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Kyle Pitts Sr.

Tight End, Atlanta Falcons · #8.

Player facts

Team: Atlanta Falcons
Position: Tight End
Number: 8
Born: Oct 6, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 250 lbs
College: Florida
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG
Regular Season	10	15	109	10.9	1	28	5	0	0	0.0
Last 5 Games	10	15	109	8.8	1	28	5	0	0	0.0
Career	294	466	3,688	12.5	16	61	175	1	-4	-4.0

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	22 targets	+0.26	59%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs BAL	L 30-23 OT	5	6	42	8.4	1	13	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Oct 5	@ NO	W 45-24	3	3	47	15.7	0	28	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 24	@ GB	W 35-14	1	2	5	5.0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CAR	L 34-3	1	3	15	15.0	0	15	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ PIT	L 20-13	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Kyle Anthony Pitts Sr. (born October 6, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was named a unanimous All-American and won the John Mackey Award in 2020.

Pitts was selected fourth overall by the Falcons in the 2021 NFL draft, making him the highest drafted tight end in NFL history. He was later named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kyle Pitts, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Pitts originally attended Abington Senior High School in Abington, Pennsylvania before transferring to Archbishop Wood Catholic High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania in 2016. He played tight end and defensive end on the football team. Pitts played in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game. He committed to the University of Florida to play college football.

College career

Pitts played in 11 games as a backup his true freshman season at Florida in 2018. He finished the year with three receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown. In 2019, he took over as the starting tight end. Pitts played in all 13 games his sophomore season at Florida in 2019. He finished the year with 54 receptions for 649 yards and 5 touchdowns. Pitts earned First-team All-Southeastern Conference for the season.

During the 2020 season, curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pitts scored 12 touchdowns in eight games while gaining 770 yards on 43 receptions. He was named a unanimous All-American and won the John Mackey Award as the most outstanding tight end in college football for the season.