San Francisco 49ers · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Iowa (2017 Round 5, Pick 146)

George Kittle

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86.4

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #3 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 34/4622.4% target share
Receiving yards: 42512.5 YPR
Receiving TD: 560.7 yds/G
Snap share: 77%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.34946 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 47.8%Play-by-play positive EPA

George Kittle among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Warren72.5

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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 +0.362 → Shrunk +1.396

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.393 → Shrunk +1.107

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 9.24 → Shrunk 45.96

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Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 4.63 → Shrunk 22.56

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 7.96 → Shrunk 41.68

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.83 → Shrunk 43.70

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Target share34% weight · Raw 22.4% → Shrunk 20.1%

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First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 39.1% → Shrunk 37.0%

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20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 15.2% → Shrunk 9.7%

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for George Kittle. 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 10, 2026	@ LA	W 27-7	2	5	12	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs MIA	W 35-13	4	4	80	1
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs ARI	W 36-30	6	7	82	2
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs DEN	W 24-14	4	6	70	1
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ SEA	W 32-29	5	6	24	0
Week 6	Oct 19, 2026	vs WAS	W 23-17	5	8	69	1
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ ATL	L 20-29	8	10	88	0

College to the NFL: Iowa to San Francisco 49ers

Verified identity bridge linking George Kittle's college regular-season yards at Iowa to official NFL game lines.

Iowa (College yards)

1082013

252014

2902015

2962016

146146th pick
2017 Draft

SF (NFL yards)

5152017

1,3772018

1,0532019

6342020

9102021

7652022

1,0202023

1,1062024

6282025

4252026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 10 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2017	SF	15	0	0	43/63	515	2
2018	SF	16	1	10	88/136	1,377	5
2019	SF	14	5	22	85/107	1,053	5
2020	SF	8	2	17	48/63	634	2
2021	SF	14	3	20	71/94	910	6
2022	SF	15	0	0	60/86	765	11
2023	SF	16	1	2	65/90	1,020	6
2024	SF	15	0	0	78/94	1,106	8
2025	SF	11	1	-3	57/69	628	7
2026 (so far)	SF	7	0	0	34/46	425	5

Compare George Kittle with top tight ends

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

George Kittle vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 86.4 vs. 96.5 George Kittle vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 86.4 vs. 89.5 George Kittle vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 86.4 vs. 86.4 George Kittle vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 86.4 vs. 84.9 George Kittle vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 86.4 vs. 82.3 George Kittle vs. Sam LaPorta (DET)Score 86.4 vs. 78.7