Former tight end at Ohio State. 2021: 26 catches, 309 receiving yards, 3 TD.
6′5″ · 253 lb · Lindenhurst, NY
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.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 37 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Ohio State. 2021: 26 catches, 309 receiving yards, 3 TD.
Jeremy Ruckert
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Jeremy Ruckert has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Ohio State. One game to point at: 57 rec yds, 3 receptions against Penn State — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio State, 615 receiving yards — drafted at #101 overall by New York.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
New YorkEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: fumbles lost (28th 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 33.8 | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 28.8 | 9.7 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 27.8 | 14.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 36.2 | 15.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
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
Former four-star. Now #50 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 26 | 309 | 11.9 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 13 | 151 | 11.6 | 5 | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 54 | 615 | 11.4 | 12 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-31@ Minnesota | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-35vs Oregon | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-20vs Tulsa | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-13@ Rutgers | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | W 66-17vs Maryland | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | W 54-7@ Indiana | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 2 | 15 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 9 | W 33-24vs Penn State | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 30 | Season-high 57 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 26-17@ Nebraska | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-7vs Michigan State | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Total | 23 | 284 | 14.5 | 3 | 30 |
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 Leonard Taylor’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Shelton Zeon III’s path through UNLV.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Oscar Delp's senior season at Georgia (2023).
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Player DNA