TE · #85 · Chicago Bears · week 9 vs Seattle Seahawks · Mon Nov 2 · 8:15 PM ET
Cole Kmet
TYPE Blocking TE
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2020 · R2 P43
EXP 6 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH TE5
As of week 9, Cole Kmet was a TE for CHI, age 27.5, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 8 he had played 7 games on 61% of snaps; his line was 12.4 receiving yards a game, 2 targets a game and a 6.2% target share (Blocking TE by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 103 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 16 episodes (groin 3, knee 3, back 2), 1 of them reaching OUT, 6 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 16.
The full read
In short
In short
Cole Kmet is a starter at tight end for CHI — 74% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has a not stated injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 8 and he did not play.
Our call
Injury report
The weekly roster read
The weekly roster read listed him on a reserve list. That is a list, not an announcement by his team, and it is not a reading of ours. His team has listed no game designation for him this week. Source: the weekly roster read of reserve lists (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
No dated practice report for him in week 9
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
The evidence behind his current call
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game12 range 0.0–35
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Targets / game2.0 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Target share6.2% range 3–12
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snap share61.4% range 42–74
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
57%wk 1
69%wk 2
60%wk 3
73%wk 4
42%wk 5
74%wk 6
55%wk 7
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 16
ankle
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 10
concussion
1
—
2025 · wk 8
back
3
Out
2025 · wk 4
groin
1
—
2024 · wk 5
knee
1
—
2023 · wk 17
knee
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 16
quad
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 10
knee
1
—
2023 · wk 6
hamstring
1
—
2022 · wk 11
thigh
1
—
2021 · wk 15
illness
1
—
2021 · wk 13
groin
1
—
2020 · wk 17
shoulder
2
Questionable
2020 · wk 9
groin
2
Questionable
2020 · wk 8
back
1
—
2020 · wk 3
shoulder
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 16 episodes · 21 weeks on a report · same site more than once: groin ×3
2020
shoulder · 2wgroin · 2wback · 1wshoulder · 1w
2021
illness · 1wgroin · 1w
2022
thigh · 1w
2023
knee · 2wquad · 1wknee · 1whamstring · 1w
2024
knee · 1w
2025
ankle · 1wconcussion · 1wback · 3wgroin · 1w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
Role
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
age 27.5 · 6 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.