• Career Stats
    Receiving
    YearGPRrec/ydsaveTDsFSV
    201816 2 88/1377 15.6 5 257
    201715 20 43/515 12.0 2 107
  • (Month:Week)
2018 Stats | SFOWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 77% 78% 79% 83% 89% 93% 90% 91% 60% 97% - 94% 88% 92% 95% 98% 98% 88%
rshYds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
rushes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
recYds 90 22 79 125 83 30 98 57 108 83 - 48 70 210 51 74 149 1377
Tar/Rec 9/5 4/2 7/5 8/6 7/5 6/4 8/5 8/5 4/4 10/9 - 13/6 9/6 9/7 8/3 12/7 14/9 136/88
TM Tar% 28% 16% 23% 22% 14% 26% 32% 31% 18% 28% - 43% 24% 30% 28% 33% 42% 27%
recTDs 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
FScore 9 2 7 18 8 3 15 5 16 8 0 5 7 27 5 7 20 168
FS/PPR 14 4 12 24 13 7 20 10 20 17 0 11 13 34 8 14 29 256
Opp @ min det @ kc @ lac ari @ gb lar @ ari oak nyg bye @ tb @ sea den sea chi @ lar  
 
2017 Stats | SFOWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 95% 88% 48% 89% 56% 92% 47% 62% 45% - - 35% 36% 27% 40% 51% - 57%
recYds 27 13 8 35 83 46 16 22 27 - - 14 20 10 52 42 100 515
Tar/Rec 6/5 2/2 3/1 3/2 9/7 8/4 2/1 4/2 5/3 - - 2/1 3/2 2/2 5/4 3/3 6/4 63/43
TM Tar% 17% 8% 8% 6% 20% 17% 5% 11% 10% - - 5% 8% 6% 12% 10% - 11%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
FScore 2 1 0 3 14 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 5 10 10 63
FS/PPR 7 3 1 5 21 8 2 4 5 0 0 2 4 3 9 13 14 106
Opp car @ sea lar @ ari @ ind @ was dal @ phi ari nyg bye sea @ chi @ hou ten jac @ lar  
 

George Kittle 2019 Outlook
How do you improve on the most receiving yards by a tight end in NFL history? Turns out Kittle already knows how. Heading into his third season as a pro, Kittle said Kyle Shanahan offered a suggestion. And don’t forget that during his nine seasons as a coordinator, Shanahan coached three tight ends -- Houston's Owen Daniels, Washington's Chris Cooley and Cleveland's Jordan Cameron -- who went to at least one Pro Bowl. "Coach Shanahan said that out of all the tight ends he's ever had, I do a lot of things really, really well," Kittle told the San Francisco Chronicle. "But I'm still third [among that group] in route running. So, that's one of the challenges he gave to me. And that's certainly one thing I'll focus on this offseason." Kittle already demonstrated in his second season he has a chance to be special. In fact, as Pro Football Focus pointed out, no player in the PFF era has ever racked up more yards after the catch in a single season than Kittle did in 2018. Not just tight ends -- every position. His 873 yards after the catch were also 200 more than we've ever seen from another tight end before. Those numbers are even more impressive when you consider that his targets came from backup quarterbacks all season. Draft accordingly.

George Kittle 2018 Outlook
As Bleacher Report recently noted, considering he was a fifth-round pick, Kittle had an impressive rookie season. Coming out of Iowa, Kittle was an athletic marvel who played with an edge in the running and passing games. His athleticism translated to the NFL, as he made plays weekly in the passing game. He was further along as a receiver than many expected, and he quickly became the 49ers' best tight end in the passing game. But sustained production was an issue. In fact, as ESPN's Mike Clay pointed out, Kittle was on the field for 77 percent of the team's snaps, ran a route on 73 percent of the team's pass plays and handled a 13 percent target share during Weeks 1-6 last season. Those marks fell to 44 percent, 46 percent and 10 percent during his final nine games. Clay added: "While Kittle was fantasy's No. 10 tight end during Jimmy Garoppolo's five starts to wind down the season, the drastic dip in usage should certainly be viewed as a red flag." The presence of veteran Garrett Celek could be a limiting factor again this season, but the fact that Kittle finally clicked with Garoppolo for 100 yards in the season finale was promising.