Kenny Fletcher

#12 · TE · Sr. · Rutgers6′3″ · 252 lb · Delran, NJ

Kenny Fletcher is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Rutgers.

Fletcher shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at Rutgers. On tape: 85 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Penn State, Week 14, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Elijah SessomsDelaware · 2025 · 87% season match
Cameron HarpoleArizona State · 2025 · 80% season match
Josh CuevasAlabama · 2024 · 75% season match
Nate AdkinsSouth Carolina · 2022 · 75% season match
Brady RussellColorado · 2021 · 74% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Rutgers	26	236	9.1	0	39
2024	Rutgers	20	137	6.8	2	16
2023	Rutgers	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Rutgers	--	--	--	--	--
Career		46	373	8.1	2	39

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Ohio	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 2	W 45-17vs Miami (OH)	2	14	7.0	11
Wk 3	W 60-10vs Norfolk State	2	15	7.5	12
Wk 4	L 28-38vs Iowa	3	24	8.0	12
Wk 5	L 28-31@ Minnesota	3	30	10.0	15
Wk 7	L 19-38@ Washington	2	13	6.5	9
Wk 8	L 10-56vs No. 8 Oregon	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Purdue	2	7	3.5	8
Wk 11	W 35-20vs Maryland	2	16	8.0	9
Wk 13	L 9-42@ No. 1 Ohio State	4	20	5.0	9
Wk 14	L 36-40vs Penn State	4	85	21.3	39	Season-high 85 yds
Total		26	236	9.1	39

Signature game

Week 14 · 2025

L 36-40

vs Penn State

4 rec · 85 yds

With A. Kaliakmanis — 338 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.3 · A. Raymond — 189 rush yds (29 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 62 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Maryland · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Kaliakmanis to Fletcher Jr.: a 9-yard pass.
Week 14 · Penn State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.24Kaliakmanis to Fletcher Jr.: a 25-yard pass.
Week 14 · Penn State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Kaliakmanis to Fletcher Jr.: a 39-yard pass.
Week 14 · Penn State · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.67Kaliakmanis to Fletcher Jr.: a 13-yard pass.
Week 5 · Minnesota · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Kenny Fletcher Jr. for 5 yds to the MINN 49 for a
Week 5 · Minnesota · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.15Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Kenny Fletcher Jr. for 15 yds to the RUTG 28 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.06Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Kenny Fletcher Jr. for 11 yds to the RUTG 46 for a
Week 9 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −0.80Kaliakmanis to Fletcher Jr.: a 1-yard pass.
Week 4 · Iowa · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.78Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Kenny Fletcher Jr. for 12 yds to the IOWA 18 for a
Week 3 · Norfolk State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.76Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Kenny Fletcher Jr. for 12 yds to the RUTG 29 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

26 rec · 236 yds · 0 TD

26 of 26 receptions matched to play-by-play

15 of 38 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

3810% of team targets

Catch rate

68%26 of 38 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

60% of targets (9)

100%catch rate

Air -2.4 · YAC 8.6 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

27% of targets (4)

50%catch rate

Air 4.2 · YAC 12.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 25.0 · YAC 15.0 avg

68% catch rate on 38 targets · 10% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

18%7 of his 38 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Greg Schiano — 23-27 over that span.

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2025Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 42 (#95 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

42Rotational starter #95 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / target (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#383 / 798 · 52nd pct

68.4%

Explosive rate#607 / 798 · 23rd pct

5.3%

Yards / catch#616 / 798 · 23rd pct

9.2

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#686 / 798 · 14th pct

0.14

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#67 / 175 · 61st pct

Receptions#71 / 175 · 58th pct

Rec yards#89 / 175 · 49th pct

236

Yards / catch#132 / 175 · 25th pct

9.1

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th 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 2025. 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	23.7	9.1	0.0
Road4g	2.8	17.5	6.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	17.0	7.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	26.8	8.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Pass share

45.1%

378 pass / 460 run

Plays / game

69.8

12 games

Team sack rate

9.0%

445 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

26 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

42 · #95 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #95 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #17 of 26 Big Ten TEs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).