TE#8
Kyle Pitts
gsis_id 00-0036970
ATL
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 3.36 yd
- Cushion
- 5.47 yd
- YAC above expectation
- -0.57
- Avg YAC
- 4.82
- Share of intended air yards
- 24.0%
- Catch rate
- 73.3%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 2
- Drops
- 2
- Drop rate
- 3.1%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 88.7
- Interceptions on targets
- 3
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 | 17 | 118 | 88 | 928 | 5 | 24.6 | 0.227 | 0.49 | 0 | 210.8 |
| 2024 | 17 | 74 | 47 | 602 | 4 | 6.9 | 0.139 | 0.32 | 0 | 131.2 |
| 2023 | 17 | 90 | 53 | 667 | 3 | 17.4 | 0.180 | 0.46 | -4 | 137.3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 59 | 28 | 356 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.279 | 0.64 | 0 | 75.6 |
| 2021 | 17 | 110 | 68 | 1026 | 1 | 26.3 | 0.203 | 0.51 | 0 | 176.6 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'6"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- College
- Florida (Southeastern Conference)
- Draft
- 2021 · Rd 1 · Pk 4 · ATL
- Rookie season
- 2021
- Experience
- 6 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 18 · Questionable · Knee · practice: Limited Participation in Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
77 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021).
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.
Juwan JohnsonTE · NO · distance 0.85
- Separation
- 3.65
- Cushion
- 6.00
- YAC over expected
- 0.09
- Share of air yards
- 16.1
- Catch rate
- 75.5
Dalton SchultzTE · HOU · distance 0.93
- Separation
- 3.77
- Cushion
- 5.43
- YAC over expected
- 0.10
- Share of air yards
- 14.6
- Catch rate
- 77.4
Dallas GoedertTE · PHI · distance 0.99
- Separation
- 3.36
- Cushion
- 5.99
- YAC over expected
- 0.11
- Share of air yards
- 13.9
- Catch rate
- 73.2
Travis KelceTE · KC · distance 1.07
- Separation
- 3.21
- Cushion
- 5.64
- YAC over expected
- 0.43
- Share of air yards
- 16.6
- Catch rate
- 70.4
Zach ErtzTE · WAS · distance 1.18
- Separation
- 2.73
- Cushion
- 6.03
- YAC over expected
- -0.76
- Share of air yards
- 16.6
- Catch rate
- 69.4
Kyle Pitts baseline
- Separation
- 3.55
- Cushion
- 5.61
- YAC over expected
- -0.88
- Share of air yards
- 20.7
- Catch rate
- 74.6