2015 Football Roster

Jay Metz

83 Jake McGee

  • Position TE
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 249
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • Highschool Collegiate School

Biography

2015: Named one of eight John Mackey Award semifinalists and earned Second Team All-SEC honors from the Associated Press…Voted a captain by his teammates for the season…Started the first 13 games at tight end before missing the finale with an injury…Ranked second on the team with 41 catches on the season and tied for the team lead with four receiving touchdowns…Totaled 381 receiving yards…Of his 41 catches, 22 resulted in a first down…2015 Elite 90 recipient, an NCAA award given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at each bowl game...2014: Transferred to Florida in the summer of 2014 after graduating from Virginia, where he played for three seasons…Suffered a season-ending injury in the first half of the season opener…Received a medical waiver and redshirted.
 
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
(at Virginia) 2013: Appeared in 11 of 12 games with three starts…Missed the Georgia Tech game with an injury…Led the Cavaliers with 43 receptions and 395 receiving yards…Caught at least one pass in all 11 games in which he appeared…26 of his 43 receptions (60.5 percent) went for a first down or a touchdown, or both…Had a career-high eight receptions against then-No. 2 Oregon and later equaled that with eight receptions at Maryland…Had a career-high 114 receiving yards against Maryland…Was the first UVa tight end to surpass 100 receiving yards in a game since Tom Santi had 128 yards receiving against Minnesota in the 2005 Music City Bowl…Caught touchdowns against VMI and Maryland…2012: Appeared in all 12 games with three starts…Had five touchdown receptions, which tied for No. 5 all-time at UVa by a TE…Made four catches for 99 yards and game-winning TD versus Penn State with 1:28 left …Made first career start at Georgia Tech and caught a TD…Caught four passes for 26 yards, including game-winning TD with six seconds left vs. Miami…2011: Appeared in all 13 of Virginia's games…Had eight tackles on special teams…2010: Redshirted…Moved from QB to TE during preseason camp.
 
High School:
VIS first-team all-state quarterback/defensive back…Richmond Times-Dispatch first-team All-Metro quarterback… first-team All-Prep League…Led Collegiate to back-to-back VIS Division I state titles (2008 & 2009)…Beat Liberty Christian in championship game by tallying seven touchdowns (four pass, three rush)…Also played safety…Threw for 3,007 yards and 34 touchdowns on 212-of-348 passing as a senior…Rushed for 576 yards and 11 scores as a senior…Made 60 solo tackles at free safety in 2009…Also played basketball at Collegiate…Played for head coach Mark Palyo at Collegiate.
 
CAREER HIGHS (at Virginia)
Catches: 8 (2x, last Maryland, 2013)
Receiving Yards: 114 (Maryland, 2013)
Touchdowns: 1 (7x, last Maryland, 2013)
Long Catch: 44 (Penn St., 2012)
 
CAREER STATS

2011 (13 GP/0 GS*) - at Virginia Receiving
OPPONENT No Yds Avg TD Lg
2011 Totals 0 0 0 0 0
2012 (12 GP/3 GS*) - at Virginia Receiving
OPPONENT No Yds Avg TD Lg
Richmond - 9/1 2 23 11.5 0 17
Penn St - 9/8 4 99 24.8 1 44
*at GT - 9/15 3 25 8.3 1 19t
at TCU - 9/22 2 14 7 0 7
La Tech - 9/29 4 41 10.3 1 14
*at Duke - 10/6 2 37 18.5 0 25
*Maryland - 10/13 2 24 12 1 24t
WF - 10/20 1 31 31 0 31
at NCSU - 11/3 0 0 0 0 0
Miami - 11/10 4 26 6.5 1 10t
UNC - 11/15 3 46 15.3 0 23
at VT - 11/24 1 8 8 0 8
2012 Totals 28 374 13.4 5 44
2013 (11 GP/3 GS*) - at Virginia Receiving
OPPONENT No Yds Avg TD Lg
BYU - 8/31 3 9 3 0 5
Oregon - 9/7 8 53 6.6 0 11
VMI - 9/21 3 19 6.3 1 11
at Pitt - 9/28 2 10 5 0 10
*Ball St - 10/5 3 28 9.3 0 19
*at Maryland - 10/12 8 114 14.3 1 38
Duke - 10/19 4 32 8 0 10
GT - 10/26 DNP
Clemson - 11/2 2 12 6 0 7
*at UNC - 11/9 3 28 9.3 0 11
at Miami - 11/23 3 25 8.3 0 17
VT - 11/30 4 65 16.3 0 38
2013 Totals 43 395 9.2 2 38
2015 (13 GP/13 GS*) - at Florida Receiving
OPPONENT No Yds Avg TD Lg
*NMSU - 9/5 2 18 9.0 0 11
*ECU - 9/12 0 0 0.0 0 0
at UK - 9/19 3 30 10.0 0 18
*Tenn - 9/26 5 57 11.4 0 15
#3 Ole Miss - 10/3 6 29 4.8 1 9
*at Mizzou - 10/10 2 23 11.5 0 12
*at #6 LSU - 10/17 5 43 8.6 2 19
*vs. UGA - 10/31 3 23 7.7 0 9
Vandy - 11/7 0 0 0.0 0 0
at USC - 11/14 5 45 9.0 0 16
*FAU - 11/21 3 36 12.0 1 13
*#14 FSU - 11/28 4 34 8.5 0 12
*vs. #2 Bama - 12/5 3 43 14.3 0 18
#14 Mich - 1/1/16 DNP
2015 Totals 41                  381 9.3 4 19
Career Totals GP/GS No Yds Avg TD Lg
at Virginia 36/6 71 769 10.8 7 44
at Florida 14/13 41 381 9.3 4 19
Totals 50/19 112                1,150 10.3 11 44

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2014Redshirt Senior

    TE
    6'6" 245 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2015Redshirt Senior

    TE
    6'6" 249 lbs
    83