SF · TE
George Kittle
George Kittle is a tight end for the San Francisco 49ers. Depth chart: TE1.
Scouting report
George Kittle: the full picture
George Kittle at a glance
George Kittle is a 32-year-old tight end for the San Francisco 49ers, listed at 6'4" and 250 pounds. The San Francisco 49ers drafted Kittle 146th overall in the fifth round in 2017, out of Iowa; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Kittle at 180.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE6 at the position and works out to 12.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Kittle has scored 21.2 PPR points, or 10.6 per game. That is 11.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Kittle would finish with about 180 points, in line with the 180.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 18.0 points in Week 2 against MIA, the TE7 finish that week. Kittle has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Kittle ranks in the 80th percentile in yards per target, the 74th percentile in receiving yards and the 64th percentile in receiving TDs. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 48th percentile in receptions.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Kittle has finished as TE20 in 2020, TE4 in 2021, TE3 in 2022, TE5 in 2023, TE3 in 2024 and TE13 in 2025. That is six top-five positional finishes in 9 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 258.7 PPR points in 2018. Across 126 regular-season games on record, the totals read 601 receptions, 8,100 receiving yards and 53 receiving touchdowns.
George Kittle by the numbers
Kittle has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 14 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 48 times and finished in the top twelve 76 times. The career high is 40.1 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2020 against PHI, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 5 games of 30 or more PPR points, 22 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Kittle has reached 20 points in 32 games, 25% of career appearances.
Contract
Kittle is playing on a four-year, $76.4 million contract signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2025, an average of $19.1 million per year with $35 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Kittle carries a GV stock price of 5,735, which ranks 113th overall and TE16 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Kittle 72nd overall. Value has moved up 0.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Mark Andrews, Hunter Henry and Juwan Johnson. See where Kittle sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Kittle is from September 8, 2026. Read the latest George Kittle news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 180.9
- PPR / game
- 12.5
George Kittle fantasy outlook
George Kittle enters the 2026 season with SF and ranks TE6 and #82 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 180.9 PPR points across 14.5 games, or 12.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists George Kittle as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, George Kittle produced 161.5 PPR points in 11 games (14.7 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 57%, with a 91% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 2 projection
George Kittle is projected for 10.8 PPR points at home against MIA in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 25.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 66.0
- Dynasty
- 55.6
- Superflex redraft
- 71.1
- Superflex dynasty
- 66.1
- TE premium dynasty
- 56.3
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SF | 2 | 9 | 6 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 |
| 2025 | SF | 11 | 69 | 57 | 628 | 7 | 1 | -3 | 161.5 |
| 2024 | SF | 15 | 94 | 78 | 1,106 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 236.6 |
| 2023 | SF | 16 | 90 | 65 | 1,020 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 203.2 |
| 2022 | SF | 15 | 86 | 60 | 765 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 200.5 |
| 2021 | SF | 14 | 94 | 71 | 910 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 198.0 |
| 2020 | SF | 8 | 63 | 48 | 634 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 125.1 |
| 2019 | SF | 14 | 107 | 85 | 1,053 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 222.5 |
| 2018 | SF | 16 | 136 | 88 | 1,377 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 258.7 |
| 2017 | SF | 15 | 63 | 43 | 515 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106.5 |
Tight ends ranked near George Kittle
- Tyler Warren TE3 · 192.7 PPR
- Tucker Kraft TE4 · 191.7 PPR
- Kyle Pitts TE5 · 189.8 PPR
- Colston Loveland TE7 · 173.4 PPR
- Pat Freiermuth TE8 · 170.4 PPR
- Sam LaPorta TE9 · 154.9 PPR
San Francisco 49ers fantasy players
- Christian McCaffrey RB · 332.3 PPR
- Brock Purdy QB · 270.5 PPR
- Mike Evans WR · 158.2 PPR
- Deebo Samuel Sr. WR · 153.4 PPR
- Kaelon Black RB · 116.5 PPR
- Demarcus Robinson WR · 77.4 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.