
Tight end, Iowa, 2013–16
George Kittle
- Number
- No. 46
- Height
- 6′4″
- Hometown
- Norman, OK
- Born
- Oct 9, 1993, in Madison, Wisconsin
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George Kittle played tight end at Iowa (2013–16). The San Francisco 49ers took Kittle in round 5, No. 146 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
110receiving yards, career highvs. North Dakota State, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Nebraska, 2016Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Iowa | 5 | 1.41 | – | – | 7.1 | – |
| 2014 | Iowa | 1 | 1.10 | – | – | 1.1 | – |
| 2015 | Iowa | 23 | 1.28 | – | – | 29.4 | 4% |
| 2016 | Iowa | 33 | 0.73 | 78th (n=489) | 0.52 | 24.2 | 6% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2016 Iowa 9 games, 22 catches, 314 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 42–3 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 10 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | L 21–23 | 5 | 110 | 0 | 51 |
| Sep 24 | at | W 14–7 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 36 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | L 31–38 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Oct 8 | at | W 14–7 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 15 |
| Oct 15 | at | W 49–35 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 |
| Nov 5 | at | L 14–41 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 40–10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 3–30 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
2015 Iowa 10 games, 20 catches, 290 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 27–24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 62–16 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 43 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 10–6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 29–20 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 31–15 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Nov 7 | at | W 35–27 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 40–35 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 24 |
| Nov 21 | vs. | W 40–20 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| Nov 27 | at | W 28–20 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 25 |
| Dec 5 | vs. | L 13–16 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 20 |
2014 Iowa 2 games, 1 catch, 25 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs. | L 17–20 | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 18 | at | L 31–38 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
2013 Iowa 3 games, 5 catches, 108 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 28–14 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 47 |
| Oct 19 | at | L 24–34 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Nov 9 | at | W 38–14 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 19 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¾″ | |
| Weight | 247 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| Wingspan | 78¾″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.52 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 11′0″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.00 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.59 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 129 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
Pro Bowls: 7 (2018–19, 2021–25) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2019, 2023) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2018, 2022, 2024)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2019, 2023; AP second team 2018, 2022, 2024; Pro Football Writers first team 2019, 2023; Sporting News first team 2023.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 43 | 515 | 2 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 88 | 1,377 | 5 |
| 2019 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 85 | 1,053 | 5 |
| 2020 | San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 48 | 634 | 2 |
| 2021 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 71 | 910 | 6 |
| 2022 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 60 | 765 | 11 |
| 2023 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 65 | 1,020 | 6 |
| 2024 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 78 | 1,106 | 8 |
| 2025 | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 57 | 628 | 7 |
| 2026 (so far) | San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 21 | 268 | 4 |
| NFL career | 129 | 616 | 8,276 | 56 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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