Ko Kieft

TE · TB · 2022–2026

Born January 20, 1998 · College Minnesota · Drafted 2022, round 6, pick 218 (TB) · 6-5, 265 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2022	TB	12	10	7	80	1	70.0	+0.462	+0.116−0.070 to +0.301	1.8	5.7	+4.6	+0.09
2022 playoffs	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.596		1.6	2.0	−0.6	−0.02
2023	TB	10	5	1	2	1	20.0	−0.267	+0.092−0.097 to +0.281	1.6	12.2	−1.3	−0.04
Career	TB	30	15	8	82	2	53.3	+0.219		1.3	7.9	+3.3	+0.05

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
2022	TB	12	11
2023	TB	10	7
2024	TB	3	3
2025	TB	2	3
2026	TB	3	3
Career	TB	30	27

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
2022	TB	17	249	20.9	1	1.3
2022 playoffs	TB	1	5	6.2	–	–
2023	TB	16	186	18.2	–	–
2023 playoffs	TB	2	23	17.3	–	–
2024	TB	16	94	9.2	1	1.2
2024 playoffs	TB	1	2	4.3	–	–
2025	TB	3	28	13.5	–	–

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	10	90.0	2	22.2	1	100.0
2023	5	60.0	0	0.0	1	0.0

Game logs

2026 game log (3 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
3	2026-09-27	vs MIN	L 16–23	1
6	2026-10-18	vs PIT	L 19–26 OT	1
9	2026-11-08	@ CHI	L 24–27	1

2025 game log (2 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ ATL	W 23–20	1	0.0	0	0
3	2025-09-21	vs NYJ	W 29–27	2	0.0	0	0

2024 game log (3 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2024-09-15	@ DET	W 20–16	1
7	2024-10-21	vs BAL	L 31–41	1
18	2025-01-05	vs NO	W 27–19	1

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ MIN	W 20–17	3	0	0	0	−1.9	0
4	2023-10-01	@ NO	W 26–9	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2023-10-22	vs ATL	L 13–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2023-10-26	@ BUF	L 18–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2023-11-12	vs TEN	W 20–6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2023-11-26	@ IND	L 20–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2023-12-03	vs CAR	W 21–18	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2023-12-10	@ ATL	W 29–25	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
15	2023-12-17	@ GB	W 34–20	1	1	2	1	+1.2	0
16	2023-12-24	vs JAX	W 30–12	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2022-09-25	vs GB	L 12–14	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2022-10-02	vs KC	L 31–41	1	1	19	0	+1.2	0
5	2022-10-09	vs ATL	W 21–15	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2022-10-16	@ PIT	L 18–20	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	2022-10-23	@ CAR	L 3–21	1	1	18	0	+1.1	0
8	2022-10-27	vs BAL	L 22–27	1	1	9	0	+0.8	2
9	2022-11-06	vs LA	W 16–13	2	1	6	0	−0.7	0
12	2022-11-27	@ CLE	L 17–23 OT	1	1	5	1	+1.8	1
13	2022-12-05	vs NO	W 17–16	2	1	12	0	+0.4	0
14	2022-12-11	@ SF	L 7–35	1	1	11	0	+0.8	3
16	2022-12-25	@ ARI	W 19–16 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2023-01-01	vs CAR	W 30–24	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
P19	2023-01-16	vs DAL	L 14–31	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0