Charlie Kolar
Charlie Kolar is an American professional football tight end for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones.
Early life
Kolar grew up in Norman, Oklahoma and attended Norman North High School in the city, where he played football and basketball. As a junior he caught 52 passes for 920 yards and 13 touchdowns. He was named first-team All-State as a senior after recording 66 receptions for 1,240 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was a basketball teammate of NBA All-Star Trae Young at Norman North. Kolar committed to play college football at Iowa State University in Ames going into his senior year over offers from Air Force Academy, Army and Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He chose Iowa State despite a late recruiting push from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.College career
Kolar redshirted for his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, he played in all 13 of Iowa State's games and finished the season with 11 receptions for 137 yards and three touchdowns and was named second-team All-Big 12 Conference by the league's coaches. Kolar caught 51 passes for 697 yards and seven touchdowns as a redshirt sophomore and was named first-team All-Big 12. Following the end of the season he considered entering the 2020 NFL draft, but opted to return for his redshirt junior season. Kolar was named first-team All-Big 12 for a second straight season after finishing his redshirt junior year with 44 receptions for 591 yards and a team-high seven touchdown receptions. Kolar graduated from Iowa State in the fall of 2020 with a 3.99 cumulative GPA in mechanical engineering, and in 2021, he was awarded with the William V. Campbell Trophy, known as the "academic Heisman".Professional career
2022 season
Kolar was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round, 128th overall, of the 2022 NFL draft. He was placed on injured reserve on August 31, 2022. He was activated on November 8.Kolar made his NFL debut in Week 17 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but played in only two snaps. In Week 18 against the Cincinnati Bengals, he recorded his first career catch as part of a day in which he caught four passes for 49 yards from Anthony Brown in a 16-27 loss.