Valuable depth tight end with special-teams mileage and untapped offensive upside
Scherle is a 6-foot-4, 234-pound redshirt senior who reached a career-high 13 games in 2025 for Rice, with 90 special-teams snaps and his first 21 snaps on offense, which suggests a player trusted for reliability and workload rather than headline stats.[3][4] His background as a two-way high school standout and Scholar-Athlete points to a versatile, intelligent, low-drama fit, while his size and reported passing-game ratings indicate enough athletic upside to develop as a functional TE2/TE3 if a staff values effort, versatility, and special-teams value.[3][4][2]
