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. 

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

Scene Setter at Tennessee
Saturday, November 01
Sooner Gameday - 10/31/25
Friday, October 31
Coaches Corner - 10/30/25
Thursday, October 30
Sooner Magic Moments: 2015 at Tennessee
Thursday, October 30