Senior tight end for Tennessee. 2023: 16 catches, 191 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′6″ · 253 lb · Knoxville, TN
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 720 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Tennessee. 2023: 16 catches, 191 receiving yards, 4 TD.
Jacob Warren
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Jacob Warren has been at Tennessee through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 82 rec yds, 3 receptions against Vanderbilt, Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tennessee, 607 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (26th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 1.6 | 20.0 | 10.6 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 15.5 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 30.2 | 14.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #98 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 20–13
vs Texas A&M
1 rec · 7 yds · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With J. Milton III — 100 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · 34 rush yds (8 car) · J. Ross — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-13vs Virginia | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-13vs Austin Peay | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs UTSA | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs South Carolina | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13vs Texas A&M | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-34@ Alabama | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-36@ Missouri | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-38vs Georgia | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-24vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 1 | 34 | Season-high 82 yds |
| Bowl | W 35-0vs Iowa | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 16 | 191 | 10.8 | 4 | 34 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Tyler Foster’s 2022 season.
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Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Luke Schoonmaker’s path through Michigan.
Matches Luke on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Dan Dishman's graduate season at UTSA (2024).
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Player DNA