Senior tight end for Buffalo. 2025: 6 catches, 40 receiving yards.
6′6″ · 250 lb · East Setauket, NY
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
6 catches · 6.7 per catch
Best game: 1 rec, 19 yds, at Massachusetts
His career numbers, season by seasonMarcus Velez
The receipt on tape: 19 rec yds, 1 receptions against Massachusetts, Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 13.3 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 45–6
1 REC
Dominant 39-point win at home against Saint Francis.
With T. Roberson — 133 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.0 · 88 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · V. Snow — 3 rec · 67 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-6vs Saint Francis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21@ Massachusetts | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 19 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 19-38@ Central Michigan | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-37vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 6 | 40 | 7.4 | 0 | 19 |
2026 Outlook
Buffalo
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Buffalo
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Buffalo · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #101