Player Dossier

2017-2019

Notre 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.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

37

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
1
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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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9609

St. Viator · Arlington Heights, IL

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

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame4-0021.7
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame4214021.7
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame9111048.2
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame914151048.2
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame10233077.2
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1041482677.2

Related Context

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

2019 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 78.2 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: Georgia

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

51.5

Efficiency

78.2

Usage

20.8

Consistency

61.4

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 33. Georgia: 108. Virginia: 65. Bowling Green: 31. USC: 61. Michigan: 25. Virginia Tech: 28. Duke: 9. Boston College: 78. Stanford: 77

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. Iowa State: 2 by 100. Georgia: 9 by 80. Virginia: 4 by 100. Bowling Green: 2 by 100. USC: 6 by 67.8. Michigan: 2 by 83.3. Virginia Tech: 4 by 46.7. Duke: 2 by 30. Boston College: 7 by 74.3. Stanford: 5 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins47.8 · Games = 8 · -18.8 vs Losses
Losses66.5 · Games = 2 · +18.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

100 vs Iowa State

Result
Sat 12/28@ Iowa StateW 33-923316.516.50023
Sat 11/30@ StanfordW 45-2457715.415.40021
Sat 11/23vs Boston CollegeW 40-777811.111.10126
Sun 11/10@ DukeW 38-7294.54.5005
Sat 11/2vs Virginia TechW 21-2042877110
Sat 10/26@ MichiganL 14-4522512.512.50118
Sat 10/12vs USCW 30-2766110.210.20114
Sat 10/5vs Bowling GreenW 52-023115.515.50121
Sat 9/28vs VirginiaW 35-2046516.316.30037
Sun 9/22@ Georgia100 receiving yards · High volumeL 17-2391081212131

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame1446.78.7
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1446.78.70
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame16268.77.6148
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame16268.77.60
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame51578.220.8353
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame51578.220.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia

Week 4 · L 17-23

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

108

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

41

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