Player file
Cole Kmet
TE Tight End · official depth TE1 · Notre Dame · #85 · PRO
6' 6" · 257 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 27 · born 1999-03-10 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
CHI · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 7 NFL regular-season line(s) 2020–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#16 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 80 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
2 rec · 4 tgt · 35 rec yds · 1 rec TD2026 TE
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z2027Signed through
APY $12,500,000 · cap hit $7,775,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · CHI · TE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 rec · 4 tgt · 35 rec yds · 1 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$12,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$7,775,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2028 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · CHI · TE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 rec · 4 tgt · 35 rec yds · 1 rec TD
- 2025 · CHI · TE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 rec · 48 tgt · 347 rec yds · 2 rec TD
- 2024 · CHI · TE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved47 rec · 55 tgt · 474 rec yds · 4 rec TD
- 2023 · CHI · TE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 car · 2 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 73 rec · 90 tgt · 719 rec yds · 6 rec TD
- 2022 · CHI · TE · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 car · 9 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 50 rec · 69 tgt · 544 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2021 · CHI · TE · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 60 rec · 93 tgt · 612 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2020 · CHI · TE · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · -3 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 28 rec · 44 tgt · 243 rec yds · 2 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · CLE at CHIDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · CHI at CINStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · CHI at TENDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · CHI at CAR2/3, 35 yds, 1 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2019 · Notre Dame · receiving43 rec · 515 yds · 6 TDHC Brian KellyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Notre Dame · receiving15 rec · 162 yds · 0 TDHC Brian KellyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2017 · Notre Dame · receiving2 rec · 14 yds · 0 TDHC Brian KellyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2020 Combine · TE · Notre Dame · 6-6 · 262 lb40 4.7 · vert 37" · broad 123" · 3-cone 7.44 · shuttle 4.41drafted 2020 · round 2 · Chicago Bears
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 6 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
Not sourced yet · No Reception Perception row for this player on the Sicko tables.