#86

Jameson Geers

Senior tight end for Minnesota. 2025: 26 catches, 206 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Minnesota · Sr. · #86

6′5″ · 250 lb · Channahon, IL

CFB Index 44 · #85 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Minnesota for 2026

The numbers

206

receiving yards · 2025

26 catches · 4 TD · 7.9 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Minnesota from 37% to 72% to win.Minnesota at California · 27-14

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Minnesota. 2025: 26 catches, 206 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Jameson Geers

TE · Minnesota · Sr · #86

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He has spent four seasons in the Minnesota receiving corps. The receipt: 40 rec yds, 3 receptions against Michigan State — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 31-21 over that span.

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #85 of 156?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (83rd percentile). Strength: rec tds (80th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#132 / 798 · 83rd pct

5.3%

Catch rate#591 / 798 · 26th pct

60.5%

EPA / target#649 / 798 · 19th pct

0.18

Yards / catch#694 / 798 · 13th pct

7.9

Explosive rate#730 / 798 · 8th pct

2.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Receptions#71 / 175 · 58th pct

Rec yards#107 / 175 · 39th pct

206

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Rush yards#22 / 33 · 27th pct

Long catch#138 / 175 · 20th pct

Yards / catch#156 / 175 · 10th pct

7.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

65th → 19th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 8th percentile

Catch rate

78th → 26th percentile

TD rate

94th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

32nd → 13th 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

24%9 of his 38 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
Home7g	2.7	22.7	7.9	0.4
Road5g	1.4	9.4	8.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	19.2	9.8	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	15.2	6.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #85 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #85 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #13 of 26 Big Ten TEs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	Minnesota	26	206	7.9	4	--
2024	Minnesota	27	286	10.6	4	--
2023	Minnesota	2	10	5.0	1	--
2022	Minnesota	2	12	6.0	0	--
Career		57	514	9.0	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–6

vs Nebraska

2 rec · 14 yds

With T. Weston — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · D. Taylor — 148 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Buffalo · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.00Jameson Geers run for no gain to the BUF 11
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.01(05:08) Shotgun #5 D.Lindsey pass complete short middle to #86 J.Geers caught at WISC00, for 13 yards to the WISC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:04, 1ST DOWN. #86 J.Geers injured on the play #92 B.Denaburg kick attempt good (H: #42 T.Weston, LS: #80 A.Soukup)
Week 6 · Ohio State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 25 yds to the OSU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Buffalo · 1&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 9 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 10 · Michigan State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.35(13:00) Shotgun #5 D.Lindsey pass complete short middle to #86 J.Geers caught at MINN39, for 19 yards to the MINN39 (#41 D.Santiago; #1 N.Martinez), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · California · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Jameson Geers 3 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)
Week 3 · California · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 9 yds to the CAL 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Purdue · 1&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.69Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 4 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 1 · Buffalo · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.58Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 7 yds to the BUF 37 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Nebraska · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 11 yds to the MINN 31 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-10vs Buffalo	4	38	9.5	1	15
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Northwestern State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 14-27@ California	2	12	6.0	1	9
Wk 5	W 31-28vs Rutgers	3	24	8.0	0	9
Wk 6	L 3-42@ Ohio State	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 7	W 27-20vs Purdue	2	11	5.5	1	7
Wk 8	W 24-6vs Nebraska	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 9	L 3-41@ Iowa	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 10	W 23-20vs Michigan State	3	40	13.3	0	19	Season-high 40 yds
Wk 12	L 13-42@ Oregon	2	2	1.0	0	1
Wk 13	L 35-38@ Northwestern	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 14	W 17-7vs Wisconsin	4	27	6.8	1	13
Total		26	206	7.9	4	25

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jameson Geers

2021

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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