Senior tight end for UConn. 2021: 27 catches, 283 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 253 lb · Southington, CT
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 tight end for UConn. 2021: 27 catches, 283 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJay Rose
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Jay Rose has been at UConn through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 91 rec yds, 26 pass yds against Vanderbilt — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UConn, 561 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Randy Edsall → Lou Spanos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (25th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 21.8 | 14.9 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 49.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 31.4 | 15.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.7 | 42.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-38vs Holy Cross | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-49vs Purdue | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-52@ Army | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-24vs Wyoming | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-30@ Vanderbilt | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 0 | 31 | Season-high 91 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 7-44@ Clemson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-49@ UCF | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-45vs Houston | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 27 | 283 | 12.1 | 1 | 42 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Reed Tyler’s 2020 season.
Matches Reed on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Reed Tyler's junior season at Arkansas State (2020).
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Player DNA