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Jake Briningstool Kansas City Chiefs · #88

Tight End · 6' 6", 240 lbs · Brentwood, TN · Age 24

Jake Briningstool is a Tight End for the Kansas City Chiefs, an undrafted signing.

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Kansas City Chiefs · #88 · Tight End
Jake Briningstool
Season avg— · no seasons on record yet
Career avg— · career line pending
Live win probabilitySeason
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Scouting report

Jake Briningstool — 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.

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Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jake Briningstool is a Tight End for the Kansas City Chiefs, an undrafted signing.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jake Briningstool 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
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
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Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
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Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
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Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1650 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
0Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jake Briningstool — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
0.0 PPG
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Playmaking
0.0 APG
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
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The engine

How the model sees Jake Briningstool

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 next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.
What moves the production line vs last season
Everything it reads
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0 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 24 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: — → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jake Briningstool career stats, season by season

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
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Context

Are the Kansas City Chiefs built to win?

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

15–67proj record
-42.5net index
50off index
8def index
94pace
Aggressive hedge & helpscheme
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Alohi Gilman, Amari McNeill.
How his role moves
Primary tight end role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jake Briningstool

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

2002-12-09

The beginning

Jake Briningstool is a Tight End for the Kansas City Chiefs, in his 2nd NFL season.

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Jake Briningstool is a Kansas City Chiefs tight end, an undrafted find.

Chapter

He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Where things stand

Where Briningstool goes from here.

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Briningstool's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
240 lbs
Born
Brentwood, TN
Age
24
Jersey
#88
Background

Jake Briningstool is from Brentwood, TN and is 24 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays tight end at 6' 6", 240 lbs.

He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns. Briningstool is currently on the Kansas City Chiefs roster.

The person

Jake Briningstool is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns across his career.

Receiving0 career receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
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FAQ

Jake Briningstool — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jake Briningstool, answered.

What position does Jake Briningstool play?
Jake Briningstool is a Tight End for the Kansas City Chiefs.
When was Jake Briningstool drafted?
Jake Briningstool entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Jake Briningstool played?
This is his first season on record.
What are Jake Briningstool's career stats?
He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Jake Briningstool 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.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE3
behind the starter
Snap share
14%
of offensive snaps
Target share
2%
WOPR 0.03

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs DEN
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
50
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 6
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
15
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs DENW2 vs INDW3 @ MIAW4 @ LVW5 · BYEW6 vs LACW7 @ SEAW8 @ DENW9 vs NYJW10 @ ATLW11 vs ARIW12 @ BUFW13 @ LAW14 @ CINW15 vs NEW16 vs SFW17 @ LACW18 vs LV

Each week grades Jake Briningstool's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
1
since 2025
Games missed
3
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk18 · Hamstring (Out)2025 Wk17 · Hamstring (Out)2025 Wk16 · Hamstring (Out)

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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