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Position | Tight end |
Class | Sophomore |
Personal information | |
Born: | Brentwood, Tennessee | December 9, 2002
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career history | |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
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Jake Briningstool (born December 9, 2002) is an American football tight end for the Clemson Tigers.
Briningstool grew up in Brentwood, Tennessee and attended Ravenwood High School. [1] He caught 39 passes for 774 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior. [2] Briningstool was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Clemson. [3]
Briningstool joined the Clemson Tigers as an early enrollee. [4] He played in eight games as a freshman and caught three passes for 67 yards. [5] Briningstool entered his sophomore season as the Tigers' second tight end. [6]
Season | GP | Receiving | ||||||||
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Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||||
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2021 | 8 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | |||||
2022 | 14 | 25 | 285 | 11.4 | 4 | |||||
2023 | 13 | 50 | 498 | 10.0 | 5 | |||||
Career | 35 | 78 | 850 | 10.9 | 10 |
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