Kyle Carter

#87 · TE · Penn State6′3″ · Bear, DE · William Penn

Kyle Carter: TE · Penn State · #87.

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Kyle Carter

TE · Penn State · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Two seasons in the Penn State receiving corps to date. One game to point at: 47 receiving yards and 3 receptions against San Diego State — Week 4, 2015.

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.

Penn State in the news

$21M jumbotron deal funded externallyOct 30
2027 RB commit for Penn StateOct 24
Penn State RB's father apologizes to playerBleacher Report Oct 20
QB commit flips to BCOct 18

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Penn State	14	135	9.6	0	35
2014	Penn State	16	153	9.6	1	23
Career		30	288	9.6	1	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 27-14vs Buffalo	2	13	6.5	9
Wk 4	W 37-21vs San Diego State	3	47	15.7	35	Season-high 47 yds
Wk 5	W 20-14vs Army	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 6	W 29-7vs Indiana	3	30	10.0	21
Wk 8	W 31-30vs Maryland	1	17	17.0	17
Wk 10	L 21-23@ Northwestern	1	1	1.0	1
Wk 12	L 16-28vs No. 14 Michigan	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 13	L 16-55@ No. 6 Michigan State	1	10	10.0	10
Bowl	L 17-24vs Georgia	1	3	3.0	3
Total		14	135	9.6	35

Signature game

Week 4 · 2015

W 37-21

vs San Diego State

3 rec · 47 yds

With C. Gulla — 42 yards per punt · 7 punts · 51 long · C. Hackenberg — 296 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.8

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 35 yds to the PnSt 47 for a
Week 6 · Indiana · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 21 yds to the Ind 24 for a
Week 8 · Maryland · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.44Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 17 yds to the Mary 44 for a
Week 2 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 9 yds to the PnSt 49
Week 5 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.80Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 9 yds to the PnSt 18
Week 6 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.62Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 7 yds to the Ind 45

4 more plays

Week 1 · Georgia · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA −0.42Trace McSorley pass complete to Kyle Carter for 3 yds to the PnSt 43
Week 10 · Northwestern · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA −0.39Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 1 yd to the PnSt 31
Week 4 · San Diego State · 2nd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +0.37Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 8 yds to the SDSt 18
Week 6 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.23Christian Hackenberg pass complete to Kyle Carter for 2 yds to the Ind 22

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under James Franklin, all balanced offenses — 14-12 over that span.

2014Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#407 / 684 · 40th pct

9.5%

Catch rate#479 / 684 · 30th pct

61.9%

Yards / catch#533 / 684 · 22nd pct

9.6

EPA / target#595 / 684 · 13th pct

0.19

TD rate#553 / 684 · 10th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#57 / 119 · 52nd pct

Yards / catch#94 / 119 · 21st pct

9.6

Receptions#94 / 119 · 18th pct

Rec yards#104 / 119 · 13th pct

135

Rec TDs#101 / 119 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

5th → 13th percentile

Explosive rate

10th → 40th percentile

Catch rate

8th → 30th percentile

TD rate

11th → 10th percentile

Yards / catch

22nd → 22nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.0	20.8	9.2	0.0
Road2g	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	20.4	8.8	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.0	8.2	8.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Pass share

49.4%

403 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

62.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.9%

448 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

14 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kyle Carter

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Style of play

Fans

Penn State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

14 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at Penn State

2011