As a Fifth Year (2022)

  • Saw action in three games

As a Senior (2021)

  • Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 2, USC)
  • Appeared in 11 games
  • Scored a touchdown with 56 receiving yards on the season
  • Scored his first career touchdown and added a 26-yard reception at Vanderbilt (Sept. 18)

As a Junior (2020)

  • Played in three games

As a Sophomore (2019)

  • Played in all 12 games
  • Had four catches for 11 yards

As a Freshman (2018)

  • Played in each of the last four games - eligible to retain year of eligibility via NCAA redshirt rules
  • Made collegiate debut in win over Oregon St. (Nov. 10)
  • Stanford went 4-0 in games in which he played

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Mass.) under head coach Mike Wiley
  • First true eighth grader to start on high school’s varsity football team
  • Five-year varsity starter
  • Nation's second-best fullback by 247Sports and PrepStar
  • Nation's 24th-best Y-tight end by ESPN
  • Massachusetts's third-best recruit by Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar, fifth by 247Sports
  • 96 career receptions for 1,438 yards and 16 touchdowns
  • 2017 Mass Prep Stars Preseason Super Team
  • 2017 BB&N team captain
  • 2017 Hugh Caldera Bowl finalist
  • 2016 ITHMA all-state
  • 2016 Mass Prep Stars All-State Super Team
  • 2016 Rivals/Under Armour Select Camp
  • 2016 ISL champion
  • 2016 Ken O'Keefe Bowl champion
  • Two-time all-conference first team
  • Also competed in basketball

Personal

  • Full name is Jay Patrick Symonds Jr.
  • Son of Jay and Lisa Symonds
  • Father played football at Bentley
  • Mother played volleyball at Salem State
  • Has one sibling, Holden
  • Uncle, Jon Symonds, played football at Massachusetts
  • Uncle, Jeff Murray, played baseball at Merrimack
  • Maternal 11th great-grandfather was a passenger on the Mayflower
  • Maternal great-grandfather was Purple Heart recipient, survived Normandy beach storming
  • Maternal grandfather was drafter on design team for original Stealth Bomber
  • Played over three quarters of a football game with a collapsed lung
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2019
Fullback
6-3 / 240 lbs
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2020
Fullback
6-3 / 255 lbs
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2021
Fullback
6-3 / 248 lbs
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2022
Fullback
6-3 / 251 lbs