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Jackson Hawes Buffalo Bills · #85

Tight End · 6' 4", 253 lbs · Salt Lake City, UT · Age 26

Jackson Hawes is a Tight End for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 173rd overall, 2025.

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Buffalo Bills · #85 · Tight End

Jackson Hawes

Season avg0 rec · 0 yds · 0 td

Career avg16 rec · 187 yds · 3 td

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

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Scouting report

Jackson Hawes — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Jackson Hawes is a Tight End for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 173rd overall, 2025.

Receiving

Big-play

Scoring

Receiving yards

Solid · offense

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Volume

Solid · offense

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Scoring

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Big-play

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Target share

Solid · offense

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Act II

Where Jackson Hawes stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1050 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

40Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Jackson Hawes — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

Receiving

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Volume

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Big-play

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Scoring

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The engine

How the model sees Jackson Hawes

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027 modeled

rec

-1–12

rec yds

-12–138

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targets

0–14

games

0–13

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the rec line vs last season

Last season 0 → projected 5 rec

Baseline (recency-weighted)

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Age curve

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Net vs last season+5.4 rec

Everything it reads

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2 seasons of real box production

every game line, verified

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Recency × games weight

recent, healthy years anchor the baseline

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Year-over-year trend

his own trajectory, season to season

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Position aging curve

age 26 — applied to the projection

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Role & usage context

target / carry share and snaps fold in

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Availability signal

games last 3: 17 / 1

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jackson Hawes career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	G	Rec	Yds	TD	Tgt	Y/R
2025	17	16	187	3	19	11.7
2026 in progress · 1 game	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Career	18	16	187	3	20

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Payne Durham 100%Ben Sinnott 99%Lucas Krull 98%Princeton Fant 97%Robert Tonyan 97%Daniel Bellinger 97%

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Context

Are the Buffalo Bills built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record

86off index

99def index

+51net

95%playoff odds

60roster

Roster delta · what changed

Offense grades A- (86), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 78, pass rush 99, coverage 99.

How his role moves

Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Jackson Hawes

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2000-12-06

The beginning

Jackson Hawes is a Tight End for the Buffalo Bills, in his 2nd NFL season.

Buffalo Bills

Turning pro

Drafted 173rd overall, 2025 as a Tight End.

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Jackson Hawes is a Buffalo Bills tight end, drafted 173rd overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 16 passes for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Where things stand

Where Hawes goes from here.

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Hawes's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 253 lbs
Draft: 173rd overall, 2025
Born: Salt Lake City, UT
Age: 26
Jersey: #85

Background

Jackson Hawes is from Salt Lake City, UT and is 26 years old. He was drafted 173rd overall, 2025 and plays tight end at 6' 4", 253 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 16 passes for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns. Hawes is currently on the Buffalo Bills roster.

The person

Jackson Hawes is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 16 passes for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2025–2026).

Receiving16 career receptions for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Best season16 catches for 187 yards in 2025.

Draft pedigree173rd overall, 2025.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Jackson Hawes — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jackson Hawes, answered.

What position does Jackson Hawes play?

Jackson Hawes is a Tight End for the Buffalo Bills.

When was Jackson Hawes drafted?

Jackson Hawes was drafted 173rd overall, 2025.

How many seasons has Jackson Hawes played?

2 (2025–2026).

What are Jackson Hawes's career stats?

He has caught 16 passes for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Jackson Hawes career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Jackson Hawes Buffalo Bills · #85

Jackson Hawes — the report card

Where Jackson Hawes stands

Jackson Hawes — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Jackson Hawes

Jackson Hawes career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Buffalo Bills built to win?

The Ballad of Jackson Hawes

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Jackson Hawes — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

Weekly matchups

Injury history

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Jackson Hawes head-to-head

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