Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2019Notre Dame
Cole Kmet
TE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Lake Barrington, IL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Cole Kmet reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Cole Kmet built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a tight end from Lake Barrington, IL wearing No. 84, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Cole Kmet's career was his receiving role: 60...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 43
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Cole Kmet, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Notre Dame. Cole Kmet reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 691
- Receptions
- 60
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Cole Kmet quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 691
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. Viator · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- St. Viator · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 2 · Pick 11 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 84 · Junior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 515 receiving yards · TE 19th (top 6%) · FBS Independents 7th (top 8%) · National 225th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Notre Dame | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2018 Postseason | Notre Dame | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 14 | 151 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 77.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 41 | 482 | 6 | 77.2 |
Related Context
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Cole Kmet played TE for Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cole Kmet recorded 691 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Notre Dame paired 515 primary output with 78.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 68.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2018 Postseason · Notre Dame
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
18
Efficiency
68.7
Usage
7.6
Consistency
67.4
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 11. Michigan: -1. Ball State: 18. Stanford: 19. Virginia Tech: 18. Pittsburgh: 8. Navy: 31. Northwestern: 41. Syracuse: 17
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 1 by 73.3. Michigan: 1 by 0. Ball State: 1 by 100. Stanford: 1 by 100. Virginia Tech: 3 by 40. Pittsburgh: 1 by 53.3. Navy: 4 by 51.7. Northwestern: 2 by 100. Syracuse: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins18.9 · Games = 8 · +7.9 vs Losses
Losses11 · Games = 1 · -7.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/29 | @ Clemson | L 3-30 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Syracuse | W 36-3 | — | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Northwestern | W 31-21 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 0 | 24 |
| Sun 10/28 | @ Navy | W 44-22 | — | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Pittsburgh | W 19-14 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 10/7 | @ Virginia Tech | W 45-23 | — | 3 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Stanford | W 38-17 | — | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Ball State | W 24-16 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Michigan | W 24-17 | — | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Cole Kmet story
Cole Kmet built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a tight end from Lake Barrington, IL wearing No. 84, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Cole Kmet's career was his receiving role: 60 catches, 691 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 tackles and 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cole Kmet's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2017-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Notre Dame | 14 | 46.7 | 8.7 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 14 | 46.7 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Notre Dame | 162 | 68.7 | 7.6 | 148 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 162 | 68.7 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Notre Dame | 515 | 78.2 | 20.8 | 353 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 515 | 78.2 | 20.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia
Week 4 · L 17-23
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
93.3 takeover
108 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#2
@ Stanford
Week 14 · W 45-24
77
Receiving Yards
89.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Virginia
Week 5 · W 35-20
65
Receiving Yards
79.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Boston College
Week 13 · W 40-7
78
Receiving Yards
77.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
78 receiving yards with a 74.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ Northwestern
Week 10 · W 31-21
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Receiving Yards
76.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Notre Dame
515 primary output · 78.2 efficiency · 20.8 usage
77.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Notre Dame
77.2
515 primary · 78.2 efficiency · 20.8 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Notre Dame
48.2
162 primary · 68.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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