Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Utah
JJ Buchanan
TE • 6'4" • 208 lbs • Henderson, NV, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
JJ Buchanan reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a tight end
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
JJ Buchanan built his college career in 2025 as a tight end from Henderson, NV wearing No. 81, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of JJ Buchanan's career was his receiving role: 26 catches, 427 receiving...
Read the storyJJ Buchanan, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Utah. JJ Buchanan reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 427
- Receptions
- 26
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
JJ Buchanan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 427
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Utah
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Latest roster
- No. 81 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 427 receiving yards · TE 31st (top 7%) · Big 12 40th (top 16%) · National 301st (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Utah | 11 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 73.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah | 11 | 22 | 351 | 4 | 73.4 |
Related Context
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JJ Buchanan played TE for Utah. Across 1 tracked season, JJ Buchanan recorded 427 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Utah.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Utah paired 427 primary output with 80 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 80 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: Nebraska
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Utah
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
38.8
Efficiency
80
Usage
14.7
Consistency
64.6
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 76. UCLA: 29. Wyoming: 14. Texas Tech: 3. West Virginia: 32. BYU: 43. Colorado: 35. Cincinnati: 15. Baylor: 41. Kansas State: 74. Kansas: 65
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. Nebraska: 4 by 100. UCLA: 3 by 64.4. Wyoming: 1 by 93.3. Texas Tech: 2 by 10. West Virginia: 3 by 71.1. BYU: 2 by 100. Colorado: 2 by 100. Cincinnati: 2 by 50. Baylor: 3 by 91.1. Kansas State: 2 by 100. Kansas: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins42.3 · Games = 9 · +19.3 vs Losses
Losses23 · Games = 2 · -19.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
100 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Nebraska | W 44-22 | — | 4 | 76 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Kansas | W 31-21 | — | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 32.50 | 1 | 58 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Kansas State | W 51-47 | — | 2 | 74 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Baylor | W 55-28 | — | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 11/2 | vs Cincinnati | W 45-14 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 0 | 14 |
| Sun 10/26 | vs Colorado | W 53-7 | — | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 1 | 22 |
| Sun 10/19 | @ BYU | L 21-24 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ West Virginia | W 48-14 | — | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Texas Tech | L 10-34 | — | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Wyoming | W 31-6 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Sun 8/31 | @ UCLA | W 43-10 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 18 |
Player Story
JJ Buchanan story
JJ Buchanan built his college career in 2025 as a tight end from Henderson, NV wearing No. 81, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of JJ Buchanan's career was his receiving role: 26 catches, 427 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Utah. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah.
The arc is straightforward: JJ Buchanan moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Utah
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Utah | 427 | 80 | 14.7 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah | 427 | 80 | 14.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 1 · W 44-22 · Postseason
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 71 Baylor
Week 12 · W 55-28 · Conference game
41
Receiving Yards
81.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
41 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 42 Kansas State
Week 13 · W 51-47 · Conference game
74
Receiving Yards
78.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
74 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 58 Kansas
Week 14 · W 31-21 · Conference game
65
Receiving Yards
76.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs No. 96 Colorado
Week 9 · W 53-7 · Conference game
35
Receiving Yards
68.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Utah
427 primary output · 80 efficiency · 14.7 usage
73.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Utah
73.4
427 primary · 80 efficiency · 14.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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