Cole Kmet

PRO CAREER: Enters his seventh season with the Bears in 2026...Originally selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft (43rd overall) by the Bears...Has played in 100 career games (92 starts), recording 2,939 career receiving yards and 21 touchdowns on 288 catches...All-time, amongst Bears tight ends, ranks first in first down receptions (since the stat began being tracked in 1994), second in receptions, second in receiving yards and second in touchdowns.

HONORS

2024: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 6)

2025 SEASON (BEARS): Played in 16 games (15 starts), recording 30 receptions for 347 yards (11.6 avg.) and two touchdowns...With a touchdown reception in Week 13, moved to second in Bears history in receiving touchdowns by a tight end...Recorded his 280th career reception in Week 14, moving up to 10th on the franchises all-time receptions list...In Week 18, appeared in his 100th career contest...Started both postseason games...Totaled six catches for 47 yards including a game tying 14-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Bears NFC Divisional Playoff Game.

2024 SEASON (BEARS): Started all 17 games and had 47 receptions for 474 yards (10.1 avg.), four touchdowns and 25 first down receptions...In Week 3 tied a career high with 10 receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown...In Week 6 he, along with WR Keenan Allen, each had a pair of touchdown catches becoming the first Bears teammates to record multiple touchdowns catches in the same game since 1970...It was his fifth game with multiple receiving touchdowns since 2022, tied for the fourth most such games in the NFL over that stretch...After an injury to LS Scott Daly, served as the teams long snapper in Week 6 helping the unit go 5-5 on extra points and earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week...With three catches in Week 11 he upped his career total to 243, passing Desmond Clark for the second most by a tight end in Bears history...In Week 12, had seven catches for 64 yards reaching 2,500 receiving yards (2,540) and 250 receptions for his career...With his touchdown in Week 16 he moved into third in Bears history for touchdown receptions by a tight end with 19.

2023 SEASON (BEARS): Started and played in all 17 games season...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 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 1970In Week 4, finished the game with seven catches for 85 yards and two touchdowns, marking third multi-touchdown game of career...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 on the season (fourth career multi-touchdown performance)...Finished game with six catches for 55 yards with two touchdowns...In Week 14 vs. the Lions, passed TE Greg Olsen up to sixth on the Bears all-time receiving list for tight ends...In the second quarter, with 41-yard reception, 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 third-straight season with 500 receiving yards...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...In Week 9 vs. Miami, finished the day with five receptions for 41 yards and a career-best two touchdown receptions...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 including a 50-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.

2021 SEASON (BEARS): Started in all 17 games of the 2021 season...His 612 receiving yards on the season were the second-highest on the team...Surpassed 500 receiving yards on the season in the Week 16 win at Seattle with four catches for 49 yards (12.3 avg.)...His seven receiving touchdowns tied for third most by a Bears tight end in a single season.

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...Caught a season-high seven passes for 41 yards in Week 17 vs. the Packers...Hauled in his first touchdown catch in Week 6 at Carolina...Caught his second touchdown of the season in Week 13 vs. the Lions...Caught three passes for 16 yards in the Wild Card playoff game at the Saints.

TRANSACTIONS

07/26/2020: Signed by the Bears/draft choice (four-year contract through 2023)
07/21/2023: Re-signed by Bears (four-year extension through 2027)

COLLEGE: A three-year letterwinner at Notre Dame (2017-19); totaled 60 receptions for 691 yards and six touchdowns...Named to the Mackey Award Watch List (2019), awarded to the nation's top tight end...Started 11 games in 2019 as a junior after missing the first two due to a broken collarbone suffered during fall camp...Notre Dame's second-leading receiver in 2019 with 43 catches for 515 yards and six touchdowns...Had nine receptions for 108 yards and a touchdown in his first game back from injury at Georgia, earning Mackey Award Tight End of the Week honors...Played in 11 games, making 15 catches for 162 yards in 2018 as a sophomore...Played tight end in all 13 games as a freshman throughout the 2017 season, finishing with two catches for 14 yards...Also played basebal for the Irish...In the spring of 2018, led the Irish with eight saves while adding 39 strikeouts.

PERSONAL: Played at Saint Viator High School near his hometown of Lake Barrington, Ill....Caught 48 passes for 773 yards and four TDs as a senior in 2016...Averaged 96.6 receiving yards/game and 16.1 yards/reception...Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio...Named 2016 Second-Team Chicago Tribune Preps Plus All-State...2016 First-Team Illinois High School Coaches Association Class 6A All-Illinois.