#88

Charlie Kolar

Former tight end at Iowa State. 2021: 62 catches, 756 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Iowa State · Sr. · #88

6′6″ · 260 lb · Norman, OK

CFB Index 81 · #5 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBaltimore — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 23, #128 overall

The story

Former tight end at Iowa State. 2021: 62 catches, 756 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Drafted round 4 by the Baltimore in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa State, 2,181 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #128 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 152 yds at Oklahoma.Oklahoma · L 21-282021

202010 games

All-Big 12first

202111 games

All-Big 12first
Campbellwinner

2022

Drafted by Baltimoreround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Iowa State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Baltimore · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 5th NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 23

BaltimoreEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Matt Campbell — 31-20 over that span.

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #5 of 119?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#137 / 655 · 79th pct

0.90

Catch rate#172 / 655 · 74th pct

82.4%

TD rate#258 / 655 · 61st pct

7.4%

Explosive rate#385 / 655 · 41st pct

11.8%

Yards / catch#400 / 655 · 39th pct

11.6

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#4 / 146 · 97th pct

Rec yards#5 / 146 · 97th pct

756

Rec TDs#11 / 146 · 90th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 39 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#46 / 146 · 67th pct

12.2

Long catch#69 / 146 · 51st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.8	60.8	12.7	0.2
Road6g	5.7	69.8	12.3	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	55.8	13.3	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	74.0	11.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #5 of 119 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #5 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Iowa State	62	756	12.2	6	--
2020	Iowa State	44	591	13.4	7	--
2019	Iowa State	51	697	13.7	7	--
2018	Iowa State	11	137	12.5	3	--
Career		168	2,181	13.0	23	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 24–21

vs Oklahoma State

6 rec · 69 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Purdy — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · -6 rush yds (9 car) · A. Mevis — 29 LONG · 100 PCT · 5 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · TCU · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 26 yds to the TCU 27 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 34 yds to the OKSt 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -2.80Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for no gain to the OKSt 32
Week 13 · TCU · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 13 yds to the TCU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas Tech · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 9 yds for a TD, (Andrew Mevis KICK)
Week 11 · Texas Tech · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 12 yds for a TD, (Andrew Mevis KICK)
Week 4 · Baylor · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.58Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 20 yds to the IowSt 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kansas · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 6 yds for a TD (Connor Assalley KICK)
Week 1 · Clemson · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 6 yds for a TD (Andrew Mevis KICK)
Week 2 · Iowa · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Brock Purdy pass complete to Charlie Kolar for 15 yds to the IowSt 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 17-27vs Iowa	4	34	8.5	0	15
Wk 3	W 48-3@ UNLV	4	69	17.3	1	33
Wk 4	L 29-31@ Baylor	5	71	14.2	0	30
Wk 5	W 59-7vs Kansas	4	64	16.0	1	23
Wk 7	W 33-20@ Kansas State	4	41	10.3	0	17
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Oklahoma State	6	69	11.5	0	34
Wk 9	L 31-38@ West Virginia	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 10	W 30-7vs Texas	5	72	14.4	0	23
Wk 11	L 38-41@ Texas Tech	8	76	9.5	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 21-28@ Oklahoma	12	152	12.7	1	28	Season-high 152 yds
Wk 13	W 48-14vs TCU	5	65	13.0	0	26
Total		58	723	12.5	5	34

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology