#47

Jared Casey

Former tight end at Kansas. 2024: 18 catches, 203 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Kansas · Sr. · #47

6′0″ · 255 lb · Plainville, KS

CFB Index 41 · #93 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2819 nationally · Signed with Kansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Kansas. 2024: 18 catches, 203 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kansas, 635 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Plainville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2819 national

CFB

College

Kansas

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Lance Leipold

Kansas

Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Lance Leipold — 22-28 over that span.

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #93 of 135?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#123 / 610 · 79th pct

10.0%

EPA / target#130 / 610 · 79th pct

1.14

Explosive rate#281 / 610 · 53rd pct

15.0%

Catch rate#305 / 610 · 49th pct

90.0%

Yards / catch#367 / 610 · 40th pct

11.3

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#73 / 168 · 56th pct

11.3

Rec TDs#72 / 168 · 46th pct

Rec yards#101 / 168 · 40th pct

203

Long catch#99 / 168 · 39th pct

Receptions#103 / 168 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#8 / 27 · 37th pct

Rush yards#18 / 27 · 33rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.6	15.6	9.5	0.4
Road6g	1.7	20.8	11.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	15.6	9.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	20.8	11.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #93 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #93 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	18	203	11.3	2	--
2023	Kansas	9	107	11.9	2	--
2022	Kansas	18	224	12.4	4	--
2021	Kansas	8	101	12.6	2	--
Career		53	635	12.0	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

2 rec · 21 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With J. Daniels — 169 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.0 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 47 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · TCU · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 26 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 32 yds to the BAY 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · BYU · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 14 yds to the BYU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · West Virginia · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 9 yds to the KU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.24Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Houston · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 3 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 11 · Iowa State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.12Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 7 yds to the KU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Illinois · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.90Jared Casey run for 1 yd to the ILL 41 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · West Virginia · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.24Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 16 yds to the KU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Houston · 1&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.21Jalon Daniels pass complete to Jared Casey for 2 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 17-23@ Illinois	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	2	25	12.5	0	16
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	2	35	17.5	0	26
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	2	5	2.5	2	3	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 27-29@ Kansas State	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 11	W 45-36vs Iowa State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 13	W 37-21vs Colorado	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	2	57	28.5	0	32	Season-high 57 yds
Total		18	203	10.4	2	32

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