#85

Jackson Canaan

Senior tight end for San José State. 2025: 33 catches, 315 receiving yards.

TE · San José State · Sr. · #85

6′2″ · 227 lb · Sacramento, CA

CFB Index 49 · #73 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to San José State for 2026

The numbers

315

receiving yards · 2025

33 catches · 9.5 per catch

Best game: 5 rec, 79 yds, at Stanford

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for San José State. 2025: 33 catches, 315 receiving yards.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to San José State in 2019.
314 receiving yards in 2024. Then 315 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Explosive rate: 34th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jackson Canaan

TE · San José State · Sr · #85

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four seasons at San José State, two different head coaches: Brent Brennan and Ken Niumatalolo. The receipt: 79 rec yds, 5 receptions against Stanford — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #73 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

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%

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #73 of 156 TEs

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 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 31–28

vs Idaho

2 rec · 40 yds

Edged out Idaho at home in a shootout.

With W. Eget — 222 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.9 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · J. Bates — 131 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Nevada · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.07(03:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 T.Amisone pass complete deep left to #85 J.Canaan caught at Nevada46, for 23 yards to the Nevada46, out of bounds at Nevada46, 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Stanford · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.33Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 44 yds to the STAN 18 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Stanford · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 12 yds to the STAN 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 12 yds to the SJSU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Air Force · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.81(08:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 W.Eget pass complete short middle to #85 J.Canaan caught at SJSU36, for 9 yards to the SJSU41 (#6 B.Fletcher; #8 D.Daley), 1ST DOWN. #8 D.Daley injured on the play
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.57Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 6 yds to the SJSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · New Mexico · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 9 yds to the SJSU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Idaho · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.19Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 33 yds to the IDHO 7 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.12Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 13 yds to the WYO 46 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wyoming · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +0.78Walker Eget pass complete to Jackson Canaan for 7 yds to the SJSU 32 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-16vs Central Michigan	5	33	6.6	12
Wk 2	L 7-38@ 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	8.6	44