#86

Dalton Kincaid

TE · Utah · Sr. · #86

Buffalo — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 26, #25 overall
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Dalton Kincaid

TE · Utah · Sr · #86

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
—
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Utah
2021–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #25
Buffalo · 2023

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 4th NFL season

#25Rd 1 · Pick 26
BuffaloEntering 4th NFL season
View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning
2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022Utah7089012.78--
2021Utah3651014.28--
Career1061,40013.216--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 43–42

vs USC

16 rec · 234 yds · 1 TD

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Complete TE

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

TE

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Brock Bowers’s 2022 season.

Brock Bowers

68%match

Georgia · 2022

Mackey1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 13
#2

Isaiah Likely

Coastal Carolina · 2021

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 4
62%
#3

Seydou Traore

Arkansas State · 2022

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5
58%
#4

Oronde Gadsden II

Syracuse · 2022

All-ACCNFL Rd 5
56%
#5

Brock Bowers

Georgia · 2021

1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 13
53%

Matches Brock on

EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume

Differs from Brock on

Class year (higher)
Total EPA (college ability) (lower)
Yards / reception (lower)
Based on 8 features · 2 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Gunnar Helm's junior season at Texas (2024).

Gunnar Helm

81%match

Texas · 2024

NFL Rd 4
#2

Dallin Holker

Colorado State · 2023

All-Mountain West
77%
#3

Brock Bowers

Georgia · 2023

MackeyConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 13
75%
#4

Ben Sinnott

Kansas State · 2023

All-Big 12NFL Rd 2 · Pk 21
74%
#5

Matt Lauter

Boise State · 2024

All-Mountain West
72%

Matches Gunnar on

Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Height
Opponent-adjusted stats · junior cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Dalton Kincaid

#1

Chris Pierce

Vanderbilt · 2021

95%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2022
5102021
8902022

+75%

Up 75% from first season to most-recent.