In which BracketCat counts down the 81st day until the 2025 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State tight end Andrew Metzger.

#81 Andrew Metzger

Redshirt Sophomore | 6-5 | 237 lbs. | Aurora, Colorado

Position: Tight End
Previous College: None
Projection: Third-String
Status: On Scholarship

Andrew Metzger (b. Sept. 27, 2004) is a young tight end from the Denver suburb of Aurora who is equally skilled at catching in traffic, blocking, and running routes and who is majoring in business administration. He redshirted and did not play in the 2023 season.

Last season, he played in four games as a reserve tight end, seeing action on 12 offensive snaps during the UT Martin, BYU, Oklahoma State and West Virginia contests, and picked up Academic All-Big 12 honors following the 2024 season.

A three-year letter-winner under head coach Danny Filleman at Regis Jesuit High School, Metzger was rated the 35th-best tight end (Y position) nationally in the Class of 2023 by ESPN, while 247Sports viewed him as the eighth-best overall prospect in Colorado.

He was named to the 2022 All-Colorado team by The Denver Post, while he was an all-state performer by CHSAANow.com and an all-conference honoree as both a junior and senior.

Metzger totaled 515 yards and eight touchdowns for the Raiders over his three-year varsity career, including a 334-yard, six-touchdown showing as a senior, and also played lacrosse.

He chose K-State over offers from Air Force, Boise State, Colorado (from which he decommitted), Duke, Eastern Michigan, Kansas, Miami (Ohio), Michigan State, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Utah State, Washington State and Wyoming, plus interest from Iowa State.

His lead recruiter was former position coach Brian Lepak, assisted by fellow Colorado native and former offensive coordinator Collin Klein.

Metzger’s father, Joe, played tight end at Ohio State from 1988 to 1992.