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Jeremy Ruckert

Tight End, New York Jets · #89.

Player facts

Team: New York Jets
Position: Tight End
Number: 89
Born: Aug 11, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Lindenhurst, NY, USA
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 250 lbs
College: Ohio State
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD
Regular Season	8	8	48	6.0	1	16	3
Last 5 Games	8	8	48	4.8	1	16	3
Career	66	89	491	7.4	2	24	23

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	8 targets	+0.42	62%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs CLE	W 17-12	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ CHI	L 23-12	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ DET	L 31-24	5	5	39	7.8	1	16	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs GB	L 20-17 OT	2	2	5	2.5	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ TEN	W 23-10	1	1	4	4.0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jeremy Ruckert (born August 11, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected 101st overall in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jeremy Ruckert, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Ruckert attended Lindenhurst Senior High School in Lindenhurst, New York. During his career, he had 222 receptions for 3,133 yards and 37 touchdowns. As a senior, Ruckert was the New York Gatorade Football Player of the Year after catching 61 passes for 1,094 yards with 13 touchdowns and 61 tackles, 13 sacks and two interceptions. He played in the 2018 U. S. Army All-American Bowl. He committed to Ohio State University to play college football.

College career

As a true freshman at Ohio State in 2018, Ruckert had one reception for 13 yards. He played in all 14 games his sophomore year in 2019, recording 14 receptions for 142 yards and four touchdowns. As a junior in 2020, he had 13 receptions for 151 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns. As a senior in 2021, he had 26 receptions for 309 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.

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