Jake Butt in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Michigan, 2013–⁠16

Jake Butt

Number
No. 88
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Pickerington, OH
Born
Jul 11, 1995, in Pickerington, Ohio

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Jake Butt played tight end at Michigan (2013–⁠16). He won the 2016 John Mackey Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Denver Broncos took Butt in round 5, No. 145 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
654
Receiving yards, 2015 (Michigan, 10–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 145
Round 5, 2017 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

Career highs

8catches, career highat Utah, 2015102receiving yards, career highvs. Rutgers, 20152receiving touchdowns, career highvs. UCF, 2016

Honors

All-America: consensus 2016; AP second team 2015; Sporting News second team 2015; CBS Sports 2015; Sports Illustrated 2015

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Michigan2023511.8237
2014Michigan2121110.0229
2015Michigan5165412.8356
2016Michigan4654611.9437
Career1381,64611.91156

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Michigan88TE
2014Michigan88TE
2015Michigan88TE
2016Michigan88TE6′6″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Michigan200.75––15.03%
2014Michigan290.44––12.75%
2015Michigan730.4741st (n=465)0.5334.28%
2016Michigan620.5960th (n=489)0.5236.87%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Michigan 12 games, 46 catches, 546 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Hawai’iW 63–⁠3119119–
Sep 10vs.UCFW 51–⁠14786225–
Sep 17vs.ColoradoW 45–⁠28787021–
Sep 24vs.Penn StateW 49–⁠10442025–
Oct 1vs.WisconsinW 14–⁠7331023–
Oct 8atRutgersW 78–⁠01505–
Oct 22vs.IllinoisW 41–⁠8340122–
Oct 29atMichigan StateW 32–⁠23335026–
Nov 5vs.MarylandW 59–⁠3576037–
Nov 12atIowaL 13–⁠14439017–
Nov 26atOhio StateL 27–⁠30558022–
Dec 30 ✦vs.Florida StateL 32–⁠33328016–
2015 Michigan 13 games, 51 catches, 654 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atUtahL 17–⁠24893124–
Sep 12vs.Oregon StateW 35–⁠74250102
Sep 19vs.UNLVW 28–⁠721409–
Sep 26vs.BYUW 31–⁠0141041–
Oct 3atMarylandW 28–⁠0461044–
Oct 10vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠0340032–
Oct 17vs.Michigan StateL 23–⁠271404–
Oct 31atMinnesotaW 29–⁠26438018–
Nov 7vs.RutgersW 49–⁠164102056–
Nov 14atIndianaW 48–⁠41782129–
Nov 21atPenn StateW 28–⁠16566126–
Nov 28vs.Ohio StateL 13–⁠42554022–
Jan 1 ✦vs.FloridaW 41–⁠7334012–
2014 Michigan 9 games, 21 catches, 211 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 13vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠10359129–
Sep 20vs.UtahL 10–⁠261404–
Sep 27vs.MinnesotaL 14–⁠3021307–
Oct 4atRutgersL 24–⁠26120020–
Oct 11vs.Penn StateW 18–⁠1321208–
Oct 25atMichigan StateL 11–⁠351505–
Nov 8atNorthwesternW 10–⁠9335016–
Nov 22vs.MarylandL 16–⁠23428017–
Nov 29atOhio StateL 28–⁠42435112–
2013 Michigan 9 games, 20 catches, 235 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Central MichiganW 59–⁠91808–
Sep 7vs.Notre DameW 41–⁠3021709–
Sep 14vs.AkronW 28–⁠24227014–
Sep 21atUConnW 24–⁠211909–
Oct 12atPenn StateL 40–⁠431606–
Nov 9vs.NebraskaL 13–⁠17230019–
Nov 16atNorthwesternW 27–⁠19320111–
Nov 30vs.Ohio StateL 41–⁠42585137–
Dec 28 ✦vs.Kansas StateL 14–⁠31333024–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′5½″
Weight246 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size10″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 7 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2018Denver Broncos38850
2020Denver Broncos4250
NFL career710900

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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