Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Wofford | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 14 yds |
| Total | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 |
#17
Jake Renda
Senior tight end for Rice. 2023: 2 catches, 14 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 225 lb · Princeton, NJ · IMG Academy
Transferred UCLA → Rice for 2026
Recruiting
3★
TE recruit
No. 1157 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Rice. 2023: 2 catches, 14 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2021.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to UCLA in 2025.
Jake Renda
Pittsburgh to UCLA — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 14 rec yds, 2 receptions against Wofford — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of IMG Academy
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Pittsburgh
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Rice
2025UCLA
2026Rice
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 REC/g, 14.0 YDS/g, 7.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log
Background
Honors Pittsburgh ACC All-Academic Team (2022) Graduate transfer from UCLA who has played in 14 games in his career between UCLA and Pittsburgh. UCLA 2025 Appeared in two games during his debut season in Westwood ... made his UCLA debut at Michigan State (Oct. 11) ... also played offensive snaps...
The tight end room · Rice
- #86James Falk30 receiving yards · 2025
- #9Preston Zinter2 games · 2025
- #17Jake Rendano box-score line yet
- #25Rhys Phillipsno box-score line yet
- #82Colten Coleno box-score line yet
2 more on the roster · Rice team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology