Tight end for Tennessee. 2016: 21 catches, 242 receiving yards.
6′5″ · Norcross, GA
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 238 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 tight end for Tennessee. 2016: 21 catches, 242 receiving yards.
Jason Croom
Second year in the Tennessee receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 54 rec yds, 3 receptions against Ohio — Week 3, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tennessee, 547 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Butch Jones, all run-leaning offenses — 16-10 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec tds (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 23.5 | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 33.7 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 31.4 | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 21.2 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016
W 38–28
vs Florida
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-24vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-19vs Ohio | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 27 | Season-high 54 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28vs Florida | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ Texas A&M | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-24@ South Carolina | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-0vs Tennessee Tech | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 63-37vs Missouri | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 13 | L 34-45@ Vanderbilt | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Bowl | W 38-24vs Nebraska | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Total | 21 | 242 | 12.9 | 0 | 30 |