
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
Career highs
8catches, career highat Utah, 2015102receiving yards, career highvs. Rutgers, 20152receiving touchdowns, career highvs. UCF, 2016Honors
- 2015Ozzie Newsome Award
- 2015, 2016Big Ten Tight End of the Year
- 2015, 2016First-team All-Big Ten
- 2016John Mackey Award
- 2016Senior CLASS Award
- 2016Consensus All‑American
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
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Michigan | 20 | 0.75 | – | – | 15.0 | 3% |
| 2014 | Michigan | 29 | 0.44 | – | – | 12.7 | 5% |
| 2015 | Michigan | 73 | 0.47 | 41st (n=465) | 0.53 | 34.2 | 8% |
| 2016 | Michigan | 62 | 0.59 | 60th (n=489) | 0.52 | 36.8 | 7% |
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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 63–3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 51–14 | 7 | 86 | 2 | 25 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 45–28 | 7 | 87 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 49–10 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 14–7 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Oct 8 | at | W 78–0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 41–8 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Oct 29 | at | W 32–23 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 26 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 59–3 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 37 | – |
| Nov 12 | at | L 13–14 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 26 | at | L 27–30 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. | L 32–33 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 | – |
2015 Michigan 13 games, 51 catches, 654 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at | L 17–24 | 8 | 93 | 1 | 24 | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 35–7 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 28–7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 31–0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 41 | – |
| Oct 3 | at | W 28–0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 44 | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 38–0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 32 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs. | L 23–27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Oct 31 | at | W 29–26 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. | W 49–16 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 56 | – |
| Nov 14 | at | W 48–41 | 7 | 82 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Nov 21 | at | W 28–16 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. | L 13–42 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 41–7 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 12 | – |
2014 Michigan 9 games, 21 catches, 211 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 34–10 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | L 10–26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. | L 14–30 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 4 | at | L 24–26 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. | W 18–13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Oct 25 | at | L 11–35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Nov 8 | at | W 10–9 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. | L 16–23 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 29 | at | L 28–42 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 12 | – |
2013 Michigan 9 games, 20 catches, 235 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 59–9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 41–30 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 28–24 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Sep 21 | at | W 24–21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 12 | at | L 40–43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | L 13–17 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 16 | at | W 27–19 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 41–42 | 5 | 85 | 1 | 37 | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | L 14–31 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 24 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′5½″ |
| Weight | 246 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
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.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Denver Broncos | 3 | 8 | 85 | 0 |
| 2020 | Denver Broncos | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 7 | 10 | 90 | 0 | |
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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