University of Oklahoma Athletics

2025 Football Roster

Kaden Helms
Kaden Helms
Jersey Number 18

Kaden Helms

  • Position:
    TE
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    238
  • Hometown:
    Bellevue, Neb.
  • High School:
    Bellevue West HS
Season GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LG
2022 3-0 1 4 4.0 0 4
2023 DID NOT PLAY DUE TO INJURY
2024 8-0 2 19 9.5 1 10
Career 11-0 3 23 7.7 1 10


2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in eight games on special teams and in a reserve role at tight end (including each of season's last five contests and six of last seven) … missed five games due to injury … made two receptions for 19 yards and a touchdown ... had one catch for 10 yards in Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27) ... notched one reception for a 9-yard touchdown vs. Maine (11/2).

2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Missed season due to injury.

2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Redshirted ... played in three games and made one catch for four yards … reception came at Nebraska (9/17) … also saw action vs. Kent State (9/10) and Kansas (10/15).

HIGH SCHOOL
Consensus four-star prospect and a consensus top-four prospect in the state of Nebraska … ranked as nation’s No. 6 tight end by On3, No. 10 by ESPN, No. 16 by Rivals and No. 19 by 247Sports … country’s No. 143 overall player by On3 … named to 2021 Grand Island Independent All-State First Team … caught 51 passes for 944 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior … returned a kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown and amassed 12 total tackles and an interception on defense in 2021 … chose Sooners over Arizona State, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina and others.Ā 

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2022 ... major is communication.

Sooner Sports Talk - 9/8/25
Monday, September 08
Sooner Football With Brent Venables - 9/7/25
Sunday, September 07
FB Highlights: OU 24, Michigan 13
Saturday, September 06
Brent Venables Postgame vs Michigan
Saturday, September 06