#88

Kamari Morales

Former tight end at Boston College. 2024: 28 catches, 325 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Boston College · Sr. · #88

6′3″ · 249 lb · Tallahassee, FL

CFB Index 52 · #44 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceBoston College 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 980 nationally · Signed with Lincoln

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Boston College. 2024: 28 catches, 325 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lincoln in 2019.
Transferred from North Carolina to Boston College in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Boston College, 1,086 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 71 yds at Georgia State.Georgia State · W 35-282022

2019

Recruited3-star out of Lincoln

202410 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#980 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020–2023

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

2024

Bill O'Brien

Boston College

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Steve Addazio, Jeff Hafley, and Bill O'Brien. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #44 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: yards / catch (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#10 / 610 · 98th pct

18.5%

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

Explosive rate#294 / 610 · 51st pct

14.8%

EPA / target#373 / 610 · 39th pct

0.78

Yards / catch#449 / 610 · 26th pct

10.0

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#13 / 168 · 90th pct

Long catch#22 / 168 · 87th pct

Rec yards#53 / 168 · 69th pct

325

Receptions#52 / 168 · 68th pct

Yards / catch#64 / 168 · 62nd pct

11.6

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.2	29.2	10.2	0.8
Road6g	3.2	34.7	11.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	24.5	10.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	44.5	11.9	0.8

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 · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #44 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #44 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Boston College	28	325	11.6	6	--
2023	North Carolina	11	158	14.4	0	--
2022	North Carolina	29	358	12.3	4	--
2021	North Carolina	24	220	9.2	5	--
2020	North Carolina	2	16	8.0	1	--
2019	North Carolina	1	9	9.0	0	--
Career		95	1,086	11.4	16	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Louisville · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +6.18Kamari Morales 54 Yd pass from Thomas Castellanos (Liam Connor Kick)
Week 12 · SMU · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Grayson James pass complete to Kamari Morales for 13 yds for a TD (Liam Connor KICK)
Week 3 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Thomas Castellanos pass complete to Kamari Morales for 38 yds for a TD (Luca Lombardo KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Thomas Castellanos pass complete to Kamari Morales for 29 yds for a TD (Liam Connor KICK)
Week 14 · Pittsburgh · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Grayson James pass complete to Kamari Morales for 15 yds for a TD (Liam Connor KICK)
Week 2 · Duquesne · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Thomas Castellanos pass complete to Kamari Morales for 4 yds for a TD (Luca Lombardo KICK)
Week 12 · SMU · 4&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.86Grayson James pass complete to Kamari Morales for 13 yds to the SMU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Missouri · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA -1.39Thomas Castellanos pass complete to Kamari Morales for a loss of 1 yard to the MIZ 45
Week 9 · Louisville · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.37Thomas Castellanos pass complete to Kamari Morales for 3 yds to the BC 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Virginia Tech · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.20Thomas Castellanos pass complete to Kamari Morales for 17 yds to the VT 24 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-13@ Florida State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Duquesne	1	4	4.0	1	4
Wk 3	L 21-27@ Missouri	2	37	18.5	1	38
Wk 5	W 21-20vs Western Kentucky	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 6	L 14-24@ Virginia	5	77	15.4	1	34	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 8	L 21-42@ Virginia Tech	5	36	7.2	0	17
Wk 9	L 27-31vs Louisville	3	57	19.0	1	54
Wk 12	L 28-38@ SMU	4	34	8.5	1	13
Wk 14	W 34-23vs Pittsburgh	4	51	12.8	1	27
Bowl	L 15-20@ Nebraska	2	14	7.0	0	8
Total		28	325	10.7	6	54

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

Kamari Morales

2019

202410 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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