#16

Jordan Leggett

Former tight end at Clemson. 2016: 46 catches, 736 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Clemson · #16

6′5″ · Navarre, FL

New York — drafted 2017, Rd 5, Pick 6, #150 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 455 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Clemson. 2016: 46 catches, 736 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clemson in 2013.
Drafted round 5 by the New York in 2017.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 1,422 receiving yards — drafted at #150 overall by New York.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Clemson3-star out of Navarre

2017

Drafted by New Yorkround 5, pick 150

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#455 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #150

New York · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 10th NFL season

#150Rd 5 · Pick 6

New YorkEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 38-5 over that span.

2014Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: rec tds (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (25th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#3 / 96 · 97th pct

736

Rec TDs#7 / 96 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#9 / 96 · 91st pct

16.0

Receptions#10 / 96 · 90th pct

Long catch#21 / 96 · 79th pct

Fumbles lost#13 / 22 · 25th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.0	46.1	14.0	0.3
Road6g	4.2	68.8	18.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	47.3	14.6	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	67.5	17.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Clemson	46	736	16.0	7	--
2015	Clemson	40	525	13.1	8	--
2014	Clemson	14	161	11.5	1	--
Career		100	1,422	14.2	16	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 20 · 2016

W 35–31

at Alabama

7 rec · 95 yds

Edged out Alabama on the road in a shootout.

With D. Watson — 420 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 63.3 · 43 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · A. Teasdall — 38.4 yards per punt · 8 punts · 47 long

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week