Senior tight end for Buffalo. 2021: 5 catches, 60 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′0″ · 255 lb · Pittsford, NY
The story
4 tight end for Buffalo. 2021: 5 catches, 60 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJake Molinich
Jake Molinich has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Buffalo. One game to point at: 36 rec yds, 1 receptions against Akron — Week 8, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Buffalo, 66 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lance Leipold → Maurice Linguist. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush tds (94th percentile). Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 0.6 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 0.5 | 10.2 | 20.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 69–7
vs Wagner
1 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 62-point win at home against Wagner.
With K. Vantrease — 231 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.5 · 4 rush yds (1 car) · R. Cook Jr. — 94 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-7vs Wagner | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 25-28vs Coastal Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24vs Western Michigan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-48@ Kent State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-26vs Ohio | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-10@ Akron | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | Season-high 36 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 44-56vs Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-33vs Northern Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-20@ Ball State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | 36 |