Tight end, Rutgers, 2011–⁠14

Tyler Kroft

Lettered 2012–⁠14 (school media guide)

Number
No. 86
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Downingtown, PA
Born
Oct 15, 1992

Tyler Kroft played tight end at Rutgers (2011–⁠14). The Cincinnati Bengals took Kroft in round 3, No. 85 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
573
Receiving yards, 2013 (Rutgers, 6–⁠7)
Drafted
No. 85
Round 3, 2015 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

8catches, career highat UCF, 2013133receiving yards, career highvs. Arkansas, 2013

Team titles: Big East champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Rutgers35919.7142
2013Rutgers4357313.3442
2014Rutgers2426911.2027
Career7090112.9542

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Rutgers86TE
2012Rutgers86TE
2013Rutgers86TE
2014Rutgers86TE6′6″

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
2013Rutgers401.3498th (n=341)0.8153.75%
2014Rutgers340.6671st (n=496)0.5222.45%

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

2014 Rutgers 10 games, 24 catches, 269 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 6vs.HowardW 38–⁠251505
Sep 13vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠13445016
Oct 4vs.MichiganW 26–⁠24342026
Oct 18atOhio StateL 17–⁠56217012
Oct 25atNebraskaL 24–⁠42218014
Nov 1vs.WisconsinL 0–⁠371808
Nov 15vs.IndianaW 45–⁠23444017
Nov 22atMichigan StateL 3–⁠45340027
Nov 29atMarylandW 41–⁠38328017
Dec 26 ✦vs.North CarolinaW 40–⁠21122022
2013 Rutgers 13 games, 43 catches, 573 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 29atFresno StateL 51–⁠521707
Sep 7vs.Norfolk StateW 38–⁠0221013
Sep 14vs.Eastern MichiganW 28–⁠10225020
Sep 21vs.ArkansasW 28–⁠246133142
Oct 5atSMUW 55–⁠52338121
Oct 10atLouisvilleL 10–⁠24444126
Oct 26vs.HoustonL 14–⁠49131031
Nov 2vs.TempleW 23–⁠20441020
Nov 16vs.CincinnatiL 17–⁠52216011
Nov 21atUCFL 17–⁠41872012
Nov 30atUConnL 17–⁠28451116
Dec 7vs.South FloridaW 31–⁠6351024
Dec 28 ✦vs.Notre DameL 16–⁠29343019
2012 Rutgers 2 games, 3 catches, 59 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 22atArkansasW 35–⁠26142042
Oct 13vs.SyracuseW 23–⁠15217112

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′5½″
Weight246 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.69 s
10-yard split1.65 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.18 s
20-yard shuttle4.50 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

9 seasons, 74 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Cincinnati Bengals12111291
2016Cincinnati Bengals910920
2017Cincinnati Bengals16424047
2018Cincinnati Bengals54360
2019Buffalo Bills96711
2020Buffalo Bills7121193
2021New York Jets9161731
2022San Francisco 49ers64570
2023Miami Dolphins1000
NFL career741051,08113

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.

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