Jake Schmidt

Jake Schmidt is an American football Tight End for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Ohio State. The Denver Broncos selected him in the 6th round of the 2016 NFLHC draft, 146th overall.
==College Career==
Jake Schmidt attended Ohio State for 5 years, redshirting his freshman year. He was the starter for the Buckeyes from the 2013 season when he was a redshirt sophomore.
===College statistics===
Year 	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing		Rushing	Rushing	Rushing	Rushing		Receiving	Receiving	Receiving	Receiving
Year 	GP 	GS 	Rating 	Comp 	Att 	Pct 	Yards 	TD 	Int 		Att 	Yds 	Avg 	TD 		Rec 	Yds 	Avg 	TD
2013 	11 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0 		40 	534 	13.35 	7
2014 	12 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0 		25 	311 	12.44 	3
2015 	12 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0 		26 	309 	11.88 	4
Totals	35 	35 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0 		91 	1,154 	12.68 	14
==Professional Career==
Schmidt was projected to be a late round draft pick due to teams not seeing value in the tight end position, he was selected by the Broncos in the 6th round, 146th overall. He was the 4th TE taken in the draft.
He entered free agency after the 2017 season, and Pittsburgh signed him to a 2 year, 36 million contract.