Max Friedman brings pro-style size and a fresh start to San Jose State’s tight end room
In the 2026 season, Max Friedman is a redshirt sophomore tight end at San Jose State at 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, with a transfer path through Modesto Junior College and Northwestern College that suggests a grinder’s development arc rather than a straight-line blue-chip rise.[1][11] He enters as a first-season Spartan, so the intrigue is his frame, eligibility, and upside more than a long stat line; that makes him a developmental fit for a team that values size, catch radius, and blocking growth at TE.[1][13]
