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Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts Sr. #8 poses for a headshot at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Ga. On Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Photo by Jay Bendlin/Atlanta Falcons)

Kyle Pitts

TE

#8

Experience: 5 years

Height: 6-6

Age: 25

Weight: 250 lbs

College: Florida

2025 SEASON

  • REC
    88
  • YDS
    928
  • AVG
    10.55
  • TDS
    5
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Biography

CAREER

  • Has recorded 284 receptions for 3,579 yards (12.6 avg.) and 15 touchdowns with a long of 61 yards in 78 games played (72 starts).
  • Earned the first AP All-Pro selection of his career after starting all 17 games in 2025 and totaling 88 receptions for 928 yards (10.5 avg.) and a career-high five touchdowns, with a long of 36 yards.
  • Became the first tight end in club history to record multiple seasons of 900-or-more (928) receiving yards. He is one of two tight ends in franchise history to record 80-or-more receptions in a single season (88), joining Tony Gonzalez.
  • Caught a five-yard touchdown pass with 29 seconds remaining in the second quarter of the Week 16 game for a career-best five touchdowns in 2025.
  • With 57 yards on seven catches in Week 16, Pitts has recorded the most yards by a tight end in a four-game span in franchise history (395). The game also marked his fourth straight with at least six receptions, tied for the longest such streak among tight ends in 2025.
  • Set career highs with 11 receptions, 166 receiving yards and three touchdowns in Week 15. His 166 yards are the most by a tight end in a single game this season. Additionally, his three touchdowns tied for the most by a tight end in a single game in 2025 (Brock Bowers).
  • Became the only tight end to surpass 150 receiving yards and record multiple touchdowns in a game this season in Week 15 (2025). He is also the only tight end to have more than 150 receiving yards in a game in franchise history, a feat he has accomplished twice in his career, with the last occurring in Week 7 of 2021 against Miami (10/24/2021 - 163 yards).
  • Pitts recorded his two receptions over 20 yards to give him 12 for the season in 2025, the most 20-plus yard receptions by a tight end this season.
  • Pitts is the second player in NFL History to have at least 10 receptions, 150 receiving yards and three-plus receiving touchdowns in a Thursday Night Football game (12/11/2025).
  • Recorded 110 yards and two touchdowns in the first half of Week 15, marking the first time in franchise history a tight end recorded more than 100 yards and multiple touchdowns in a half. He is also the only tight end in the NFL this season to accomplish the feat.
  • Pitts' 11 receptions in Week 15 give him 73 for the season, a career best in a single season.
  • Finished Week 13 with a team-leading seven receptions for a season-best 82 yards (2025).
  • Became the third tight end in Falcons history to reach 3,000 career receiving yards (3,521).
  • Led the team in receiving with 59 yards on nine catches in Week 8 of the 2025 season. His nine receptions tied for his most in a game since he reeled in nine catches against the Jets in 2021.
  • Became the third Falcons tight end to notch nine-or-more receptions in multiple games in Week 8.
  • Recorded seven receptions for 62 yards against the 49ers, the second-most receiving yards he's totaled in a game this season.
  • Notched a 26-yard reception, in Week 4, his longest reception since recording a 49-yard touchdown catch in Week 8 in 2024.
  • Caught all five of his targets in Week 4, finishing the game with 70 yards and one touchdown, the 11th of his career.
  • Appeared in 17 games (15 starts) in 2024, totaling 47 receptions for 602 yards (12.8 avg.) and four touchdowns, with a long of 52 yards.
  • Had his first career-multi touchdown game in the Week 8 win over Tampa Bay.
  • Appeared in 17 games (15 starts) in 2023 and has caught 53 passes for 667 yards (12.6 avg.) and three touchdowns.
  • Played in 10 games (10 starts), recording 356 yards on 28 receptions (12.7 avg.) and a career-high two receiving touchdowns in 2022.
  • Joined Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka (1,076 yards in 1961) as the only rookie tight ends to record at least 1,000 receiving yards in NFL history.
  • Surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez (930 in 2012) for the most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season in franchise history.
  • Surpassed Julio Jones (959 in 2011) for the most receiving yards by a rookie in franchise history, regardless of position.
  • Finished with seven receptions for a career-high 163 receiving yards in Week 7 vs. Miami in 2021. His 163 yards were the fourth-most receiving yards by a rookie tight end in a single game in NFL history.
  • Eclipsed 100 receiving yards in back-to-back games (NYJ; at MIA), becoming the second rookie tight end to accomplish the feat in back-to-back games in NFL history.

HONORS

  • Pro Bowl Selection (1x - 2021)
  • AP Second-Team All-Pro (2025)

COLLEGE

  • Played three seasons (2018-20) at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla.
  • Tallied 100 receptions for 1,492 yards (14.9 avg.) and 18 touchdowns in 32 career games.
  • Recorded 43 receptions for 770 yards (17.9 avg.) and 12 touchdowns in eight games as a junior in 2020, earning unanimous first-team All-America honors and the Mackey Award, given to college football's most outstanding tight end.
  • Finished with 54 receptions for 649 yards (12.0 avg.) and five touchdowns in 13 games in 2019.
  • Totaled three receptions for 73 yards and one touchdown as a freshman in 2018.

PERSONAL

  • Attended Archbishop Wood High School in Philadelphia to an 11-2 record and a state championship as a senior in 2017.
  • Totaled four total tackles, two interceptions and a touchdown reception in the state championship game.
  • Earned Under Armour All-America honors in 2017.
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