converts near the goal line better than almost anyone.

Rare

Short-area TEs (sub-10.5 ypc, 100+ rec since 2021): TD rate

TE	Rec	Yds	TD	TD%
Colby Parkinson	128	1,304	13	10.2%
Tommy Tremble	112	1,031	11	9.8%
David Njoku	272	2,783	23	8.5%
Pat Freiermuth	261	2,676	22	8.4%
Zach Ertz	264	2,514	21	8.0%
Logan Thomas	112	1,015	8	7.1%

Tommy Tremble averages just 9.2 yards per catch — the short-area signature of a blocking TE who rarely runs past the second level. Yet his 9.8% receiving TD rate (11 TDs on 112 catches) puts him ahead of Njoku, Freiermuth, and Ertz among TEs with 100+ catches and sub-10.5 ypc since 2021. Add his 1 rushing TD and the total climbs to 12 career scores on 112 receptions.

The numbers describe a player almost entirely deployed inside the 20, where catch-and-score rates spike — a specialist role that looks underwhelming in a stat sheet until you notice the end-zone conversion.

Why it matters. A 9.8% receiving TD rate for a TE who averages 9.2 ypc means Carolina is deliberately scheming him into short-area red-zone touches — he isn't stumbling into scores, he's being designed for them.

6 of his 12 career TD games: 1 or 2 catches, then gone — Tremble is Carolina's ghost in the red zone.

Split

Tremble's career TD games (receiving TDs + 1 rushing TD)

Season	Week	Opp	Rec	Rec Yds	TD Type
2021	3	HOU	1	30	Rush
2021	5	PHI	2	12	Recv
2022	7	TB	1	29	Recv
2022	9	CIN	2	11	Recv
2022	17	TB	3	33	Recv
2023	5	DET	1	1	Recv
2023	8	HOU	2	4	Recv
2023	11	DAL	1	4	Recv
2024	14	PHI	1	3	Recv
2024	18	ATL	2	30	Recv
2025	4	NE	5	42	Recv
2025	18	TB	3	38	Recv

Tommy Tremble has never scored twice in a game across 12 career TD appearances — but the wilder stat is how little he needs to do it: 6 of his 12 TD games came on 1 or 2 catches. No volume, no build-up, just one designed touch near the goal line.

His Week 4, 2025 vs NE (5 rec, 42 yds, 1 TD) is his busiest receiving game with a score — the outlier. Seven of his 12 TD games required 15 yards or fewer of receiving work. The 2021 Week 3 HOU TD was a rushing score (7 rush yards, listed separately from his 1-catch/30-yard receiving line that game).

Why it matters. A TE who scores on minimal catches is being used as a designed red-zone destination, not an overflow option — Carolina's play-callers have trusted this role for him across five different QBs and multiple coaching staffs.

Among TEs with 100-130 career catches since 2021, Tremble's 11 receiving TDs rank 4th — but he has the lowest yards per catch in the group.

Comparison

Low-volume TEs (100-130 rec, 2021-2025) ranked by receiving TDs

TE	Rec	Yds	TD	Yds/Rec
Tucker Kraft	113	1,551	15	13.7
Colby Parkinson	128	1,304	13	10.2
Foster Moreau	123	1,458	11	11.9
Tommy Tremble	112	1,031	11	9.2
Noah Gray	124	1,255	9	10.1
Adam Trautman	100	1,057	9	10.6
Logan Thomas	112	1,015	8	9.1
Jordan Akins	116	1,231	7	10.6
Hayden Hurst	104	892	6	8.6

In the 100-130 catches cluster of TEs since 2021, Tremble's 11 receiving TDs rank 4th — tied with Foster Moreau but with 520 fewer receiving yards. Only Tucker Kraft, Colby Parkinson, and Foster Moreau have more TD catches in this cohort.

What separates Tremble is context: his 9.2 yards per catch is the lowest in the group, meaning his TDs are coming almost exclusively on short-area plays near the goal line, not seam routes. Kraft (13.7 ypc) and Parkinson (10.2 ypc) mix in downfield production; Tremble's score count is achieved on the minimum possible yards.

Why it matters. Ranking 4th in TDs among this catch-count cohort while dead last in yards-per-catch quantifies exactly what Carolina asks of Tremble: end-zone work only, with no pretense of being a downfield weapon.

Tremble's three biggest receiving games (54-77 yards): zero touchdowns. His TDs come when he barely touches the ball.

Anomaly

Tremble's highest-yardage games vs. his highest-TD games

Game	Rec	Yds	TD
2024 W13 vs TB	5	77	0
2023 W16 vs GB	4	59	0
2025 W11 vs ATL	1	54	0
--- TD games ---
2023 W5 vs DET	1	1	1
2023 W8 vs HOU	2	4	1
2023 W11 vs DAL	1	4	1

Tommy Tremble's three best receiving games by yardage — 77 yards vs TB (2024), 59 yards vs GB (2023), 54 yards vs ATL (2025) — produced zero touchdowns combined. Meanwhile, three of his 12 career TD games came on 4 or fewer receiving yards total.

This split exposes the extreme bifurcation in how Carolina uses him: when he runs a real route, he doesn't score; when it's a designed red-zone play, he barely moves and finds the end zone. Across 70 career games, he has never had a single game with both 50+ receiving yards AND a TD.

Why it matters. A TE whose three best yardage games are all TD-free reveals Carolina's scheme: route-running and red-zone usage are completely separate roles for Tremble, which explains why big-yardage games and TDs never co-occur.

Five seasons, targets: 35, 32, 32, 32, 37 — Tremble is the most robotically consistent TE in the NFL.

Anomaly

TEs with 4+ seasons since 2021: tightest target range (starters only)

TE	Seasons	Min Tgt	Max Tgt	Spread
Tommy Tremble	5	32	37	5
Charlie Kolar	4	6	15	9
Brock Wright	5	14	24	10
Josh Oliver	5	15	28	13
Luke Farrell	5	4	17	13

Among TEs who have played 4+ seasons since 2021, Tommy Tremble's season target totals — 35, 32, 32, 32, 37 — have a spread of just 5 targets across five years. No other regular-starting TE comes close to that range at his usage level.

Four QBs, three offensive coordinators, multiple scheme changes — and yet whoever runs the Carolina offense reaches for Tremble on virtually the same number of plays each season. The consistency isn't accidental; it's a scheme identity: one specific role, calibrated once, never revisited.

Why it matters. A 5-target spread across 5 seasons means Tremble's role is scheme-baked, not QB- or coordinator-dependent — making him one of the safest role-players to project forward in the NFC South, regardless of who runs the offense.

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