George Kittle
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| San Francisco 49ers - No. 85 | |
| Tight end | |
| Date of birth: October 9, 1993 | |
| Place of birth: Madison , Wisconsin | |
| Height: 1.95 m | Weight: 112 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2017 for the San Francisco 49ers | |
| Career | |
| College : Iowa | |
| NFL Draft : 2017 / Round: 5 / Pick: 146 | |
Teams:
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Captured passports | 216 |
| Captive yards | 2,945 |
| Touchdowns | 12 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
George Kittle (born October 9, 1993 in Madison , USA) is an American football player in the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Iowa .
Early years
Kittle attended Iowa City West High School in Iowa, Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, Bruce Kittle, also played in Iowa and is a former college football coach.
college
Kittle played in Iowa from 2013 to 2016. During his time in Iowa, he had 75 receptions for 1,197 yards and 16 touchdowns.
statistics
| Passport catch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | team | Games | Catches | Yards | Touchdowns |
| 2013 | Iowa | 3 | 5 | 108 | 0 |
| 2014 | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 25th | 0 |
| 2015 | Iowa | 10 | 20th | 290 | 6th |
| 2016 | Iowa | 9 | 22nd | 314 | 4th |
| total | 22nd | 75 | 1.197 | 16 | |
NFL
Kittle was selected 146th in the 2017 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round .
In the last game of the 2018 season in the 32:48 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on December 30, 2018, Kittle with his last pass catch and Travis Kelce in the game of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Oakland Raiders broke the seven-year-old record of Rob Gronkowski (1,327 Yards) for the greatest gain in space a tight end can break within a season. With his 1,377 yards he exceeded Kelce's record (1,336 yards), which Kelce had set up just a few minutes earlier. At the same time, this meant a new team record for pass catches of a tight end. His 870 yards of space gained after catching the pass ( yards after catch) was also a league-wide best performance for tight ends within a season. No player has achieved a better value since the 2010 season .
Web links
- George Kittle , biography, Iowa Hawkeyes
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/football/2015/09/30/george-kittle-iowa-hawkeyes-football-wisconsin-badgers-big-ten/73089354/
- ↑ http://newsok.com/article/3580113
- ↑ http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/football/2015/09/30/george-kittle-iowa-hawkeyes-football-wisconsin-badgers-big-ten/73089354/
- ↑ http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/believe-always-has-carried-the-hawkeyes-kittle-20161111
- ↑ http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/football/2015/08/13/george-kittle-levar-woods-new-breed-tight-end/31627995/
- ↑ Fann, Joe: San Francisco 49ers Draft Iowa TE George Kittle . April 29, 2017. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved on April 13, 2019.
- ↑ Jennifer Lee Chan: 49ers' George Kittle breaks NFL season record for receiving yards by tight end. nbcsports.com, December 30, 2018, accessed January 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Nick Wagoner: 49ers' George Kittle breaks season receiving yards record by a tight end. espn.com, December 31, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kittle, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madison , USA |