Cole Kmet

PRO CAREER:

• Enters his fifth season with the Bears in 2024
• Originally selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft (43rd overall) by the Bears
• Has played in 67 career games (60 starts), recording 2,118 career receiving yards and 15 touchdowns on 211 catches
• All-time, amongst Bears tight ends, ranks tied for third in receptions, fifth in receiving yards, fourth in first downs (103) and fourth in touchdowns

2023 SEASON (BEARS):

• Started and played in all 17 games
• On the season, had 73 catches for 719 yards and six touchdowns
• Finished with five catches for 44 yards in Week 1 against the Packers
• Caught four catches for 38 yards against the Buccaneers in Week 2
• Eclipsed 1,500 scrimmage and receiving yards for his career in Week 3 against the Chiefs, becoming just the sixth Bears tight end to reach 1,500 receiving yards since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970
• Finished the game with two catches for 22 yards
• Reached 10 touchdowns in his career in Week 4 against the Broncos
• Finished the game with seven catches for 85 yards and two touchdowns, marking his third multi-touchdown game
• Recorded five catches for 42 yards and a touchdown in Week 5
• Had four touchdowns in Weeks 4 and 5
• Recorded two catches for nine yards in Week 6
• Posted a season-high ten catches for 79 yards in Week 8 against the Chargers
• Scored on opening drive of Week 9
• Was only the second touchdown the Saints defense allowed on their opponent's opening drive
• Caught second touchdown of the game in the second quarter
• Marked second game with multiple touchdowns this season (fourth career multi-touchdown performance)
• Finished game with six catches for 55 yards with two touchdowns
• Passed 400 receiving yards on the season in Week 10
• Finished game with five catches for 45 yards
• In Week 14 vs. the Lions, passed Greg Olsen on the Bears all-time receiving list for tight ends
• In the second quarter, with his 41-yard reception, Kmet reached 500 yards on the season
• Was also longest reception this season and second-longest of his career (50-Week 10, 2022 vs. Detroit)
• Marked Kmet's third-straight season with 500 receiving yards
• Also passed Olsen for most games played by a Bears tight end
• Hauled in five receptions for 23 yards and a 5-yard TD pass in Week 17 at Cleveland
• On the opening drive in Week 18 at Green Bay, Kmet passed Martellus Bennett for third on the Bears all-time receptions list for tight ends
• Also passed Bennett for fourth on the Bears all-time receiving yards list among tight ends

2022 SEASON (Bears):

• Started in all 17 games of the 2022 season and led the Bears in receiving yards with 544
• Logged his first receptions of the season in Week 3 vs. Houston, finishing with three catches for 40 yards
• Had three catches for 16 yards at New York in Week 4
• Caught four passes for 45 yards against the Vikings in Week 5
• Finished with one reception for 15 yards against Washington in Week 6
• Started at tight end against the Patriots in Week 7, catching two passes for 32 yards
• Against the Cowboys in Week 8, caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Fields with 13:45 left in the fourth quarter to give the Bears their fourth touchdown of the afternoon
• Was his first touchdown of the season, and the third of his career
• His last touchdown came on Dec. 6, 2020 vs. Detroit
• In Week 9 vs. Miami, finished the day with five receptions for 41 yards and a career-best two touchdown receptions
• Found the end zone on the opening play of the second quarter, scoring on an 18-yard pass from Justin Fields
• Was his career touchdown and his second on the season after scoring at Dallas in Week 8
• Prior to him, the last time a Bears player caught touchdown passes in consecutive games was Jimmy Graham in Weeks 12 and 13 of the 2021 season
• Connected again for a score, this time on a four-yard touchdown pass with 11:42 left in the fourth quarter to cap off a 10-play, 65-yard drive
• He was the first Bears player with multiple receiving touchdowns in a single game since tight end Jimmy Graham on Dec. 27, 2020 at Jacksonville
• Followed up in Week 10 vs. Detroit with his second straight game with multiple touchdown receptions, hauling in four catches for 74 yards and a pair of TDs
• First scored on a six-yard pass to finish a 10 play, 76-yard drive with 7:40 remaining in the third quarter
• On the Bears' next possession, Fields and Kmet connected for a 50-yard touchdown pass with 2:53 remaining in the third quarter to extend the Chicago lead to 23-10
• His second touchdown reception of the game also marks his fifth in his last three games as well as his second game with multiple touchdown receptions this season
• The last Bears tight end to log touchdowns in three consecutive games was Trey Burton in 2018, scoring in Weeks 4-7 (Week 5 was a Bye Week)
• At the conclusion of Sunday's noon-slated games, Kmet currently leads all NFC tight ends in receiving touchdowns (5) and is tied for the third-most in the NFL amongst tight ends
• Kmet finished with a team-high in receiving yards (74) and matched a team-best four catches
• Those 74 yards are his season-best as well as the second-most he's recorded in a game in his career
• Kmet is the second player this season with multiple receiving TDs in back-to-back games, joining Ja'Marr Chase (Weeks 6-7), and the first Bears player with 2 receiving TDs in back-to-back games since Johnny Morris in 1964
• Hauled in three passes for 35 yards against the Falcons in Week 11
• Caught three passes for 27 yards against the Jets in Week 12
• Had 72 yards receiving on a team-best six catches
• His six catches are tied for the second-most in a game in his career, and his 72 yards is the third-most he's recorded in a single game
• Caught four passes for 25 yards against the Eagles in Week 15
• Caught two passes for 27 yards at Detroit in Week 17, one of which went for a touchdown, which was his sixth TD reception of the season and the eighth of his career
• Had four receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown in Week 18 vs. Minnesota

2021 SEASON (Bears):

• Started in all 17 games of the 2021 season
• Surpassed 500 receiving yards on the season in Week 16 at Seattle, Trey Burton was Chicago's most recent tight end to surpass the 500-yard mark, doing so in 2018 with 569 receiving yards on 54 receptions
• His 612 receiving yards on the season were the second-highest on the team
• Recorded five receptions for 42 yards vs. the Rams
• Logged two receptions for 22 yards in the Week 5 win at the Raiders
• Recorded 49 all-purpose yards in Week 6 vs. the Packers
• Caught five passes for 43 yards, including in a 22-yard reception, his second-longest to date, in Week 7 at Tampa Bay
• Logged a career-high 87 yards on six receptions (14.5 avg.) Week 9 at the Steelers
• Caught eight passes for 65 yards during the Week 12 win at the Lions, his second-highest receiving total of his career, trailing only an 87-yard performance at Pittsburgh (Nov. 8)
• Hauled in three receptions for 17 yards Week 14 at the Packers
• Caught six passes for a team-high 71 receiving yards in Week 15 vs. the Vikings
• Surpassed 500 receiving yards on the season in the Week 16 win at Seattle with four catches for 49 yards (12.3 avg.)
• Hauled in four receptions for 48 yards (12.0 avg.) in the Bears final game at Minnesota in Week 18

2020 SEASON (Bears):

• Started nine of 16 games in his rookie season; had 28 catches for 243 yards and two TDs on the season
• Caught 20 passes over the final five games of the regular season after catching only eight passes over the first 11 games
• Caught a season-high seven passes for 41 yards in Week 17 vs. the Packers
• Made his first career catch in the Week 2 win vs. the Giants, a 12-yarder from Mitchell Trubisky
• Hauled in his first touchdown catch in Week 6 at Carolina, a 9-yard pass from Nick Foles on Chicago's opening drive
• Had two catches for 45 yards, including a season-long 38-yarder, in Week 7 at the Rams
• Caught his second touchdown of the season in Week 13 vs. the Lions, an 11-yarder from Mitchell Trubisky; caught a career-high five passes for 37 yards in that game
• Caught four passes for 41 yards (10.3 avg) in the Week 14 win over the Texans
• Caught three passes for 16 yards in the Wild Card playoff game at the Saints