Kaden Helms
Minnesota Golden Gophers
68
Depth

Kaden Helms

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
TEOffenseDepthTRANSFER · Oklahoma
Projected Starter

Is Kaden Helms starting?

Kaden Helms is the projected starter at TE for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt senior · #87 · 6'4", 240 lbs

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Depth at TE · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 18768Kaden HelmsStarter
  2. 28253Julian Johnson
  3. 34450George Rohl
  4. 4446Roman Voss

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Up next for Minnesota

Minnesota plays UCLA at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Bellevue West, ranked #311 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 5 catches, 35 yards, 1 TD. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 68 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #311 NatlTeam Share1%
Bellevue, NE
Jersey
#87
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
240 lbs
Transfer
Oklahoma

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—5351

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9000
National Rank
#311
High School
Bellevue West
Hometown
Bellevue, NE

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated offense; 39th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them -6 vs unit starters → 68.

Team offense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 39% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-6 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

Sep 12LMSSTYDS 13
REC
2
YDS
13
AVG
6.5
TD
0

Final L 38-13

Kaden Helms's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD
Usage / Involvement6%
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