Jackson Canaan

#85 · TE · Sr. · San José State6′2″ · 227 lb · Sacramento, CA · Jesuit

Jackson Canaan is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at San José State.

Canaan shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The four seasons at San José State span two head coaches: Brent Brennan and Ken Niumatalolo. A game that shows it: 79 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Stanford — Week 5, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Pearson BaldwinJacksonville State · 2025 · 71% season match
Cooper MathersWashington State · 2023 · 68% season match
Terrell McDonaldUAB · 2024 · 64% season match
Nate Sullivan Jr.UL Monroe · 2024 · 63% season match
Gerard BullockKennesaw State · 2025 · 62% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	San José State	33	315	9.5	0	44
2024	San José State	28	314	11.2	2	58
2022	San José State	8	80	10.0	1	26
2021	San José State	2	9	4.5	0	6
Career		71	718	10.1	3	58

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-16vs Central Michigan	5	33	6.6	12
Wk 2	L 7-38@ No. 7 Texas	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 4	W 31-28vs Idaho	2	40	20.0	33
Wk 5	L 29-30@ Stanford	5	79	15.8	44	Season-high 79 yds
Wk 6	W 35-28vs New Mexico	3	19	6.3	9
Wk 7	L 28-35@ Wyoming	4	32	8.0	13
Wk 8	L 25-30@ Utah State	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 10	W 45-38vs Hawai'i	2	9	4.5	6
Wk 11	L 16-26vs Air Force	4	44	11.0	21
Wk 12	L 10-55@ Nevada	3	39	13.0	23
Wk 13	L 3-25@ San Diego State	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 14	L 14-41vs Fresno State	2	3	1.5	3
Total		33	315	9.5	44

Signature game

Week 5 · 2025

L 29-30

at Stanford

5 rec · 79 yds

With W. Eget — 473 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.5 · 19 rush yds (2 car) · K. Shoels — 10 rec · 147 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Nevada · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Amisone to Canaan: a 23-yard pass.
Week 5 · Stanford · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.33Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 44 yds to the STAN 18 for a
Week 5 · Stanford · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 12 yds to the STAN 49 for a
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 12 yds to the SJSU 37 for a
Week 11 · Air Force · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.81Eget to Canaan: a 9-yard pass.
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +1.57Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 6 yds to the SJSU 43 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · New Mexico · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 9 yds to the SJSU 31 for a
Week 4 · Idaho · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.19Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 33 yds to the IDHO 7 for a
Week 7 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.12Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 13 yds to the WYO 46 for a
Week 7 · Wyoming · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +0.78Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 7 yds to the SJSU 32 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

33 rec · 315 yds · 0 TD

32 of 33 receptions matched to play-by-play

20 of 54 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5412% of team targets

Catch rate

59%32 of 54 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

85% of targets (17)

53%catch rate

Air 3.9 · YAC 2.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

5% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air 18.0 · YAC 3.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

10% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 29.0 · YAC 0.0 avg

59% catch rate on 54 targets · 12% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

22%12 of his 54 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2024San José State7-6HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Pass-heavy

2025San José State3-9HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 49 (#73 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

49Rotational starter #73 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / target (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#525 / 798 · 34th pct

7.4%

Yards / catch#567 / 798 · 29th pct

9.8

Catch rate#624 / 798 · 22nd pct

59.3%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#714 / 798 · 11th pct

0.10

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#39 / 175 · 77th pct

Long catch#50 / 175 · 71st pct

Rec yards#63 / 175 · 64th pct

315

Yards / catch#123 / 175 · 30th pct

9.5

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

67th → 11th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 34th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 22nd percentile

TD rate

57th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

39th → 29th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	24.7	8.3	0.0
Road6g	2.5	27.8	9.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	34.8	10.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	17.7	6.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

61.1%

486 pass / 310 run

Plays / game

66.3

12 games

Team sack rate

1.7%

518 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

33 catches in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

49 · #73 of 156 TEs · 2025

Two-star recruit. Now #73 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #7 of 11 Mountain West TEs

How the All-Mountain West base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Starter

The No. 3,083 recruit in the country is starting at tight end in the Mountain West as a senior.

Jackson Canaan

Style of play

Similar players

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Receiving profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Starter

Six seasons at San José State

2019