#85

Kaelan Chudzinski

Sophomore tight end for Boston College. 2025: 24 catches, 313 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Boston College · So. · #85

6′3″ · 240 lb · Needham, MA · St. Sebastian's School

CFB Index 51 · #66 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Boston College for 2026

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Next upSat Sep 19 · 2 pm ETvs MaineAlumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Explosive rate: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

313

receiving yards · 2025

24 catches · 4 TD · 13 per catch

Swing playSwung Boston College from 34% to 64% to win.Georgia Tech at Boston College · 36-34

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 tight end for Boston College. 2025: 24 catches, 313 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kaelan Chudzinski

TE · Boston College · So · #85

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. One game to point at: 80 rec yds, 4 receptions against Louisville — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #66 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#42 / 798 · 95th pct

20.5%

Yards / catch#216 / 798 · 73rd pct

13.7

EPA / target#361 / 798 · 55th pct

0.45

TD rate#380 / 798 · 52nd pct

2.6%

Catch rate#686 / 798 · 14th pct

56.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#30 / 175 · 83rd pct

13.0

Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct

Long catch#44 / 175 · 74th pct

Rec yards#64 / 175 · 64th pct

313

Receptions#80 / 175 · 54th 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 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

36%14 of his 39 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	15.9	8.6	0.3
Road4g	2.2	50.5	23.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	25.4	11.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	31.0	16.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #66 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #66 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #9 of 22 ACC TEs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	24	313	13.0	4	--
Career		24	313	13.0	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 66–10

vs Fordham

1 rec · 5 yds

Dominant 56-point win at home against Fordham.

With G. James — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · D. Lonergan — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.3 · -3 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Louisville · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.71(12:45) Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete deep right to #85 K.Chudzinski caught at LOU45, for 30 yards to the LOU41 (#27 J.Evans Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Syracuse · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.51(09:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete short middle to #85 K.Chudzinski caught at SYRA44, for 41 yards to the SYRA14 (#2 D.Chestnut), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · UConn · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Kaelan Chudzinski 9 Yd pass from Grayson James (Luca Lombardo Kick)
Week 10 · Notre Dame · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.00(12:05) Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete short left to #85 K.Chudzinski caught at BC 39, for 21 yards to the ND 43, out of bounds at ND 43, 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Shaker Reisig pass complete to Kaelan Chudzinski for 45 yds to the PITT 25 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66(14:11) Shotgun #3 G.James pass complete short left to #85 K.Chudzinski caught at LOU04, for 23 yards to the LOU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:08, 1ST DOWN #99 L.Lombardo kick attempt good (H: #28 S.Florio, LS: #49 C.Crook)
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Shaker Reisig pass complete to Kaelan Chudzinski for 3 yds for a TD (Luca Lombardo KICK)
Week 7 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.73Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Kaelan Chudzinski for 20 yds to the CLEM 44 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +1.50Shaker Reisig pass complete to Kaelan Chudzinski for 22 yds to the PITT 5 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia Tech · 1&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46(00:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Lonergan pass complete short right to #85 K.Chudzinski caught at GT 00, for 3 yards to the GT 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:22 #99 L.Lombardo kick attempt good (H: #28 S.Florio, LS: #49 C.Crook)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 20-30@ Stanford	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 5	L 24-28vs California	2	12	6.0	0	9
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	3	70	23.3	1	45
Wk 7	L 10-41vs Clemson	3	29	9.7	0	20
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	1	9	9.0	1	9
Wk 9	L 24-38@ Louisville	4	80	20.0	1	30	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 10	L 10-25vs Notre Dame	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	3	10	3.3	0	4
Wk 12	L 34-36vs Georgia Tech	4	25	6.3	1	11
Wk 14	W 34-12@ Syracuse	1	41	41.0	0	41
Total		24	313	14.1	4	45

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Boston College

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · Boston College

Returning around him

16% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #71 · 2026 recruiting class #53

DNA match

Player DNA

Complete TE

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Luke Hasz’s 2024 season.

Luke Hasz

74%match

Arkansas · 2024

Brenton Strange

Penn State · 2021

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 30

72%

Clay Cundiff

Wisconsin · 2022

67%

Alec Holler

UCF · 2021

66%

Nate Kurisky

Louisville · 2023

66%

Matches Luke on

Weight

TD rate

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Luke on

Recruiting rating (lower)

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Cade Keith's freshman season at New Mexico (2025).

Cade Keith

72%match

New Mexico · 2025

Alec Holler

UCF · 2021

71%

Grant Hollier

Georgia State · 2025

71%

Tre Williams III

North Texas · 2025

71%

Brian Shane

Miami (OH) · 2025

69%

Matches Cade on

Total EPA (college ability)

TD rate

Reception volume

Differs from Cade on

Height (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kaelan Chudzinski

Jeron Askren

Missouri State · 2025

62%

Background

2025 (Freshman): Joined the Boston College Football program at mid-year… Appeared in all 12 games with two starts at tight end, registering 24 catches for 313 yards and four touchdowns ... His 24 catches and 313 yards were the best among all freshman tight ends in the country at the conclusion of...

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The tight end room · Boston College

#85Kaelan ChudzinskiTE · So.313 receiving yards · 2025
#48Zeke MooreTE · Sr.7 receiving yards · 2025
#84Brady CloughTE · So.5 receiving yards · 2025
#86Danny EdgehilleTE · So.no box-score line yet
#88Bryce LewisTE · Fr.no box-score line yet

3 more on the roster · Boston College team page

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

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Complete TE

Players who play like Kaelan Chudzinski

Background

The tight end room · Boston College