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Kylen Granson

Tight End, Tennessee Titans · #86.

Player facts

Team: Tennessee Titans
Position: Tight End
Number: 86
Born: Mar 27, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Austin, TX, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 242 lbs
College: SMU
Experience: 6 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	93	146	998	10.7	1	46	51	2	2	1.0	0	2	1	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 HOU	L 26-3	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs NYJ	L 23-10	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Kylen Granson (born March 27, 1998) is an American professional football tight end for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rice Owls and SMU Mustangs before being selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kylen Granson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Granson was born in DeMotte, Indiana, and grew up in Austin, Texas, where he attended Westlake High School. Granson was named second-team All-District 14-6A as a senior. He was not heavily recruited and committed to play college football at Rice over an offer from Harvard.

College career

Granson began his collegiate career playing wide receiver for the Rice Owls. As a freshman he caught 33 passes for 381 yards and two touchdowns followed by 18 receptions for 241 yards in his sophomore season. Granson left the program following the firing of Rice head coach David Bailiff and enrolled at Austin Community College, hoping to join the Texas Longhorns as a walk-on. Granson had a chance encounter with Bailiff on the University of Texas campus, who did not know that he had left Rice and began contacting college coaches on Granson's behalf. SMU coach Sonny Dykes offered Granson a spot as a walk-on.

Granson sat out his first season at SMU per NCAA transfer rules and was awarded a scholarship. As a redshirt junior, he caught 43 passes for 721 yards and nine touchdowns and was named second-team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC). He was named first-team All-AAC after finishing his redshirt senior season with 35 receptions for 536 yards and five touchdowns. Granson's 14 touchdown receptions set a new school record for tight ends.