TE#85
Cole Kmet
gsis_id 00-0036290
CHI
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 4.31 yd
- Cushion
- 5.17 yd
- YAC above expectation
- 1.36
- Avg YAC
- 6.29
- Share of intended air yards
- 18.6%
- Catch rate
- 65.3%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 2
- Drops
- 2
- Drop rate
- 2.0%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 85.7
- Interceptions on targets
- 2
- Yds after contact (rush)
- 1
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 53 | 33 | 378 | 3 | 12.8 | 0.091 | 0.20 | 1 | 90.9 |
| 2024 | 16 | 55 | 47 | 474 | 4 | 26.1 | 0.103 | 0.22 | 0 | 120.4 |
| 2023 | 16 | 90 | 73 | 719 | 6 | 32.5 | 0.199 | 0.41 | 2 | 181.1 |
| 2022 | 17 | 69 | 50 | 544 | 7 | 11.2 | 0.188 | 0.38 | 9 | 147.3 |
| 2021 | 17 | 93 | 60 | 612 | 0 | -5.9 | 0.178 | 0.38 | 0 | 121.2 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'6"
- Weight
- 257 lb
- College
- Notre Dame (Independent)
- Draft
- 2020 · Rd 2 · Pk 43 · CHI
- Rookie season
- 2020
- Experience
- 7 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 16 · Questionable · Ankle · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Source: Highlightly injuries
2025 · Questionable · CHI
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
96 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 · TE cohort of 35
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified TE in 2025; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Michael MayerTE · LV · distance 0.72
- Separation
- 3.45
- Cushion
- 5.92
- YAC over expected
- 0.23
- Share of air yards
- 6.7
- Catch rate
- 70.0
Tyler WarrenTE · IND · distance 0.79
- Separation
- 3.31
- Cushion
- 5.91
- YAC over expected
- 0.62
- Share of air yards
- 14.4
- Catch rate
- 67.9
Jonnu SmithTE · PIT · distance 0.81
- Separation
- 3.77
- Cushion
- 5.50
- YAC over expected
- -0.00
- Share of air yards
- 7.1
- Catch rate
- 70.4
Mason TaylorTE · NYJ · distance 0.87
- Separation
- 3.25
- Cushion
- 6.11
- YAC over expected
- -0.49
- Share of air yards
- 11.8
- Catch rate
- 67.7
Chigoziem OkonkwoTE · TEN · distance 0.96
- Separation
- 3.86
- Cushion
- 5.81
- YAC over expected
- 1.17
- Share of air yards
- 9.0
- Catch rate
- 70.9
Cole Kmet baseline
- Separation
- 3.63
- Cushion
- 5.82
- YAC over expected
- 0.27
- Share of air yards
- 9.3
- Catch rate
- 62.5