Former tight end at Kansas. 2024: 12 catches, 148 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 255 lb · Lee's Summit, MO
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 1167 nationally · Signed with Lee's Summit West
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Kansas. 2024: 12 catches, 148 receiving yards.
Trevor Kardell
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Fourth year in the Kansas receiving corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 39 rec yds, 3 receptions against Houston — Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas, 368 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Lance Leipold.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Lance Leipold — 22-28 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 26.6 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 13.7 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 26.8 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-3vs Lindenwood | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-23vs UNLV | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-32@ West Virginia | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-14vs Houston | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 32 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 45-36vs Iowa State | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-21vs Colorado | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-45@ Baylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 12 | 148 | 11.0 | 0 | 32 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jackson Hawes’s 2024 season.
Matches Jackson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Nick Kallerup's senior season at Minnesota (2024).
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Player DNA