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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ohio State
Max Klare
TE • 6'5" • 243 lbs • Guilford, IN, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Max Klare reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a tight end
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Max Klare built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Guilford, IN wearing No. 86, spending time with Ohio State and Purdue. The clearest part of Max Klare's career was his receiving role: 116...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 29
- Overall
- No. 61
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Rams
Max Klare, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue. Max Klare reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,329
- Receptions
- 116
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Max Klare quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,329
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Xavier · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- St. Xavier · 36 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 29 · Los Angeles Rams
- Latest roster
- No. 86 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 448 receiving yards · TE 25th (top 6%) · Big Ten 42nd (top 15%) · National 283rd (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 5 | 22 | 196 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 51 | 685 | 4 | 83.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 13 | 43 | 448 | 2 | 59.6 |
Related Context
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Max Klare played TE for Purdue and Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Max Klare recorded 1,329 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Purdue paired 685 primary output with 80.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 80.4 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
57.1
Efficiency
80.4
Usage
29
Consistency
55.8
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana State: 71. Notre Dame: 36. Oregon State: 46. Nebraska: 40. Wisconsin: 26. Illinois: 133. Oregon: 32. Northwestern: 78. Ohio State: 13. Penn State: 91. Michigan State: 83. Indiana: 36
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. Indiana State: 5 by 94.7. Notre Dame: 3 by 80. Oregon State: 2 by 100. Nebraska: 3 by 88.9. Wisconsin: 2 by 86.7. Illinois: 6 by 100. Oregon: 3 by 71.1. Northwestern: 6 by 86.7. Ohio State: 2 by 43.3. Penn State: 7 by 86.7. Michigan State: 7 by 79. Indiana: 5 by 48
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins71 · Games = 1 · +15.2 vs Losses
Losses55.8 · Games = 11 · -15.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
100 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Indiana | L 0-66 | — | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 7.20 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Michigan State | L 17-24 | — | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 11.90 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Penn State | L 10-49 | — | 7 | 91 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ohio State | L 0-45 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Northwestern | L 20-26 | — | 6 | 78 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Oregon | L 0-35 | — | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Illinois100 receiving yards | L 49-50 | — | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 22.20 | 0 | 62 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Wisconsin | L 6-52 | — | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Nebraska | L 10-28 | — | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 17 |
| Sun 9/22 | @ Oregon State | L 21-38 | — | 2 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 32 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Notre Dame | L 7-66 | — | 3 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Indiana State | W 49-0 | — | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 1 | 43 |
Player Story
Max Klare story
Max Klare built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Guilford, IN wearing No. 86, spending time with Ohio State and Purdue. The clearest part of Max Klare's career was his receiving role: 116 catches, 1,329 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Max Klare's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Purdue
2022-2024
Opening stop
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Ohio State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 196 | 60.7 | 19.6 | 196 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 685 | 80.4 | 29 | 489 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 448 | 68 | 15.6 | -237 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 7 · L 49-50 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
133
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
133 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 13 · W 42-9 · Conference game
105
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Penn State
Week 12 · L 10-49 · Conference game
91
Receiving Yards
85 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
91 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#4
@ Virginia Tech
Week 2 · W 24-17
64
Receiving Yards
83.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
64 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Syracuse
Week 3 · L 20-35
65
Receiving Yards
79.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
65 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
685 primary output · 80.4 efficiency · 29 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
59.6
448 primary · 68 efficiency · 15.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
51.6
196 primary · 60.7 efficiency · 19.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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