No. 41 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||
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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Sioux Center, Iowa, U.S. | January 20, 1998||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Sioux Center (Sioux Center, Iowa) | ||||||
College: | Minnesota (2016–2021) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 6 / pick: 218 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Ko Jason Kieft (born January 20, 1998) [1] is an American professional football tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Minnesota. [2] [3]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 4+3⁄8 in (1.94 m) | 259 lb (117 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.98 s | 1.80 s | 2.89 s | 4.53 s | 7.07 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) | 21 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [4] |
Kieft was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round, 218th overall, in the 2022 NFL draft. [5] In Week 4 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Kieft recorded a 19–yard gain on a pass from Tom Brady for his first career reception. [6]
Kieft's first name is his legal name, not a nickname. “Ko” is a derivative of “Jakobus,” the name of a great-grandfather who immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands. [7]
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