Senior tight end for Kansas. 2025: 9 catches, 59 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Chicago, IL · Niles North HS
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Rec TDs: 21st percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
9 catches · 1 TD · 6.6 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 25 yds, 1 TD, at Georgia Southern
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Kansas. 2025: 9 catches, 59 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Jailen Butler
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Old Dominion to Kansas — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 25 rec yds, 2 receptions against Georgia Southern, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kansas
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Ricky Rahne — 16-10 over that span.
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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 15.0 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 17.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
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 | Old Dominion | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-27@ Indiana | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-6vs North Carolina Central | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-26@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs Liberty | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs App State | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-10@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 16 | Season-high 25 yds |
| Total | 9 | 59 | 5.6 | 1 | 18 |
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 2025 production profile sits closest to Connor Cravaack’s 2025 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Connor Cravaack's sophomore season at Akron (2025).
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Player DNA
2025 (at Old Dominion): Played in all 13 games, starting 11 games at tight end ... Caught nine passes for 59 yards and a touchdown ... Had two catches for 16 yards in the win over Virginia Tech ... Caught two passes for 25 yards and his first career touchdown in the win at Georgia Southern. 2024...
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