#86

Max Klare

Former tight end at Ohio State. 2025: 43 catches, 448 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Ohio State · Jr. · #86

6′5″ · 243 lb · Guilford, IN

CFB Index 66 · #23 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Los Angeles — Rd 2, Pick 29, #61 overall

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Catch rate: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

448

receiving yards · 2025

43 catches · 2 TD · 10.4 per catch

Best game: 7 rec, 105 yds, 1 TD, vs Rutgers

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Ohio State. 2025: 43 catches, 448 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2022.
Transferred from Purdue to Ohio State in 2025.
Drafted round 2 by the Los Angeles in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio State, 1,329 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #61 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 133 yds at Illinois.Illinois · L 49-502024

2022

Signed with Purdue3-star out of St. Xavier

202412 games

All-Big Tenthird

202513 games

Entered the portal
All-Big Tenfirst

2026

Drafted by Los Angelesround 2, pick 61

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1198 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #61

Los Angeles · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Ryan Day

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

#61Rd 2 · Pick 29

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #23 of 156?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (82nd percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#145 / 798 · 82nd pct

77.4%

Explosive rate#340 / 798 · 57th pct

11.3%

EPA / target#370 / 798 · 54th pct

0.44

TD rate#456 / 798 · 43rd pct

1.9%

Yards / catch#513 / 798 · 36th pct

10.4

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#13 / 175 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#25 / 175 · 86th pct

448

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Long catch#67 / 175 · 61st pct

Yards / catch#96 / 175 · 45th pct

10.4

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

36th → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

57th → 57th percentile

Catch rate

27th → 82nd percentile

TD rate

33rd → 43rd percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 36th percentile

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

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

17%9 of his 53 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.0	34.5	10.7	0.2
Road5g	3.8	34.4	9.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	29.2	11.3	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.0	39.0	9.2	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #23 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #23 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ohio State	43	448	10.4	2	--
2024	Purdue	51	685	13.4	4	--
2023	Purdue	22	196	8.9	0	--
Career		116	1,329	11.5	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 24–6

at Washington

2 rec · 26 yds

With J. Sayin — 208 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.9 · 12 rush yds (4 car) · B. Inniss — 3 rec · 34 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Ohio · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.28Julian Sayin pass complete to Max Klare for 16 yds for a TD (Jayden Fielding KICK)
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Shotgun #10 J.Sayin pass complete short left to #86 M.Klare caught at RU00, for 11 yards to the RU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:00 #38 J.Fielding kick attempt good (H: #42 J.McGuire, LS: #43 J.Ferlmann)
Week 7 · Illinois · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Julian Sayin pass complete to Max Klare for 22 yds to the ILL 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Shotgun #10 J.Sayin pass complete short right to #86 M.Klare caught at OSU29, for 39 yards to the RU32 (#8 D.Djabome), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Rutgers · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.96Shotgun #10 J.Sayin pass complete short middle to #86 M.Klare caught at OSU50, for 25 yards to the RU27 (#5 K.Sanders; #8 D.Djabome), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Julian Sayin pass complete to Max Klare for 29 yds to the MINN 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.77(11:41) Shotgun #10 J.Sayin pass complete deep left to #86 M.Klare caught at PUR45, for 20 yards to the PUR45 (#0 T.Grimes), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 15 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.73(06:10) #10 J.Sayin pass complete short right to #86 M.Klare caught at OSU38, for 20 yards to the IND44 (#1 A.Ferrell), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Shotgun #10 J.Sayin pass complete short right to #86 M.Klare caught at OSU50, for 5 yards to the RU49 (#9 J.Elad), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Purdue · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.48(00:41) Shotgun #10 J.Sayin pass complete short left to #86 M.Klare caught at OSU28, for 10 yards to the OSU34 (#5 C.Correa), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week