Jaren Kanak

#12 · TE · Sr. · Oklahoma6′2″ · 233 lb · Hays, KS

Jaren Kanak: TE · Oklahoma · #12.

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Jaren Kanak

TE · Oklahoma · Sr · #12

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four seasons in the Oklahoma receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2025: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 90 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Illinois State — Week 1, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Oklahoma in the news

Witten named Oklahoma OCFOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
Venables admits team embarrassingNov 3
South Carolina DB, RB out for Oklahoma gameOn3 Oct 29
Oklahoma player dies from injuryABC News Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma	44	533	12.1	0	48
2024	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
Career		44	533	12.1	0	48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Wk 1	W 35-3vs Illinois State	5	90	18.0	48
Wk 2	W 24-13vs No. 15 Michigan	5	69	13.8	31
Wk 3	W 42-3@ Temple	4	86	21.5	31
Wk 4	W 24-17vs No. 22 Auburn	4	62	15.5	23
Wk 6	W 44-0vs Kent State	2	21	10.5	14
Wk 7	L 6-23vs Texas	3	20	6.7	9
Wk 8	W 26-7@ South Carolina	1	16	16.0	16
Wk 9	L 26-34vs No. 8 Ole Miss	3	30	10.0	16
Wk 10	W 33-27@ No. 14 Tennessee	3	16	5.3	8
Wk 12	W 23-21@ No. 4 Alabama	2	23	11.5	12
Wk 13	W 17-6vs No. 23 Missouri	2	24	12.0	17
Wk 14	W 17-13vs LSU	6	54	9.0	17
Bowl	L 24-34vs No. 11 Alabama	4	22	5.5	8
Total		44	533	12.1	48

Signature game

Week 2 · 2025

W 24-13

vs Michigan

5 rec · 69 yds

With J. Mateer — 270 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.2 · 74 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · G. Miller — 47.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Illinois State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.88John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 48 yds to the ILST 27 for a
Week 2 · Michigan · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.72John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 31 yds to the MICH 43 for a
Week 4 · Auburn · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.27John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 16 yds to the AUB 45 for a
Week 3 · Temple · 3rd and 19 · Q1 · EPA +2.92John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 23 yds to the TEM 9 for a
Week 3 · Temple · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 31 yds to the TEM 6 for a
Week 3 · Temple · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.82John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 12 yds to the TEM 25 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Missouri · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.45Mateer to Kanak: a 17-yard pass.
Week 8 · South Carolina · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.29John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 16 yds to the SC 35 for a
Week 7 · Texas · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.25John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 9 yds to the OU 34
Week 3 · Temple · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.19John Mateer pass complete to Jaren Kanak for 20 yds to the TEM 33 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

44 rec · 533 yds · 0 TD

39 of 44 receptions matched to play-by-play

17 of 50 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5014% of team targets

Catch rate

78%39 of 50 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

94% of targets (16)

81%catch rate

Air 4.8 · YAC 4.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

6% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 17.0 avg

78% catch rate on 50 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

24%13 of his 54 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Brent Venables — 32-20 over that span.

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 70 (#14 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

70Quality starter #14 of 156 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (87th percentile). Strength: rec yards (94th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#104 / 798 · 87th pct

79.6%

EPA / target#181 / 798 · 77th pct

0.60

Explosive rate#343 / 798 · 56th pct

11.1%

Yards / catch#357 / 798 · 55th pct

11.9

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#11 / 175 · 94th pct

533

Receptions#12 / 175 · 93rd pct

Long catch#38 / 175 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#49 / 175 · 71st pct

12.1

Fumbles lost#18 / 33 · 27th pct

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th 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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.9	46.5	11.8	0.0
Road4g	2.5	35.2	13.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	52.9	13.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	27.2	10.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

Pass share

50.4%

429 pass / 423 run

Plays / game

65.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

421 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

70 · #14 of 156 TEs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #14 at the position.

Jaren Kanak

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Style of play

Fans

Oklahoma in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Receiving profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Oklahoma, drafted

2022 7 games

2025 13 games

2026