Alex Honig
Northwestern Wildcats
91
Elite

Alex Honig

Northwestern WildcatsContender
TEOffenseEliteTRANSFER · UConn
Projected Starter

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Alex Honig is the projected starter at TE for Northwestern Wildcats.

Graduate student · #86 · 6'6", 275 lbs

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Depth at TE · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 18691Alex HonigStarter
  2. 24178Robby Preckel
  3. 38366Blake Van Buren

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Top tight ends in the Big Ten

Jamari JohnsonOregon · TEDecker DeGraafWashington · TEDJ VonnahmeIowa · TE

Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

This season: 13 catches, 162 yards, 3 TD. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Team Share7%
[hometown — wires from CFBD /roster]
Jersey
#86
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
275 lbs
Transfer
UConn

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—131623

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated offense; 64th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.83 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 91.

Team offense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 64% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 28% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.83)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LOREYDS 8
REC
1
YDS
8
AVG
8.0
TD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGYDS 34
REC
3
YDS
34
AVG
11.3
TD
1

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUYDS 42
REC
2
YDS
42
AVG
21.0
TD
0

Final W 24-21

Oct 10WBALLYDS 48
REC
2
YDS
48
AVG
24.0
TD
1

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUYDS 18
REC
2
YDS
18
AVG
9.0
TD
0

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUYDS 54
REC
3
YDS
54
AVG
18.0
TD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 6WSDSTYDS 25
REC
2
YDS
25
AVG
12.5
TD
1

Final W 34-18

Alex Honig's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

13 rec · 162 yds · 3 TD
Usage / Involvement19%
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