• Career Stats
    Receiving
    YearGPRrec/ydsaveTDsFSV
    202215 2 60/765 12.8 11 203
    202114 3 71/910 12.8 6 200
    20208 19 48/634 13.2 2 125
    201914 3 85/1053 12.4 5 223
    201816 2 88/1377 15.6 5 257
    201715 20 43/515 12.0 2 107
  • (Month:Week)
2022 Stats | SFOWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % - - 91% 94% 88% 98% 89% 100% - 100% 74% 97% 96% 79% 84% 90% 93% 71% 90%
recYds - - 28 24 47 83 98 39 - 21 84 26 22 28 93 120 23 29 765
Tar/Rec - - 5/4 4/2 6/5 10/8 9/6 5/3 - 2/1 6/4 4/3 3/2 5/4 5/4 8/6 8/4 6/4 86/60
TM Tar% - - 17% 17% 21% 26% 20% 19% - 7% 23% 11% 8% 23% 19% 38% 24% 24% 19%
recTDs - - 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 11
FScore 0 0 2 2 4 8 15 9 0 2 20 2 2 2 21 24 8 14 142
FS/PPR 0 0 6 4 9 16 21 12 0 3 24 5 4 6 25 30 12 18 202
Opp @ chi sea @ den lar @ car @ atl kc @ lar bye lac @ ari no mia tb @ sea was @ lvr ari  
 
2021 Stats | SFOWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % 95% 100% 100% 92% - - - - 73% 76% 83% 93% 93% 96% 96% 100% 95% 94% 92%
rshYds 0 0 9 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 20
rushes 0 0 1 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
recYds 78 17 92 40 - - - - 101 50 34 13 181 151 93 21 29 10 910
Tar/Rec 5/4 4/4 9/7 10/4 - - - - 8/6 7/5 4/4 2/1 12/9 15/13 6/6 3/2 2/1 7/5 94/71
TM Tar% 22% 14% 24% 30% - - - - 21% 37% 21% 8% 40% 41% 26% 9% 9% 9% 22%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 - - - - 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
FScore 7 1 10 4 0 0 0 0 16 11 9 1 30 21 9 2 3 1 129
FS/PPR 11 5 17 8 0 0 0 0 22 16 13 2 39 34 15 4 4 6 200
Opp @ det @ phi gb sea @ ari bye ind @ chi ari lar @ jac min @ sea @ cin atl @ ten hou @ lar  
 
2020 Stats | SFOWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 98% - - 99% 100% 97% 91% 66% - - - - - - - 50% - 87%
rshYds 9 - - 8 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 17
rushes 1 - - 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 2
rshTDs 0 - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
recYds 44 - - 183 44 109 55 39 - - - - - - - 92 68 634
Tar/Rec 5/4 - - 15/15 8/4 10/7 7/5 4/2 - - - - - - - 5/4 9/7 63/48
TM Tar% 16% - - 38% 23% 31% 29% 10% - - - - - - - 28% - 25%
recTDs 0 - - 1 0 1 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 2
FScore 5 0 0 25 4 16 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 77
FS/PPR 9 0 0 40 8 23 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 125
Opp ari @ nyj @ nyg phi mia lar @ ne @ sea gb @ no bye @ lar buf was @ dal @ ari sea  
 

George Kittle 2023 Outlook
Quarterback Brock Purdy took the league by storm when he filled in for an injured Jimmy Garoppolo, and the former seventh-round pick wasted no time building rapport with Kittle. Kittle was on the receiving end of seven of Purdy’s 13 touchdown passes during the regular season, with all of those scoring strikes coming over a six-game span. With Purdy slated to be the starter over Trey Lance, Kittle could be in for the best year of his career should he get to play with Purdy for an entire 17-game season. Of course, that would require Kittle to stay healthy, which hasn’t always been the easiest of tasks for the 29-year-old, but the rewards outweigh the risks here. The 49ers are bound to have a potent offense with Christian McCaffery and Deebo Samuel helping take some of the attention off Kittle, who is certainly worthy of being one of the first tight ends taken off the board. San Francisco also has the seventh-easiest strength of schedule, according to PFF, making Kittle an even more intriguing option.

George Kittle 2022 Outlook
The 49ers continued their trend of passing on drafting a receiving threat at tight end to go with Kittle. This season, Kittle was on injured reserve for nearly a month due to a calf injury. He finished the season with 71 receptions for 910 yards and a career-high six touchdowns. According to Pro Football Network's Jason Katz, Kittle is probably the best overall tight end in the NFL. Katz went on to note that's great for the 49ers, but from a fantasy perspective, we don't want our tight ends to be elite blockers. We want them running routes. Kittle has been a top-5 tight end since he broke out in 2018 but has always felt a bit ceiling capped. Kittle's breakout season came in 2018. His 1,377 receiving yards led all tight ends. He posted career-highs in targets (135), receptions (88), and yards per reception (15.6) as well. Following this breakout, however, Kittle's production stagnated. As Katz added: "By no means should anyone scoff at a guy who has averaged 14-16 points per game" for four consecutive seasons and finished no lower than fourth in any of them. So among the higher-end producers at this position, consistency is king. Kittle might not be a league winner, but he still offers that weekly leverage over the field we need. That's what keeps him locked well inside the top 5 at this position.

George Kittle 2021 Outlook
Kittle doesn't just come in second in our fantasy rankings, he's also next man up in Ben Linsey's analytics-based rankings as well. The only thing keeping Kittle from the top spot in Linsey’s rankings was an injury-limited 2020 season. "Kittle still imposed his will as both a receiver and blocker when on the field in 2020. The issue was that he was only on the field for eight games, missing significant time with a broken bone in his foot. Since 2018, Kittle is the highest-graded tight end in the NFL (93.4) on the back of the highest receiving grade at the position (93.7) and third-highest run-blocking grade (78.0). Unlike Kelce, the majority of his damage comes inline, where Kyle Shanahan does as good of a job as any coach in the NFL at creating mismatches in coverage. Kittle's 1,811 receiving yards when lined up inline since 2018 are over 500 more than any other tight end." Beyond that, in the eight games he was active, Kittle averaged 7.9 targets, 79.3 yards and 15.6 fantasy points. Projected over a full season, Kittle would have finished with 96 catches, 1,284 yards and 250 fantasy points. A healthy Kittle, especially one with better QB play, will push Kelce.