Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 30-7vs UT Martin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | Season-high 2 yds |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
#87
Kurt Rafdal
Senior tight end for Boise State. 2022: 1 catch, 2 receiving yards.
6′7″ · 245 lb · Carmel, IN
Boise State 2022 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
TE recruit
No. 696 nationally · Signed with Nebraska
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Boise State. 2022: 1 catch, 2 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2017.
- Transferred from Nebraska to Boise State in 2021.
Kurt Rafdal
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Scott Frost and Andy Avalos. The receipt on tape: 2 rec yds, 1 receptions against UT Martin, Week 3, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Boise State, 174 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2017
- Signed with Nebraska3-star out of Carmel
20214 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coaches2018–2020
Boise State
Coaching transition mid-career: Bryan Harsin → Andy Avalos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2019Nebraska5-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-heavy
2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2021Boise State7-5HC: Andy Avalos · Balanced
2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 REC/g, 2.0 YDS/g, 2.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Boise State | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Nebraska | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Nebraska | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
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 2021 production profile sits closest to Chase Allen’s 2021 season.
67%match
All-Big 12
Matches Chase on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception
Differs from Chase on
Reception volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Thomas Odukoya's senior season at Eastern Michigan (2021).
77%match
All-MAC
Matches Thomas on
Reception volume
Yards / reception
Height
Player DNA
Players who play like Kurt Rafdal
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology