Player Dossier

2023-2025

Iowa State

Kai Black

TE • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Urbandale, IA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Kai Black reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

8

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8744

Urbandale · Urbandale, IA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Kai Black, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State. Kai Black reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
7
Receptions
1

Quick Answers

Kai Black quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
7
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 1 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Arkansas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Urbandale · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Urbandale · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State117066.9
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State0-00-

Related Context

Kai Black played TE for Iowa State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kai Black recorded 7 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 7 primary output with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

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

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2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

1

Receiving Yards / G

7

Efficiency

46.7

Usage

6.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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All Games7 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Arkansas State

Result
Sat 9/21vs Arkansas StateW 52-7177707

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State746.76.37
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State0-7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arkansas State

Week 4 · W 52-7

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

7

Receiving Yards

55.9 takeover

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

7 primary output · 46.7 efficiency · 6.3 usage

66.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games