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Cole Kmet

Cole Kmet is a tight end for the Chicago Bears. Depth chart: TE2.

Scouting report

Cole Kmet: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Cole Kmet at a glance

Cole Kmet is a 27-year-old tight end for the Chicago Bears, listed at 6'6" and 257 pounds. The Chicago Bears drafted Kmet 43rd overall in the second round in 2020, out of Notre Dame; this is year seven in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Kmet at 78.1 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE34 at the position and works out to 5.1 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Kmet has scored 11.5 PPR points, or 5.8 per game. That is 14.7% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Kmet would finish with about 98 points, ahead of the 78.1 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 11.5 points in Week 1 against CAR, the TE11 finish that week. Kmet 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 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Kmet ranks in the 63rd percentile in average separation, the 45th percentile in yards per target and the 19th percentile in receiving TDs. The softest mark is the 4th percentile in target share.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Kmet has finished as TE43 in 2020, TE21 in 2021, TE8 in 2022, TE8 in 2023, TE19 in 2024 and TE36 in 2025. Two of those 6 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 181.1 PPR points in 2023. Across 99 regular-season games on record, the totals read 290 receptions, 2,974 receiving yards and 22 receiving touchdowns.

Cole Kmet by the numbers

Kmet has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 3 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 8 times and finished in the top twelve 24 times. The career high is 27.6 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2023 against DEN, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 1 100-yard receiving game. In all, Kmet has reached 20 points in 6 games, 6% of career appearances.

Contract

Kmet is playing on a four-year, $50 million contract signed with the Chicago Bears in 2023, an average of $12.5 million per year with $22.9 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
78.1
PPR / game
5.1

Cole Kmet fantasy outlook

Cole Kmet enters the 2026 season with CHI and ranks TE34 and #226 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 78.1 PPR points across 15.3 games, or 5.1 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Cole Kmet as TE2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Cole Kmet produced 78.7 PPR points in 16 games (4.9 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 42%, with a 5% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

Cole Kmet is projected for 5.0 PPR points at home against MIN in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 17.4.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 4.0 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
29.3
Dynasty
26.8
Superflex redraft
45.3
Superflex dynasty
38.5
TE premium dynasty
24.6

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CHI2423510011.5
2025CHI16483034720078.7
2024CHI165547474400120.4
2023CHI169073719632181.1
2022CHI176950544729147.3
2021CHI179360612010121.2
2020CHI15442824321-362.0

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