Cole Kmet

#84 · TE · Jr. · Notre Dame6′5″ · 250 lb · Lake Barrington, IL · St. Viator

Cole Kmet: TE · Notre Dame · #84.

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Cole Kmet

TE · Notre Dame · Jr · #84

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three seasons in the Notre Dame receiving corps to date. On tape: 108 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Georgia, Week 4, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Notre Dame in the news

Drayk Bowen out for gameOct 31
Freeman calls out staffYahoo Sports Oct 27
Notre Dame releases injury report and depth charts for Navy gameOct 26
BYU beats Notre Dame for first timeYahoo Sports Oct 18

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	43	515	12.0	6	37
2018	Notre Dame	15	162	10.8	0	24
2017	Notre Dame	2	14	7.0	0	11
Career		60	691	11.5	6	37

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 17-23@ No. 3 Georgia	9	108	12.0	1	31	Season-high 108 yds
Wk 5	W 35-20vs No. 18 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@ No. 19 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 33-9vs Iowa State	2	33	16.5	0	23
Total		43	515	12.0	6	37

Signature game

Week 4 · 2019

L 17-23

at Georgia

9 rec · 108 yds · 1 TD

With I. Book — 275 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 41.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · J. Bramblett — 47.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 58 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Virginia · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.87Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 37 yds to the Virg 41 for a
Week 14 · Stanford · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.22Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 18 yds to the Stanf 46 for a
Week 14 · Stanford · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.20Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 20 yds to the Stanf 40 for a
Week 13 · Boston College · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.16Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 26 yds to the BC 47 for a
Week 7 · USC · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 10 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Doerer KICK)
Week 4 · Georgia · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 1 yd for a TD, (Jonathan Doerer KICK)

4 more plays

Week 4 · Georgia · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 28 yds to the Geo 42 for a
Week 6 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 21 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Doerer KICK)
Week 9 · Michigan · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Book to Kmet: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 13 · Boston College · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Ian Book pass complete to Cole Kmet for 11 yds for a TD (Jonathan Doerer KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (84th percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#120 / 728 · 84th pct

0.80

Explosive rate#195 / 728 · 73rd pct

16.4%

Catch rate#214 / 728 · 71st pct

74.5%

TD rate#214 / 728 · 71st pct

7.3%

Yards / catch#375 / 728 · 49th pct

12.2

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

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road4g	4.5	54.8	11.1	0.5

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

2019 season

Head Coach

Brian Kelly

Pass share

47.4%

416 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.3%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

43 catches in 10 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Cole Kmet

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Three seasons at Notre Dame, drafted

2017 4 games

2020