Miles Kitselman

#87 · TE · Sr. · Tennessee6′5″ · 255 lb · Lyndon, KS

Miles Kitselman is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Tennessee.

Kitselman shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Nick Saban and Josh Heupel. The first career honor came in 2025: All-SEC. On tape: 56 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Arkansas, Week 7, 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.

Mark RedmanSan Diego State · 2022 · 84% season match
C.J. DippreMaryland · 2022 · 81% season match
Brody DaltonTroy · 2024 · 78% season match
Mitchell EvansNotre Dame · 2024 · 76% season match
Mason WilliamsOhio · 2025 · 74% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Tennessee	26	253	9.7	2	23
2024	Tennessee	22	301	13.7	4	31
2022	Alabama	2	18	9.0	0	13
Career		50	572	11.4	6	31

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-26vs Syracuse	2	10	5.0	1	8
Wk 2	W 72-17vs East Tennessee State	3	36	12.0	0	17
Wk 3	L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia	3	33	11.0	0	18
Wk 4	W 56-24vs UAB	2	27	13.5	0	16
Wk 5	W 41-34@ Mississippi State	4	42	10.5	0	17
Wk 7	W 34-31vs Arkansas	5	56	11.2	1	23	Season-high 56 yds
Wk 8	L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama	3	18	6.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 56-34@ Kentucky	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 10	L 27-33vs No. 18 Oklahoma	2	24	12.0	0	19
Wk 12	W 42-9vs New Mexico State	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	L 28-30vs Illinois	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total		26	253	9.7	2	23

Signature game

Week 7 · 2025

W 34-31

vs Arkansas

5 rec · 56 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With J. Aguilar — 221 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.9 · 59 rush yds (5 car) · J. Ross — 45.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Arkansas · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 23 yds to the TENN 49 for a
Week 1 · Syracuse · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 2 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 7 · Arkansas · 1st and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 8 yds for a TD (Max Gilbert KICK)
Week 8 · Alabama · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.14Miles Kitselman run for 2 yds to the ALA 45 for a
Week 4 · UAB · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.91Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 11 yds to the TENN 36 for a
Week 5 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.75Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 13 yds to the TENN 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · East Tennessee State · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +1.68Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 14 yds to the TENN 31 for a
Week 3 · Georgia · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 18 yds to the UGA 45 for a
Week 8 · Alabama · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +1.50Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 4 yds to the ALA 27 for a
Week 5 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.11Joey Aguilar pass complete to Miles Kitselman for 9 yds to the MSST 47

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

26 rec · 253 yds · 2 TD

25 of 26 receptions matched to play-by-play

4 of 35 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

359% of team targets

Catch rate

71%25 of 35 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

25% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -1.0 · YAC 5.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

75% of targets (3)

67%catch rate

Air 3.0 · YAC 9.5 avg

71% catch rate on 35 targets · 9% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%11 of his 36 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

2025Tennessee8-5HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 46 (#79 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

46Rotational starter #79 of 156 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (85th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#115 / 798 · 85th pct

5.6%

Catch rate#271 / 798 · 66th pct

72.2%

EPA / target#343 / 798 · 57th pct

0.47

Yards / catch#571 / 798 · 29th pct

9.7

Explosive rate#726 / 798 · 9th pct

2.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#71 / 175 · 58th pct

Rec yards#83 / 175 · 53rd pct

253

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

Rush yards#18 / 33 · 42nd pct

Yards / catch#116 / 175 · 33rd pct

9.7

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Long catch#148 / 175 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 9th percentile

Catch rate

19th → 66th percentile

TD rate

95th → 85th percentile

Yards / catch

71st → 29th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	29.3	11.9	0.2
Road3g	2.7	21.3	6.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	29.6	9.5	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	11.5	7.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Pass share

47.3%

437 pass / 486 run

Plays / game

71.0

13 games

Team sack rate

4.0%

449 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

46 · #79 of 156 TEs · 2025

Unranked recruit. Now #79 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-SEC

Based on 2025: #12 of 20 SEC TEs

How the All-SEC 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%).