Senior tight end for Duke. 2021: 16 catches, 140 receiving yards.
6′6″ · 245 lb · Wilmette, IL
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 Duke. 2021: 16 catches, 140 receiving yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJake Marwede
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He has spent three seasons in the Duke receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 33 rec yds, 1 receptions against Virginia Tech, Week 11, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Duke, 292 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Cutcliffe.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 10-25 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (7th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 19.0 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
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 3 | W 30-23vs Northwestern | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-33vs Kansas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-38@ North Carolina | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-31vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 33 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 0-48@ Virginia | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-48@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-62vs Louisville | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-47vs Miami | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | 140 | 10.0 | 0 | 33 |
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 Tyler Stephens’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Foster's junior season at Ohio (2023).
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Player DNA