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Cole Kmet

TE·Chicago Bears·#85·6'6"·258 lb·6th year·Notre Dame
Round 2, pick 43 in 2020
Updated November 5, 2026
78.0
Model Score
Up from 76.2 last year
Trade value ·a 3rd

Cole Kmet has 10 catches, 87 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 7 games for the Chicago Bears this season through Week 8, 3.5 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).

Model Score by season

Up 1.8 from last season.

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How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Plays like: Ryan Griffin, Derek Carrier, Demetrius Harris. Built like: Marcedes Lewis, Sam Roush, Jermaine Gresham. Coming out: Scott Chandler, Anthony Becht, Brandon Pettigrew.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 3 stars, 8 starters, 7 backups, 2 didn't stick.

Cole Kmet Injury StatusIR

Cole Kmet is listed on injured reserve (Knee), reported Oct 23, with a return date of Feb 15. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 7 games

Rec10
Rec Yds87
Rec TD1
Targets14
Yds/Gm12.4
Fantasy PPG3.5
EPA / target0.895
Avg separation0.0 yd
Avg cushion0.0 yd
YAC over exp0.0
Catch %0.0%

3.5 fantasy points a game, 25 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$7.8M
APY
$12.5M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$22.9M
Years on Deal
5
Signed
2023
Est. Value
$15.1M/yr
underpaid by $2.6M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Draft & College

Round 2, pick 43 to the Chicago Bears in 2020, out of Notre Dame (FBS Independents). He went earlier than consensus.

Taken#43
Consensus board84th
Our college model#55 TE

In college, 2018-2019, 21 games: 58 rec, 692 yds, 6 TD, 11.9 yds/rec. Coming out: 4.7s 40 yd, 37" vertical, 123" broad, 7.44s 3-cone, 4.41s shuttle.

Recruited

Class of 2017 · Tight end · High school: St. Viator, Arlington Heights, IL

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 82 in the nation. Composite 0.9609, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Notre Dame

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2017 class are still being added.

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