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.