2025 Brant Kuithe TE Utah NFL Draft Report CFBALL

Position Tight End
Class Senior
Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 235
Hometown Katy, TX.
Highschool Cinco Ranch HS

KUITHE QUICK HITS

A Three-time All-Pac-12 selection, earning second-team spots in 2019, 2020 and 2021
58 career games as a Ute with 31 starts.
Has 174 career receptions, 2,251 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns.
His career receptions, yards and touchdowns are the most by any active FBS tight end.
Owns Utah’s all-time record for career receiving yards by a tight end and became just the seventh Utah player to reach 2,000 career receiving yards earlier in 2024.
Ranks in the top five in school history career catches (4th), career receiving yards (4th) and career touchdown grabs (T-3rd).
Has caught a pass in 39 straight games that he has appeared in, the longest-active streak by a tight end in the FBS.
He has 36 career games with three-or-more catches, including six of Utah’s seven matchups in 2024.
His five career rushing touchdowns are tops among FBS tight ends.
Reach 100 yards receiving in a game three times (132 vs. UCLA, 2019; 118 vs. Oregon, 2021; 105 at Florida, 2022).

2024: Has played in all seven games for Utah, starting four, recording 26 catches for a team-high 369 yards (14.2 ypc), both of which rank second on the team, and a team-high four touchdowns, adding five rushes for 25 yards and another score.

Scored a career-high three times on four grabs against Southern Utah, also becoming the first tight end in Big 12 recorded history to collect three first-half TDs.
Leads all Big 12 tight ends with four scoring grabs, a figure that puts him second among all FBS tight ends.
His 369 receiving yards are second-most in the Big 12 on the tight end leaderboard.
Led the squad with 68 receiving yards on three catches vs. Utah State.
Tallied a rushing (1 yd) and receiving (45 yds) TD at Oklahoma State and set a new season-high with 74 yards on four catches.
His 45-yard TD reception represents his longest catch of 2024.
Set a new season-high with six catches against TCU, racking up 56 yards.
Led the squad with 68 receiving yards on three catches vs. Utah State.

2023: Did not see action.
2022: Played in four games with three starts before suffering a season-ending injury, recording 17 receptions for 204 yards (3 TDs).

Through four games, he had the second-most receiving touchdowns among Power Five tight ends (3) and was sixth among FBS tight ends in receiving yards (204).
Scored a touchdown in the first three games of the season (at Florida, vs. Southern Utah, vs. San Diego State).
Opened the season with a career-high nine receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown.
Had a season-long 37-yard catch against Florida.
Recorded three catches for 22 yards and a score against Southern Utah.
Also had five receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown against San Diego State.

2021: Saw in all 14 games with nine starts, recording a team high 611 yards on 50 catches with six touchdowns.

Earned Pac-12 All-Conference second-team.
Ranked second among all Pac-12 tight ends in receiving touchdowns (6).
Recorded a season high 118 receiving yards against No. 3 Oregon, coming down with five catches (23.6 ypc) that included a season long 49-yard reception.
Had six catches for 77 yards against No. 6 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
Three catches for 36 yards with two touchdowns against No. 18 Arizona State.
Season-high seven receptions for 58 yards against San Diego State.
Five catches for 63 yards (12.6 ypc) against UCLA.
Recorded four receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown at Arizona.
Three receptions for 44 yards against Weber State.
Two catches for 35 yards and a 19-yard touchdown reception against Colorado.
Rushed for an 11-yard touchdown on his first rushing attempt of the season against USC.

2020: Played in all five games, starting three.

Pac-12 All-Conference second-team.
Led the team in receptions (25) for 236 yards (9.4 ypc), adding six carries for 50 yards (8.3 ypc).
Led all Pac-12 tight ends in receptions per game (5.0).
Career-high nine receptions against Oregon State, recording a season-high 76 yards.
Season-high 94 all-purpose yards against Washington State with three carries for 33 yards and six receptions for 61 yards.
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

2019: Played in all 14 games, starting nine.

Pac-12 All-Conference second-team, Pro Football Focus All-America third-team.
Led the team in receptions (34), receiving yards (602) and receiving touchdowns (6), adding six rushes for 102 yards (17.0 ypc) and three rushing scores.
Averaged 17.71 yards per reception, which ranked No. 38 in the FBS (No. 4 in the Pac-12) and was No. 2 in the FBS among tight ends.
His nine total touchdowns tied for first among tight ends in the FBS.
Career-high five catches for 132 yards, including a career-long 69 yard touchdown against UCLA.
122 all-purpose yards against Colorado that included three catches for 63 yards with 38-yard and 7-yard receiving touchdowns, adding two rushes for 59 yards that included a career-long 44-yard rush and a 15-yard rushing touchdown.
Team-high 81 receiving yards on four catches against Arizona, adding two rushing touchdowns on two carries for nine yards.
Three catches for 80 yards and a 60-yard touchdown catch against Idaho State.

2018: Played in all 14 games, starting two (USC, Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game).

Led the tight ends with 227 yards (20 catches, 1 TD), averaging 11.4 yards per catch.
Season-high four catches for 68 yards including a career-long 30-yarder against USC.
Scored a 29-yard touchdown against Weber State on his first career reception.
Two tackles on special teams.

High School: Three-star recruit on 247Sports and Rivals out of Cinco Ranch HS.

2017 District 19-6A MVP as a senior.
Three-time all-district.
Finalist for the Touchdown Club of Houston Offensive Player of the Year.
Two-time VYPE All-Houston (2016 second team, 2017 honorable mention).
Rushed for 1,041 yards (second in the district) and 18 touchdowns in seven games in an injury-shortened senior season; also had seven receptions for 70 yards (1 TD) and four kickoff returns for 86 yards in 2017.
Career-high 237 yards rushing against Katy Taylor HS.
Starting punter as a senior had 22 punts for 881 yards (40.0 yard average) with seven punts inside the 20-yard line.
2,784 all-purpose yards as a junior included 1,891 rushing, 374 receiving, 479 kick return and 39 punt return.
28 touchdowns as a junior (24 rush, 3 receive, 1 KR).
Also completed 15-of-30 pass attempts for 199 yards and two touchdowns.
Two-time first-team academic all-district.
Also competed in track in the sprints (100m, 200m) and jumps (long jump, triple jump).

Personal: Son of Dennis and Debbie Kuithe … father played football at North Texas … one twin brother (former Ute defensive end Blake) and one sister … name is pronounced keeth-ee.