Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Oklahoma
Jaren Kanak
TE • 6'2" • 233 lbs • Hays, KS, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Jaren Kanak reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oklahoma
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
Player Story
Jaren Kanak built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Hays, KS wearing No. 12, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Jaren Kanak's career was his defensive production: 102...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 9
- Overall
- No. 225
- NFL Team
- Tennessee Titans
Jaren Kanak, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma. Jaren Kanak reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 533
- Receptions
- 44
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaren Kanak quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 533
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma
- Top game
- Illinois State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Hays · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Hays · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 7 · Pick 9 · Tennessee Titans
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 533 receiving yards · TE 11th (top 3%) · SEC 30th (top 11%) · National 202nd (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 7 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2024 Postseason | Oklahoma | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| 2025 Postseason | Oklahoma | 13 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 68.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 13 | 40 | 511 | 0 | 68.2 |
Related Context
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Jaren Kanak played TE for Oklahoma. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaren Kanak recorded 533 receiving yards, 102 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Oklahoma.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Oklahoma paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 74 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Oklahoma
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
41
Efficiency
74
Usage
16.4
Consistency
44.3
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 22. Illinois State: 90. Michigan: 69. Temple: 86. Auburn: 62. Kent State: 21. Texas: 20. South Carolina: 16. Ole Miss: 30. Tennessee: 16. Alabama: 23. Missouri: 24. LSU: 54
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 4 by 36.7. Illinois State: 5 by 100. Michigan: 5 by 92. Temple: 4 by 100. Auburn: 4 by 100. Kent State: 2 by 70. Texas: 3 by 44.4. South Carolina: 1 by 100. Ole Miss: 3 by 66.7. Tennessee: 3 by 35.6. Alabama: 2 by 76.7. Missouri: 2 by 80. LSU: 6 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46.1 · Games = 10 · +22.1 vs Losses
Losses24 · Games = 3 · -22.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois State
Best efficiency game
100 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/20 | vs Alabama | L 24-34 | — | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/29 | vs LSU | W 17-13 | — | 6 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Missouri | W 17-6 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Alabama | W 23-21 | — | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Tennessee | W 33-27 | — | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Ole Miss | L 26-34 | — | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ South Carolina | W 26-7 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Texas | L 6-23 | — | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Kent State | W 44-0 | — | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Auburn | W 24-17 | — | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Temple | W 42-3 | — | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Michigan | W 24-13 | — | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Illinois State | W 35-3 | — | 5 | 90 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 48 |
Player Story
Jaren Kanak story
Jaren Kanak built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Hays, KS wearing No. 12, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of Jaren Kanak's career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 533 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jaren Kanak's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Oklahoma
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Oklahoma | 533 | 74 | 16.4 | 533 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 533 | 74 | 16.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 35-3
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
90
Receiving Yards
86.6 takeover
90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 88 Temple
Week 3 · W 42-3
86
Receiving Yards
86.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 25 Michigan
Week 2 · W 24-13 · Ranked opponent
69
Receiving Yards
82.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
69 receiving yards with a 92 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 29 Auburn
Week 4 · W 24-17 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
74.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs No. 32 LSU
Week 14 · W 17-13 · Conference game
54
Receiving Yards
69 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
54 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2023 Postseason · Oklahoma
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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