#81

Jace Sternberger

Former tight end at Texas A&M. 2018: 48 catches, 832 receiving yards, 10 TD.

TE · Texas A&M · Jr. · #81

6′4″ · 250 lb · Kingfisher, OK

Green Bay — drafted 2019, Rd 3, Pick 11, #75 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1766 nationally · Signed with Kansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Texas A&M. 2018: 48 catches, 832 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2015.
Drafted round 3 by the Green Bay in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Texas A&M, 837 receiving yards — drafted at #75 overall by Green Bay.

His career

2015

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Kingfisher

201813 games

Signed with Texas A&M3-star out of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M

2019

Drafted by Green Bayround 3, pick 75

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1766 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #75

Green Bay · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Kevin Sumlin

Texas A&M

2018

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jimbo Fisher. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 8th NFL season

#75Rd 3 · Pick 11

Green BayEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Kansas2-10HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Texas A&M9-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#1 / 109 · 100th pct

Rec yards#2 / 109 · 99th pct

832

Yards / catch#4 / 109 · 96th pct

17.3

Receptions#7 / 109 · 94th pct

Long catch#21 / 109 · 81st pct

Rush yards#6 / 18 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#4 / 18 · 42nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	3.7	61.8	18.3	0.9
Road4g	3.8	69.0	16.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.8	65.5	18.7	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	61.6	16.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Texas A&M	48	832	17.3	10	--
2016	Kansas	1	5	5.0	0	--
Career		49	837	17.1	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 74–72

vs LSU

5 rec · 75 yds · 2 TD

Edged out LSU at home in a shootout.

With B. Mann — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG · K. Mond — 287 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · 42 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week