Nick O'Leary with the Buffalo Bills, 2015
With the Buffalo Bills, 2015. Photo: BenPhotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Florida State, 2011–⁠14

Nick O’Leary

Number
No. 35
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Palm Beach, FL
Born
Aug 31, 1992, in Palm Beach, Florida

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Nick O’Leary played tight end at Florida State (2011–⁠14). He won the 2014 John Mackey Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2014. The Buffalo Bills took O’Leary in round 6, No. 194 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
618
Receiving yards, 2014 (Florida State, 13–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 194
Round 6, 2015 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Career highs

8catches, career highat Syracuse, 2014161receiving yards, career highat Clemson, 20133receiving touchdowns, career highat Pittsburgh, 2013

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2012, 2013 and 2014; National champions, 2013

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Florida State1216413.7158
2012Florida State2125212.0328
2013Florida State3355716.9794
2014Florida State4861812.9646
Career1141,59114.01794

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Florida State35TE
2012Florida State35TE
2013Florida State35TE
2014Florida State35TE6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Florida State261.53––39.84%
2014Florida State720.6571st (n=496)0.5247.19%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Florida State 12 games, 48 catches, 618 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Oklahoma StateW 37–⁠31328010–
Sep 6vs.The CitadelW 37–⁠12551120–
Sep 20vs.ClemsonW 23–⁠17677021–
Oct 4vs.Wake ForestW 43–⁠3222018–
Oct 11atSyracuseW 38–⁠20897121–
Oct 18vs.Notre DameW 31–⁠2731307–
Oct 30atLouisvilleW 42–⁠316760190
Nov 15atMiamiW 30–⁠26442016–
Nov 22vs.Boston CollegeW 20–⁠17359130–
Nov 29vs.FloridaW 24–⁠19452219–
Dec 6vs.Georgia TechW 37–⁠35397146–
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonL 20–⁠591404–
2013 Florida State 12 games, 33 catches, 557 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atPittsburghW 41–⁠13447324–
Sep 14vs.NevadaW 62–⁠721609–
Sep 28atBoston CollegeW 48–⁠34114014–
Oct 5vs.MarylandW 63–⁠0455225–
Oct 19atClemsonW 51–⁠145161094–
Oct 26vs.NC StateW 49–⁠17114114–
Nov 2vs.MiamiW 41–⁠14345018–
Nov 9atWake ForestW 59–⁠3337016–
Nov 16vs.SyracuseW 59–⁠3355129–
Nov 23vs.IdahoW 80–⁠14113013–
Nov 30atFloridaW 37–⁠7352024–
Dec 7vs.DukeW 45–⁠7348021–
2012 Florida State 11 games, 21 catches, 252 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Murray StateW 69–⁠3233025–
Sep 15vs.Wake ForestW 52–⁠0111011–
Sep 22vs.ClemsonW 49–⁠37348028–
Sep 29atSouth FloridaW 30–⁠17440011–
Oct 6atNC StateL 16–⁠171414–
Oct 20atMiamiW 33–⁠201808–
Nov 8atVirginia TechW 28–⁠22116016–
Nov 17atMarylandW 41–⁠14346121–
Nov 24vs.FloridaL 26–⁠371616–
Dec 1vs.Georgia TechW 21–⁠1521106–
Jan 1 ✦vs.Northern IllinoisW 31–⁠10229019–
2011 Florida State 7 games, 12 catches, 164 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.UL MonroeW 34–⁠01606–
Sep 10vs.Charleston SouthernW 62–⁠10110010–
Sep 17vs.OklahomaL 13–⁠2321006–
Sep 24atClemsonL 30–⁠35323011–
Oct 15atDukeW 41–⁠161313–
Oct 29vs.NC StateW 34–⁠0125025–
Nov 3atBoston CollegeW 38–⁠7387058–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′3¼″
Weight252 lb
Arm length29¾″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.93 s
10-yard split1.81 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.40 s
20-yard shuttle4.50 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 43 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Buffalo Bills31370
2016Buffalo Bills1391140
2017Buffalo Bills13223222
2018Miami Dolphins68861
2019Jacksonville Jaguars8131091
NFL career43536684

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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