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Cole Kmet injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Chicago Bears · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 6 full seasons on record, Cole Kmet played 100 of 101 regular-season games (99%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Chicago Bears room absorbs +0.47 receptions, and Sam Roush takes the largest single share at +0.24. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the tight end room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Kmet TE · 64% snaps | 1.20 | — | OUT |
| Luther Burden III WR · 58% snaps | 4.50 | 4.50 | +0.00 |
| Colston Loveland TE · 85% snaps | 4.00 | 4.23 | +0.23 |
| Rome Odunze WR · 91% snaps | 4.00 | 4.00 | +0.00 |
| D'Andre Swift RB · 58% snaps | 3.10 | 3.10 | +0.00 |
| Kalif Raymond WR · 61% snaps | 2.90 | 2.90 | +0.00 |
| Roschon Johnson RB · 23% snaps | 1.20 | 1.20 | +0.00 |
| Kyle Monangai RB · 40% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| Zavion Thomas WR · 12% snaps | 0.90 | 0.90 | +0.00 |
| Zavier Scott RB · 0% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Sam Roush TE · 22% snaps | 0.60 | 0.84 | +0.24 |
Injury history
Over his 6 full seasons on record, Cole Kmet played 100 of 101 regular-season games (99%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CHI | 6 of 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | CHI | 16 of 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ankle, Back |
| 2024 | CHI | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | CHI | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Knee, Quadricep |
| 2022 | CHI | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | CHI | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | CHI | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Groin, Shoulder |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.107 | 2,160 | 2.29 |
| Tight ends | +0.492 | 1,024 | 9.57 |
| Backs | -0.045 | 1,259 | -0.92 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Cole Kmet’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection