• 2020: Redshirted. 
• 2021: Played in 13 games (5-61-12.2, TD).
• 2022: Played in 12 games with 3 starts (10-123-12.3, 3 TDs).
• 2023: Third-team All-Big Ten Conference. Tied for the team lead with 7 receiving TDs (34-422-12.4). Played in all 13 games with 12 starts.
• 2024: Won the John Mackey Award (nation's top TE). Second-team Associated Press All-American. Big Ten Conference TE of the Year. First-team All-Big Ten. Finalist for the Paul Hornung Award (nation's most versatile player). Finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting, the highest a TE has finished since Notre Dame's Ken McAfee finished third in 1977. Fiesta Bowl MVP (6-63, 2 TDs receiving). Tied for second in the FBS with school-record 104 receptions, ranked sixth with school record for TE 1,233 receiving yards (11.9 per, 8 TDs). Set school career record for TE with 153 receptions, 1,839 receiving yards, 19 receiving TDs. Started all 16 games (3-6-50.0, 35 yards, TD passing; 26-218-8.4, 4 TDs rushing).
• Miscellaneous: Father, Terry, played football at Richmond. Sister, Kelly, plays softball at East Tennessee State. Grandfather, Steve, played football at Wake Forest. Grandmother, Julia, played basketball at Carson-Newman.

-- by Chad Reuter