Senior tight end for East Carolina. 2025: 13 catches, 142 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 235 lb · Madison, AL · Madison Academy
How he plays
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
TD rate: 78th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
13 catches · 2 TD · 10.9 per catch
Best game: 6 rec, 72 yds, 1 TD, at Old Dominion
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for East Carolina. 2025: 13 catches, 142 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Kanen Hamlett
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Kanen Hamlett has played for two head coaches in two seasons at East Carolina. The receipt on tape: 72 rec yds, 6 receptions against Old Dominion, Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / target (18th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 39.3 | 14.8 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 39.0 | 9.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-11@ Charlotte | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-13vs Lindenwood | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-23vs Oregon State | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-20@ Georgia State | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-24@ Old Dominion | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 1 | 35 | Season-high 72 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 29-30vs Arkansas State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bowl | L 10-29vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 13 | 142 | 9.8 | 2 | 35 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nicky Dalmolin’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Miller's sophomore season at Marshall (2021).
Matches Devin on
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Mid-year transfer from Appalachian State, who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2026 … Three-year letterman for the Mountaineers (2023-25) … Played in 38 career games making three starts … Caught 17 passes for 177 yards (10.4 ypc) with four touchdowns … Caught at least one pass in 10 of 38...
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