Cole Kmet

TE · CHI · 2020–2026

Born March 10, 1999 · College Notre Dame · Drafted 2020, round 2, pick 43 (CHI) · 6-6, 257 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	CHI	13	1	-3	-3.00	−1.023	0.0	−1.0	−0.01
2021	CHI	17	1	0	0.00	−0.222	0.0	−0.2	−0.01
2022	CHI	17	2	9	4.50	+0.569	100.0	+1.1	+0.03
2023	CHI	15	3	2	0.67	+0.268	66.7	+0.8	+0.02
Career	CHI	100	7	8	1.14	+0.100	57.1	+0.7	+0.03

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2020	CHI	13	44	28	243	2	63.6	+0.006	+0.144−0.024 to +0.312	9.6	6.5	+0.3	+0.09
2020 playoffs	CHI	1	4	3	16	0	75.0	−0.601		14.8	0.2	−2.4	−0.04
2021	CHI	17	93	60	612	0	64.5	−0.064	+0.114−0.036 to +0.264	17.7	7.8	−5.9	+0.17
2022	CHI	17	69	50	544	7	72.5	+0.177	+0.188+0.030 to +0.346	19.2	6.7	+12.2	+0.34
2023	CHI	15	90	73	719	6	81.1	+0.361	+0.282+0.132 to +0.433	21.5	6.2	+32.5	+0.59
2024	CHI	15	55	47	474	4	85.5	+0.507	+0.296+0.133 to +0.460	11.8	7.1	+27.9	+0.51
2025	CHI	16	48	30	347	2	62.5	+0.257	+0.233+0.067 to +0.399	9.7	8.8	+12.3	−0.09
2025 playoffs	CHI	2	5	3	31	1	60.0	−0.124		5.7	6.6	−0.6	+0.16
2026	CHI	7	14	10	87	1	71.4	+0.428	+0.184+0.000 to +0.367	6.2	6.5	+6.0	+0.07
Career	CHI	100	413	298	3,026	22	72.2	+0.207		14.0	7.1	+85.3	+1.69

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Forced fumbles
2020	CHI	13	1	0
2021	CHI	17	1	0
2022	CHI	17	1	1
2023	CHI	15	3	0
2024	CHI	15	1	0
2025	CHI	16	1	0
2025 playoffs	CHI	2	1	0
Career	CHI	100	8	1

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	CHI	16	589	55.8	–	–
2020 playoffs	CHI	1	41	83.7	–	–
2021	CHI	17	919	83.2	–	–
2022	CHI	17	953	93.9	–	–
2023	CHI	17	858	76.8	–	–
2024	CHI	17	967	87.3	–	–
2025	CHI	16	754	70.4	–	–
2025 playoffs	CHI	2	104	65.8	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	69	81.2	2	3.6	3	66.7
2023	90	81.1	0	0.0	9	77.8
2024	55	87.3	1	2.1	7	85.7
2025	48	66.7	2	6.2	5	60.0
2026	14	71.4	0	0.0	1	100.0

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	@ CAR	W 59–37	3	2	35	1	+3.6
2	2026-09-20	vs MIN	L 3–9	1	0	0	0	−1.2
3	2026-09-28	vs PHI	W 27–7	1	0	0	0	−0.6
4	2026-10-04	vs NYJ	W 23–12	2	2	13	0	+1.7
5	2026-10-11	@ GB	L 7–31	2	1	8	0	+0.9
6	2026-10-18	@ ATL	W 31–23	2	2	3	0	−0.3
7	2026-10-22	vs NE	W 30–24	3	3	28	0	+1.8

2025 game log (18 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-08	vs MIN	L 24–27	4	1	31	0	−0.9	0
2	2025-09-14	@ DET	L 21–52	2	2	29	0	+2.7	0
3	2025-09-21	vs DAL	W 31–14	1	1	10	1	+3.3	1
4	2025-09-28	@ LV	W 25–24	9	3	46	0	−1.3	0
6	2025-10-13	@ WAS	W 25–24	2	1	0	0	−1.0	0
7	2025-10-19	vs NO	W 26–14	1	1	16	0	+1.2	0
9	2025-11-02	@ CIN	W 47–42	2	1	10	0	+0.8	0
10	2025-11-09	vs NYG	W 24–20	2	1	5	0	−0.4	0
11	2025-11-16	@ MIN	W 19–17	5	5	45	0	+2.1	0
12	2025-11-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	1	1	3	0	−0.3	0
13	2025-11-28	@ PHI	W 24–15	3	3	36	1	+3.8	0
14	2025-12-07	@ GB	L 21–28	3	2	42	0	−0.1	0
15	2025-12-14	vs CLE	W 31–3	4	2	28	0	+0.5	0
16	2025-12-20	vs GB	W 22–16 OT	3	2	14	0	−0.6	0
17	2025-12-28	@ SF	L 38–42	3	2	16	0	+1.6	0
18	2026-01-04	vs DET	L 16–19	3	2	16	0	+1.0	0
P19	2026-01-10	vs GB	W 31–27	2	0	0	0	−5.2	1
P20	2026-01-18	vs LA	L 17–20 OT	3	3	31	1	+4.5	0

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs TEN	W 24–17	1	1	4	0	+0.1	0
2	2024-09-15	@ HOU	L 13–19	5	4	27	0	−1.6	0
3	2024-09-22	@ IND	L 16–21	11	10	97	1	+10.2	0
4	2024-09-29	vs LA	W 24–18	3	3	34	0	+1.4	0
5	2024-10-06	vs CAR	W 36–10	4	3	57	0	+3.9	0
6	2024-10-13	vs JAX	W 35–16	5	5	70	2	+6.9	0
8	2024-10-27	@ WAS	L 15–18	1	1	14	0	+0.6	0
10	2024-11-10	vs NE	L 3–19	4	2	13	0	−0.2	0
11	2024-11-17	vs GB	L 19–20	3	3	42	0	+3.2	0
12	2024-11-24	vs MIN	L 27–30 OT	10	7	64	0	+0.2	0
13	2024-11-28	@ DET	L 20–23	3	3	26	0	+1.3	0
15	2024-12-16	@ MIN	L 12–30	1	1	14	0	+1.0	0
16	2024-12-22	vs DET	L 17–34	2	2	9	1	+2.0	0
17	2024-12-26	vs SEA	L 3–6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
18	2025-01-05	@ GB	W 24–22	2	2	3	0	−1.3	0

2023 game log (15 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs GB	L 20–38	1	0	−1.8	7	5	44	0	+0.9	0
2	2023-09-17	@ TB	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	6	4	38	0	+2.6	0
3	2023-09-24	@ KC	L 10–41	0	0	0.0	2	2	22	0	+1.8	1
4	2023-10-01	vs DEN	L 28–31	1	1	+1.9	9	7	85	2	+4.4	0
5	2023-10-05	@ WAS	W 40–20	0	0	0.0	5	5	42	1	+1.9	0
6	2023-10-15	vs MIN	L 13–19	0	0	0.0	3	2	9	0	+0.2	0
8	2023-10-29	@ LAC	L 13–30	0	0	0.0	10	10	79	0	+4.0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ NO	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	8	6	55	2	+1.5	2
10	2023-11-09	vs CAR	W 16–13	1	1	+0.7	7	5	45	0	+0.7	0
11	2023-11-19	@ DET	L 26–31	0	0	0.0	4	3	20	0	−1.4	0
12	2023-11-27	@ MIN	W 12–10	0	0	0.0	7	7	43	0	+4.2	0
14	2023-12-10	vs DET	W 28–13	0	0	0.0	6	5	66	0	+3.0	0
15	2023-12-17	@ CLE	L 17–20	0	0	0.0	7	5	23	1	+1.8	0
16	2023-12-24	vs ARI	W 27–16	0	0	0.0	5	4	107	0	+5.4	0
18	2024-01-07	@ GB	L 9–17	0	0	0.0	4	3	41	0	+1.4	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs SF	W 19–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
2	2022-09-18	@ GB	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
3	2022-09-25	vs HOU	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	3	2	40	0	+1.3	1
4	2022-10-02	@ NYG	L 12–20	0	0	0.0	3	3	16	0	+0.2	0
5	2022-10-09	@ MIN	L 22–29	0	0	0.0	4	4	45	0	+3.6	0
6	2022-10-13	vs WAS	L 7–12	0	0	0.0	3	1	15	0	−4.8	0
7	2022-10-24	@ NE	W 33–14	0	0	0.0	3	2	32	0	+2.7	0
8	2022-10-30	@ DAL	L 29–49	0	0	0.0	2	2	11	1	+1.4	0
9	2022-11-06	vs MIA	L 32–35	2	9	+1.1	6	5	41	2	+3.3	0
10	2022-11-13	vs DET	L 30–31	0	0	0.0	7	4	74	2	−2.1	0
11	2022-11-20	@ ATL	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	4	3	35	0	+1.6	0
12	2022-11-27	@ NYJ	L 10–31	0	0	0.0	6	3	27	0	−6.1	0
13	2022-12-04	vs GB	L 19–28	0	0	0.0	7	6	72	0	+6.4	0
15	2022-12-18	vs PHI	L 20–25	0	0	0.0	5	4	25	0	+0.1	0
16	2022-12-24	vs BUF	L 13–35	0	0	0.0	6	5	27	0	−0.7	0
17	2023-01-01	@ DET	L 10–41	0	0	0.0	3	2	27	1	+1.6	0
18	2023-01-08	vs MIN	L 13–29	0	0	0.0	5	4	57	1	+4.6	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ LA	L 14–34	0	0.0	7	5	42	+2.4	0
2	2021-09-19	vs CIN	W 20–17	0	0.0	1	1	0	−0.4	0
3	2021-09-26	@ CLE	L 6–26	0	0.0	4	1	11	−2.4	0
4	2021-10-03	vs DET	W 24–14	0	0.0	3	1	6	−1.1	0
5	2021-10-10	@ LV	W 20–9	0	0.0	4	2	22	−0.4	0
6	2021-10-17	vs GB	L 14–24	1	−0.2	5	4	49	+3.0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ TB	L 3–38	0	0.0	6	5	43	−0.2	0
8	2021-10-31	vs SF	L 22–33	0	0.0	6	3	24	−2.3	0
9	2021-11-08	@ PIT	L 27–29	0	0.0	8	6	87	+3.3	0
11	2021-11-21	vs BAL	L 13–16	0	0.0	2	1	12	+0.2	0
12	2021-11-25	@ DET	W 16–14	0	0.0	11	8	65	+0.6	0
13	2021-12-05	vs ARI	L 22–33	0	0.0	7	3	41	−7.2	1
14	2021-12-12	@ GB	L 30–45	0	0.0	5	3	17	−3.1	0
15	2021-12-20	vs MIN	L 9–17	0	0.0	9	6	71	−0.9	0
16	2021-12-26	@ SEA	W 25–24	0	0.0	5	4	49	+4.5	0
17	2022-01-02	vs NYG	W 29–3	0	0.0	5	3	25	−4.4	0
18	2022-01-09	@ MIN	L 17–31	0	0.0	5	4	48	+2.5	0

2020 game log (14 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ DET	W 27–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
2	2020-09-20	vs NYG	W 17–13	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	+1.2	0
4	2020-10-04	vs IND	L 11–19	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
6	2020-10-18	@ CAR	W 23–16	0	0	0.0	2	2	20	1	+3.8	0
7	2020-10-26	@ LA	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	45	0	+2.7	0
8	2020-11-01	vs NO	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	0	−0.4	0
10	2020-11-16	vs MIN	L 13–19	0	0	0.0	3	1	7	0	−0.2	1
12	2020-11-29	@ GB	L 25–41	0	0	0.0	3	1	8	0	−0.4	0
13	2020-12-06	vs DET	L 30–34	0	0	0.0	7	5	37	1	+1.8	0
14	2020-12-13	vs HOU	W 36–7	0	0	0.0	7	4	41	0	+0.9	0
15	2020-12-20	@ MIN	W 33–27	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	0	+0.6	0
16	2020-12-27	@ JAX	W 41–17	1	-3	−1.0	6	2	18	0	−1.6	0
17	2021-01-03	vs GB	L 16–35	0	0	0.0	8	7	41	0	−7.0	0
P18	2021-01-10	@ NO	L 9–21	0	0	0.0	4	3	16	0	−2.4	0