Former tight end at Old Dominion. 2022: 12 catches, 144 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′8″ · 251 lb · Camp Hill, PA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 150 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Old Dominion. 2022: 12 catches, 144 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Zack Kuntz
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. He has been named All-Sun Belt two seasons running, most recently in 2022. One game to point at: 83 rec yds, 6 receptions against Virginia — Week 3, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Old Dominion, 895 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #220 overall by New York.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Wilder → Ricky Rahne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
New YorkEntering 4th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (5th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 20.3 | 8.1 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 41.5 | 13.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 28.8 | 9.5 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Old Dominion | 12 | 144 | 12.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 73 | 692 | 9.5 | 5 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 89 | 895 | 10.1 | 7 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-17vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-39@ East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-16@ Virginia | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 1 | 22 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 29-26vs Arkansas State | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38vs Liberty | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 12 | 144 | 9.5 | 2 | 34 |
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 2022 production profile sits closest to Messiah Swinson’s 2022 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hudson Habermehl’s path through UCLA.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Eli Raridon's senior season at Notre Dame (2024).
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Player DNA