Former tight end at Florida. 2020: 43 catches, 770 receiving yards, 12 TD.
6′6″ · 246 lb · Abington, PA
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 162 nationally · Signed with Florida
Statement game8 rec · 170 yds · 4 TDat Ole Miss (FBS) · W 51-35
Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Florida. 2020: 43 catches, 770 receiving yards, 12 TD.
Kyle Pitts
Third year in the Florida receiving corps, same address the whole way. 2020 brought the first one: All-America (Consensus). One game to point at: 170 rec yds, 8 receptions against Ole Miss — Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career, closed
Gone at #4 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida, 1,492 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #4 overall by Atlanta.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2020)
9 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dan Mullen.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
AtlantaEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Dan Mullen — 29-9 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 91.5 | 17.2 | 1.5 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 101 | 19.6 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.7 | 91.3 | 15.0 | 2.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 99.2 | 20.4 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2020
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020
W 44–28
at Georgia
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 51-35@ Ole Miss | 8 | 170 | 21.3 | 4 | 71 | Season-high 170 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 38-24vs South Carolina | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 2 | 20 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 6 | L 38-41@ Texas A&M | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-17vs Missouri | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-28@ Georgia | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-10vs Kentucky | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 3 | 56 | 3 TD catches |
| Wk 14 | W 31-19@ Tennessee | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 16 | L 46-52vs Alabama | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 1 | 31 | |
| Total | 43 | 770 | 18.4 | 12 | 71 |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Kyle Pitts finished 106th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.