• Career Stats
    Receiving
    YearGPRrec/ydsaveTDsFSV
    202317 13 53/667 12.6 3 131
    202210 33 28/356 12.7 2 76
    202117 8 68/1026 15.1 1 177
  • (Month:Week)
2023 Stats | ATLWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % 62% 70% 78% 64% 53% 55% - - - - - - - - - - - - 63%
rshYds 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
rushes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
rshTDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
recYds 44 15 41 21 87 43 47 35 56 30 - 22 51 57 37 49 5 27 667
Tar/Rec 3/2 5/2 9/5 4/2 11/7 6/4 5/3 5/3 5/4 5/3 - 2/2 8/4 6/3 4/3 4/3 5/1 3/2 90/53
TM Tar% 19% 17% 24% 15% 29% 15% - - - - - - - - - - - - 20%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
FScore 4 1 3 2 8 10 4 3 5 3 0 2 5 11 3 10 0 2 84
FS/PPR 6 3 8 4 15 14 7 6 9 6 0 4 9 14 6 13 1 4 137
Opp car gb @ det @ jac hou was @ tb @ ten min @ ari bye no @ nyj tb @ car ind @ chi @ no  
 
2022 Stats | ATLWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % - 93% 67% 62% - 57% 79% 75% 69% 89% 44% - - - - - - - 71%
recYds 19 19 87 25 - 19 9 80 27 28 43 - - - - - - - 356
Tar/Rec 7/2 3/2 8/5 4/1 - 3/3 5/3 9/5 7/2 8/2 5/3 - - - - - - - 59/28
TM Tar% - 13% 42% 27% - 23% 45% 35% 33% 28% 28% - - - - - - - 30%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 2
FScore 1 1 8 2 0 7 0 14 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
FS/PPR 3 3 13 3 0 10 3 19 4 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
Opp no @ lar @ sea cle @ tb sf @ cin car lac @ car chi @ was pit bye @ no @ bal ari tb  
 
2021 Stats | ATLWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % 68% 79% 84% 72% 69% - 67% 83% 75% 61% 81% 78% 94% 54% 82% 78% 51% 74% 74%
recYds 31 73 35 50 119 - 163 13 62 60 29 26 48 61 77 102 69 8 1026
Tar/Rec 8/4 6/5 3/2 9/4 10/9 - 8/7 6/2 7/3 7/4 5/3 6/2 7/4 6/5 7/4 6/6 4/2 5/2 110/68
TM Tar% 26% 13% 9% 23% 22% - 21% 22% 23% 30% 16% 21% 18% 22% 27% 27% 21% 21% 21%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FScore 3 7 3 5 17 0 16 1 6 6 2 2 4 6 7 10 6 0 108
FS/PPR 7 12 5 9 26 0 23 3 9 10 5 4 8 11 11 16 8 2 176
Opp phi @ tb @ nyg was nyj bye @ mia car @ no @ dal ne @ jac tb @ car @ sf det @ buf no  
 

Kyle Pitts 2023 Outlook
Perhaps no tight end in the NFL is trying to prove himself more than Pitts. After the Falcons selected him fourth overall in the 2021 draft, Pitts put together a promising freshman campaign (68 receptions, 1,026 yards, one TD) just to completely fall off a cliff last season. He was invisible in Atlanta’s offense, and to make matters worse, he suffered a season-ending MCL injury on Nov. 20, 2022, against the Chicago Bears. But you might not want to wave the flag white on Pitts’ career just yet. Desmond Ridder will begin the season as the Falcons’ starting quarterback, and the change in scenery can only benefit Pitts, who hadn’t seemed to build a connection with Marcus Mariota last year. With Tyler Allgeier, Cordarrelle Patterson and 2023 first-round pick Bijan Robinson in a loaded Atlanta backfield, the Falcons will likely be leaning on their running game once again after finishing with the second-most rushing attempts per contest (32.9) a season ago. Because of that and his disastrous sophomore season, Pitts could fall to the late rounds, where he would be an absolute steal if he can revert back to his old ways.

Kyle Pitts 2022 Outlook
Pitts certainly showed why he was the fourth overall pick during his first NFL season. Despite spending his rookie year in one of the league's least productive offenses, he wound up with 68 catches for 1,026 yards on the year. He is only the second rookie tight end in league history to pick up 1,000 receiving yards, which he called a foundation for the years to come. "I feel like it was an OK start. I feel like there is a lot more to work on and achieve. I think [this is] just the first step," Pitts said shortly after the season ended. Of course, one spot where Pitts could make more of an impact is in the red zone. He only caught one touchdown as a rookie, but those efforts would be helped by wholesale improvement on an offense that only averaged 18.4 points per game. Indeed, as Fansided.com's Nick Halden suggested, with Pitts' size and ability to go over the top of defenders drawing up red-zone plays for the athletic youngster shouldn't be difficult. Arthur Smith's red-zone offense should have Pitts as the featured weapon this season. Incoming rookie Drake London aside, new QB Marcus Mariota has few other options and none as naturally gifted as Pitts. Assuming positive touchdown regression (granted it's a low bar, but it all but guarantees some improvement), Pitts is well-positioned to return solid value on investment.

Kyle Pitts 2021 Outlook
Foregoing a potential franchise quarterback of the future, the Falcons used the fourth-pick overall in the 2021 NFL Draft on Pitts, who became the highest-picked tight end in draft history. As NFL.com noted, Pitts is the definition of a matchup nightmare, boasting game-altering, 4.4 speed in the 40, a longer wingspan -- 83-3/8 inches -- than any wide receiver or tight end in the NFL and ball skills that make him a huge asset in today's NFL, a game in which new-age tight ends such as Travis Kelce and George Kittle have flourished. In an eight-game junior season, Pitts piled up 43 catches for 770 yards and a whopping 12 touchdowns, finding the end zone on nearly 28 percent of his catches. The reigning John Mackey Award winner and the first tight end to be a Fred Biletnikoff Award finalist for the nation's top receiver, Pitts can line up inline, out wide, in the slot and basically wherever incoming Falcons head coach Arthur Smith wants him. Bottom line? Pitts is a different kind of talent who projects to be a difference maker for the Falcons. We'll see how long it takes him to become that for fantasy managers, but gambling on the upside is understandable.