TE · San Francisco 49ers · #85

George Kittle

TE1

College: Iowa
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 250 lb
Experience: 10th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.35▼ 0.32 vs '25

6th of 21 TEs

Catch rate

73.9%▼ 8.7 vs '25

9th of 21 TEs

Yards / target

9.2▲ 0.1 vs '25

3rd of 21 TEs

Target share

22.4%▲ 0.9 vs '25

4th of 21 TEs

Receiving

425 yds+0.35 EPA/TGT

34 rec · 46 tgt · 5 td

Ranks compare against the 21 qualifying tight ends on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+16.1

Rushing0.0

Net+16.1

Best game · Wk 3 vs ARI

6/7

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+10.2

Rec EPA

+1.46

EPA/target

13.7

Yds/rec

2026 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 @ LAW	5	2	12	6.0	0	40.0	7.6	−5.6	−1.12	0	0	0
Wk 2 vs MIAW	4	4	80	20.0	1	100.0	12.5	+5.8	+1.44	0	0	0
Wk 3 vs ARIW	7	6	82	13.7	2	85.7	7.7	+10.2	+1.46	0	0	0
Wk 4 vs DENW	6	4	70	17.5	1	66.7	7.0	+4.6	+0.76	0	0	0
Wk 5 @ SEAW	6	5	24	4.8	0	83.3	4.8	−2.4	−0.40	0	0	0
Wk 6 vs WASW	8	5	69	13.8	1	62.5	9.4	+0.8	+0.10	0	0	0
Wk 7 @ ATLL	10	8	88	11.0	0	80.0	6.4	+2.7	+0.27	0	0	0
Season	46	34	425	12.5	5	73.9	7.7	+16.1	+0.35	0	0	0

How he compares

2026 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2025 with 49ers

$76.4Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $19.1M
Guaranteed: $35M 46%
2026 cap hit: $14.1M 4.2% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2028

2025

2026 · now

2027

2028

Year 2 of 4 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2026	7	+16.1	46	34	425	5	73.9	12.5	9.2	22.4	+0.35	0	0	0
2025	11	+45.3	69	57	628	7	82.6	11.0	9.1	21.5	+0.67	1	−3	0
2024	15	+67.9	94	78	1,106	8	83.0	14.2	11.8	20.7	+0.72	0	0	0
2023	16	+60.2	90	65	1,020	6	72.2	15.7	11.3	19.6	+0.66	1	2	0
2022	15	+39.6	86	60	765	11	69.8	12.8	8.9	19.7	+0.46	0	0	0
2021	14	+26.3	94	71	910	6	75.5	12.8	9.7	22.4	+0.26	3	20	0
2020	8	+37.5	63	48	634	2	76.2	13.2	10.1	24.2	+0.59	2	17	0
2019	14	+56.0	107	85	1,053	5	79.4	12.4	9.8	28.1	+0.54	5	22	0
2018	16	+65.9	136	88	1,377	5	64.7	15.6	10.1	26.8	+0.48	1	10	0
2017	15	+14.0	63	43	515	2	68.3	12.0	8.2	10.8	+0.22	0	0	0
Career	131	+428.8	848	629	8,433	57	74.2	13.4	9.9	21.4	+0.51	13	68	0