Junior tight end for California. 2021: 22 catches, 278 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′5″ · 240 lb · Los Gatos, CA
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
3 tight end for California. 2021: 22 catches, 278 receiving yards, 2 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJake Tonges
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He has spent four seasons in the California receiving corps. One game to point at: 59 rec yds, 2 receptions against Sacramento State — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at California, 620 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 21-21 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (20th 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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 27.5 | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.7 | 28.0 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 34.4 | 13.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 21.2 | 14.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
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
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | California | 22 | 278 | 12.6 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | California | 12 | 80 | 6.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | California | 13 | 262 | 20.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 620 | 13.2 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 42–30
2 rec · 59 yds
Edged out Sacramento State at home in a shootout.
With C. Garbers — 288 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.8 · 68 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · N. Remigio — 1 rec · 18 yds
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-22vs Nevada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | L 32-34@ TCU | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Sacramento State | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 39 | Season-high 59 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31@ Washington | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ Oregon | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 26-3vs Colorado | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-10@ Arizona | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-11@ Stanford | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ UCLA | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs USC | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Total | 22 | 278 | 14.1 | 2 | 39 |
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 Cade Otton’s 2021 season.
Matches Cade on
Differs from Cade on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Niko Hea's senior season at Missouri (2021).
Matches Niko on
Player DNA