Jameson Geers

#86 · TE · Sr. · Minnesota6′5″ · 250 lb · Channahon, IL · Providence Catholic

Jameson Geers is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Minnesota.

Geers shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four seasons in the Minnesota receiving corps to date. A game that shows it: 40 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Michigan State — Week 10, 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.

Mark RedmanLouisville · 2024 · 84% season match
Leonard TaylorCincinnati · 2021 · 81% season match
Michael EzeikeUCLA · 2022 · 79% season match
Jacob WarrenTennessee · 2021 · 74% season match
D.C. TempleCentral Michigan · 2025 · 74% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Minnesota	26	206	7.9	4	25
2024	Minnesota	27	286	10.6	4	23
2023	Minnesota	2	10	5.0	1	7
2022	Minnesota	2	12	6.0	0	8
Career		57	514	9.0	9	25

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 1 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 No. 25 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@ No. 7 Oregon	2	2	1.0	0	1
Wk 13	L 35-38vs 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

Signature game

Week 14 · 2025

W 17-7

vs Wisconsin

4 rec · 27 yds · 1 TD

With T. Weston — 35.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · D. Taylor — 100 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 11 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Buffalo · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA −4.00Jameson Geers run for no gain to the BUF 11
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Lindsey to Geers: a 13-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Ohio State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 25 yds to the OSU 29 for a
Week 1 · Buffalo · 1st and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 9 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 10 · Michigan State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.35Lindsey to Geers: a 19-yard pass.
Week 3 · California · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Lindsey to Geers: a 3-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · California · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 9 yds to the CAL 1 for a
Week 7 · Purdue · 1st and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.69Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 4 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 1 · Buffalo · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.58Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 7 yds to the BUF 37 for a
Week 8 · Nebraska · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Drake Lindsey pass complete to Jameson Geers for 11 yds to the MINN 31 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

26 rec · 206 yds · 4 TD

25 of 26 receptions matched to play-by-play

16 of 40 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4011% of team targets

Catch rate

62%25 of 40 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

6% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 4.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

69% of targets (11)

73%catch rate

Air 3.2 · YAC 2.1 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of targets (3)

67%catch rate

Air 15.7 · YAC 0.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

6% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 23.0 avg

62% catch rate on 40 targets · 11% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 44 (#85 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

44Rotational starter #85 of 156 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 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
Home7g	2.7	22.7	7.9	0.4
Road4g	1.5	10.8	9.0	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

2025 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

51.7%

397 pass / 371 run

Plays / game

59.1

13 games

Team sack rate

5.4%

408 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

26 catches and 2 carries in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

44 · #85 of 156 TEs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).