#84

Cole Kmet

Former tight end at Notre Dame. 2019: 43 catches, 515 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Notre Dame · Jr. · #84

6′5″ · 250 lb · Lake Barrington, IL

Chicago — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 11, #43 overall

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 82 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Notre Dame. 2019: 43 catches, 515 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the Chicago in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Notre Dame, 691 receiving yards — drafted at #43 overall by Chicago.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20174 games

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of St. Viator

2020

Drafted by Chicagoround 2, pick 43

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#82 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #43

Chicago · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 7th NFL season

#43Rd 2 · Pick 11

ChicagoEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 33-6 over that span.

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (89th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#10 / 128 · 89th pct

Receptions#17 / 128 · 86th pct

Rec yards#19 / 128 · 86th pct

515

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#60 / 128 · 52nd pct

12.0

Long catch#65 / 128 · 49th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	52.6	12.0	0.8
Road5g	4.0	50.4	12.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	59.6	14.1	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	43.4	10.1	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	43	515	12.0	6	--
2018	Notre Dame	15	162	10.8	0	--
2017	Notre Dame	2	14	7.0	0	--
Career		60	691	11.5	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

6 rec · 61 yds · 1 TD

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

With I. Book — 165 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.1 · 49 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · T. Jones Jr. — 176 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 17-23@ Georgia	9	108	12.0	1	31	Season-high 108 yds
Wk 5	W 35-20vs Virginia	4	65	16.3	0	37
Wk 6	W 52-0vs Bowling Green	2	31	15.5	1	21
Wk 7	W 30-27vs USC	6	61	10.2	1	14
Wk 9	L 14-45@ Michigan	2	25	12.5	1	18
Wk 10	W 21-20vs Virginia Tech	4	28	7.0	1	10
Wk 11	W 38-7@ Duke	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 13	W 40-7vs Boston College	7	78	11.1	1	26
Wk 14	W 45-24@ Stanford	5	77	15.4	0	21
Bowl	W 33-9@ Iowa State	2	33	16.5	0	23
Total		43	515	12.1	6	37

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