Chicago Bears · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Notre Dame (2020 Round 2, Pick 43)

Cole Kmet

Open player report in app Compare side by side Ask about Cole Kmet

Downfield Score v7.0 withheldNeeds 15 targets; 14 recorded. The score is withheld until Cole Kmet reaches the minimum.

Rec / Targets: 10/146.3% target share
Receiving yards: 878.7 YPR
Receiving TD: 112.4 yds/G
Snap share: 61%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.42814 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 57.1%Play-by-play positive EPA

Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.454 → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.388 → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 6.21 → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 2.29 → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 6.79 → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.66 → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

Target share34% weight · Raw 6.3% → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 35.7% → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 7.1% → Shrunk n/a

n/apercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Cole Kmet. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ CAR	W 59-37	2	3	35	1
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs MIN	L 3-9	0	1	0	0
Week 3	Sep 28, 2026	vs PHI	W 27-7	0	1	0	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs NYJ	W 23-12	2	2	13	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ GB	L 7-31	1	2	8	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ ATL	W 31-23	2	2	3	0
Week 7	Oct 22, 2026	vs NE	W 30-24	3	3	28	0

College to the NFL: Notre Dame to Chicago Bears

Verified identity bridge linking Cole Kmet's college regular-season yards at Notre Dame to official NFL game lines.

Notre Dame (College yards)

142017

1512018

4822019

4343rd pick
2020 Draft

CHI (NFL yards)

2432020

6122021

5442022

7192023

4742024

3472025

872026 *

Open Cole Kmet's college development chapters in Downfield

Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 7 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2020	CHI	16	1	-3	28/44	243	2
2021	CHI	17	1	0	60/93	612	0
2022	CHI	17	2	9	50/69	544	7
2023	CHI	17	3	2	73/90	719	6
2024	CHI	17	0	0	47/55	474	4
2025	CHI	16	0	0	30/48	347	2
2026 (so far)	CHI	7	0	0	10/14	87	1

Compare Cole Kmet with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

Cole Kmet vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score n/a vs. 96.5 Cole Kmet vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score n/a vs. 89.5 Cole Kmet vs. George Kittle (SF)Score n/a vs. 86.4 Cole Kmet vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score n/a vs. 86.4 Cole Kmet vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score n/a vs. 84.9 Cole Kmet vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score n/a vs. 82.3