Max Klare

#86 · TE · Jr. · Ohio State6′5″ · 243 lb · Guilford, IN · St. Xavier

Max Klare: TE · Ohio State · #86.

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Max Klare

TE · Ohio State · Jr · #86

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Ryan Walters and Ryan Day. Named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2025. One game to point at: 105 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Rutgers — Week 13, 2025.

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.

Ohio State in the news

Fans storm field after USC upsets Ohio StateLos Angeles Times Nov 1
Ohio State injury report releasedEleven Warriors Oct 29
Big Ten limits NIL dealsOct 28
Oregon fires offensive coordinatorOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Ohio State	43	448	10.4	2	39
2024	Purdue	51	685	13.4	4	62
2023	Purdue	22	196	8.9	0	27
Career		116	1,329	11.5	6	62

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 14-7vs No. 1 Texas	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 2	W 70-0vs Grambling	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	W 37-9vs Ohio	2	30	15.0	1	16
Wk 5	W 24-6@ Washington	2	26	13.0	0	18
Wk 6	W 42-3vs Minnesota	5	63	12.6	0	29
Wk 7	W 34-16@ No. 17 Illinois	4	38	9.5	0	22
Wk 8	W 34-0@ Wisconsin	5	29	5.8	0	10
Wk 10	W 38-14vs Penn State	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	W 34-10@ Purdue	5	59	11.8	0	20
Wk 12	W 48-10vs UCLA	5	26	5.2	0	8
Wk 13	W 42-9vs Rutgers	7	105	15.0	1	39	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 14	W 27-9@ No. 15 Michigan	3	20	6.7	0	9
Wk 15	L 10-13vs No. 2 Indiana	2	28	14.0	0	20
Total		43	448	10.4	2	39

Signature game

Week 13 · 2025

W 42-9

vs Rutgers

7 rec · 105 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 33-point win at home against Rutgers.

With J. Sayin — 157 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.3 · B. Jackson — 110 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 14 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Ohio · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.28Julian Sayin pass complete to Max Klare for 16 yds for a TD (Jayden Fielding KICK)
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Sayin to Klare: an 11-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Illinois · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Julian Sayin pass complete to Max Klare for 22 yds to the ILL 42 for a
Week 13 · Rutgers · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Sayin to Klare: a 39-yard pass.
Week 13 · Rutgers · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.96Sayin to Klare: a 25-yard pass.
Week 6 · Minnesota · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Julian Sayin pass complete to Max Klare for 29 yds to the MINN 31 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.77Sayin to Klare: a 20-yard pass.
Week 15 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.73Sayin to Klare: a 20-yard pass.
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Sayin to Klare: a 5-yard pass.
Week 11 · Purdue · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.48Sayin to Klare: a 10-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

43 rec · 448 yds · 2 TD

43 of 43 receptions matched to play-by-play

30 of 55 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5516% of team targets

Catch rate

78%43 of 55 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

7% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 5.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

63% of targets (19)

95%catch rate

Air 3.2 · YAC 7.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

23% of targets (7)

29%catch rate

Air 12.0 · YAC 4.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

7% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 20.5 · YAC 0.0 avg

78% catch rate on 55 targets · 16% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

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

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 66 (#23 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

66Quality starter #23 of 156 · 2025?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.1	35.4	10.3	0.3
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

2025 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Pass share

47.0%

408 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

62.1

14 games

Team sack rate

3.3%

395 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

66 · #23 of 156 TEs · 2025

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

Starter

The No. 1,198 recruit in the country is starting at tight end in the Big Ten as a junior.

Max Klare

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Style of play

Fans

Ohio State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Receiving profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Starter

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2022

2024 12 games

2025 13 games

2026