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