Tight end, Colorado State, 2010–⁠15

Kivon Cartwright

Number
No. 86
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Pueblo, CO

Kivon Cartwright played tight end at Colorado State (2010–⁠15).

Career highs

91receiving yards, career highvs. San José State, 20132receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. San José State, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Colorado State36321.0045
2012Colorado State2631011.9331
2013Colorado State2746217.1651
2014Colorado State12222.0022
2015Colorado State1827915.5235
Career751,13615.11151

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Colorado State86TE
2011Colorado State86TE
2012Colorado State86TE
2013Colorado State86TE
2014Colorado State86TE
2015Colorado State86TE6′4″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Colorado State320.5421st (n=341)0.8117.44%
2014Colorado State11.13––1.1–
2015Colorado State240.86––20.64%

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

2015 Colorado State 9 games, 18 catches, 279 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.Savannah StateW 65–⁠13356124–
Sep 19vs.ColoradoL 24–⁠27112012–
Sep 26atUTSAW 33–⁠31352025–
Oct 3atUtah StateL 18–⁠33115015–
Oct 10vs.Boise StateL 10–⁠41243035–
Oct 17vs.Air ForceW 38–⁠231707–
Nov 7atWyomingW 26–⁠7456022–
Nov 14vs.UNLVW 49–⁠35122022–
Nov 21atNew MexicoW 28–⁠2121618–
2014 Colorado State 1 game, 1 catch, 22 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.ColoradoW 31–⁠17122022–
2013 Colorado State 13 games, 27 catches, 462 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.ColoradoL 27–⁠41222014–
Sep 7atTulsaL 27–⁠303204–
Sep 14vs.Cal PolyW 34–⁠17353124–
Sep 21atAlabamaL 6–⁠311606–
Sep 28vs.UTEPW 59–⁠42256234–
Oct 12vs.San José StateL 27–⁠34391250–
Oct 19atWyomingW 52–⁠22230124–
Nov 2vs.Boise StateL 30–⁠423520286
Nov 9vs.NevadaW 38–⁠17227017–
Nov 16atNew MexicoW 66–⁠42127027–
Nov 23atUtah StateL 0–⁠133450294
Nov 30vs.Air ForceW 58–⁠13––––4
Dec 21 ✦vs.Washington StateW 48–⁠452510514
2012 Colorado State 9 games, 26 catches, 310 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.ColoradoW 22–⁠17330014–
Sep 8vs.North Dakota StateL 7–⁠22431014–
Sep 15atSan José StateL 20–⁠40457128–
Sep 22vs.Utah StateL 19–⁠3119098
Sep 29atAir ForceL 21–⁠423400160
Oct 13atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠38442126–
Oct 27vs.Hawai’iW 42–⁠27224016–
Nov 3atWyomingL 31–⁠45367131–
Nov 10vs.UNLVW 33–⁠1121006–
2011 Colorado State 2 games, 3 catches, 63 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 29atUNLVL 35–⁠38250045–
Nov 26vs.Air ForceL 21–⁠45113013–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 29–⁠9).

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