Forty-six catches. Eleven touchdowns. One score for every 4.2 receptions.

Trey’Dez Green has already broken LSU’s career touchdown record for a tight end, and he has not even played his junior season. He stands 6 feet 7 inches, weighs 237 pounds and moves like a wide receiver. He led LSU in touchdown catches in 2025 despite playing only 11 games and starting just six. He is a first-team preseason All-American, the preseason first-team All-SEC tight end and a candidate for the John Mackey Award.

Green is not merely one of LSU’s most promising players. He could become the most dominant tight end in college football in 2026.

His career numbers reveal a player who turns limited opportunities into points. Green has caught 46 passes for 534 yards and 11 touchdowns in 24 games. An incredible 23.9 percent of his career receptions have ended in the end zone.

That means nearly one of every four catches by Green has produced a touchdown.

He already owns LSU’s career record for touchdown receptions by a tight end, passing the previous mark of 10 held by Richard Dickson. Green reached 11 touchdowns in only two seasons and on just 46 catches. He has not needed 100 career receptions or four years as a starter to climb to the top of the record book.

Green has been a scoring machine from the beginning. As a freshman in 2024, he caught 13 passes for 101 yards and four touchdowns. His first college reception was a one-yard touchdown against Nicholls in his Tiger Stadium debut.

He finished that freshman season by delivering his best game in LSU’s Texas Bowl victory over Baylor. Green caught six passes for 53 yards and two touchdowns. He entered the game with seven career receptions and then nearly doubled that total in one night.

The 2025 season showed that Green could become much more than a red-zone specialist.

He increased his production from 13 receptions to 33, an improvement of nearly 154 percent. His receiving yardage rose from 101 to 433, an increase of almost 329 percent. His touchdown total climbed from four to seven.

Green finished 2025 with 33 catches for 433 yards and a team-leading seven touchdowns. He averaged 13.1 yards per reception and scored on 21.2 percent of his catches. He produced one touchdown for every 4.7 receptions.

His seven touchdown catches established a new LSU single-season record for a tight end. He also earned second-team All-SEC honors.

Those statistics become even more impressive when considering his availability. Green appeared in only 11 of LSU’s 13 games and started six times. He missed the Florida and Southeastern Louisiana games because of an injury.

Even with two games removed from his season, no LSU receiver caught more touchdown passes.

Green also proved he could create yardage after the catch. Of his 433 receiving yards in 2025, 176 came after the reception. That accounted for more than 40 percent of his total yardage.

For his career, Green has gained 230 of his 534 receiving yards after the catch. That is 43 percent of his career production.

Those are not the numbers of a lumbering tight end who catches the football and immediately falls down. Green can break tackles, run through defensive backs and produce explosive gains in the open field.

His performance against South Carolina showed the complete package.

Green caught eight passes for 119 yards and a touchdown in LSU’s 20-10 victory. He established career highs in both receptions and receiving yards while becoming the first LSU tight end to record a 100-yard receiving game since Chris Hill against Southern Mississippi in 1994.

The John Mackey Award named Green its National Tight End of the Week.

That game started a three-week run in which Green looked like one of the best offensive weapons in the SEC. He followed the South Carolina performance with five catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Vanderbilt. He then caught six passes for 54 yards and another score against Texas A&M.

Over those three games, Green produced 19 receptions, 247 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged more than six catches and 82 yards per game during that stretch.

Green finished the season with another record-setting performance against Houston in the Texas Bowl. He caught four passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.

His first touchdown established LSU’s single-season record for a tight end. His second gave him the school’s career record.

In four of his biggest games against South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and Houston, Green combined for 23 receptions, 327 yards and five touchdowns. More than 61 percent of his 2025 touchdown catches came in those four games.

He produced when LSU needed him most.

Green was a rare athlete long before he arrived in Baton Rouge. He began his high school career at East Feliciana before finishing at Zachary. As a junior, he caught 45 passes for 864 yards and 11 touchdowns. As a senior, he increased those totals to 53 receptions for 960 yards and 12 scores. In the 2023 state championship game, Green caught eight passes for 97 yards and a touchdown. He earned first-team all-state honors and was rated the nation’s No. 1 tight end in the On3 composite. Green was also a basketball star who averaged 27 points and 11 rebounds per game as a junior.

That basketball background helps explain why he is such a difficult football matchup. Green understands positioning, leverage and how to use his body to shield defenders. Throw the ball above a defensive back, and he can rebound it. Try to cover him with a linebacker, and he can create separation with his speed.

There may not be a defensive answer for a 6-foot-7 target who can line up beside an offensive tackle, move into the slot or split outside like a wide receiver.

Green’s national recognition entering 2026 confirms that LSU is not alone in seeing his potential. The Walter Camp Foundation named him a first-team preseason All-American. SEC media selected him as the first-team preseason all-conference tight end. He was also placed on the Mackey Award watch list for the honor presented to the best tight end in college football.

The numbers already support that reputation.

Green owns LSU’s career touchdown record at his position. He owns the single-season touchdown record. He has recorded a 100-yard SEC game. He has earned national tight end of the week honors. He led LSU in touchdown catches while starting fewer than half the team’s games.

Now imagine what happens if Green stays healthy, starts every week and becomes one of the featured weapons in Lane Kiffin’s offense.

The 2025 season was his introduction.

The 2026 season could turn Trey’Dez Green into a superstar.