AMES, Iowa – For the second season in a row, Iowa State All-American tight end Charlie Kolar is a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award, given annually to the nation’s best tight end.

He is one of eight players still eligible for the prestigious award.

Kolar, a junior from Norman, Okla., is having another fantastic season after earning All-America honors in 2019, leading all Big 12 tight ends and ranking in the top-10 nationally among tight ends in catches (33), receiving yards (446) and touchdown catches (5) in nine games played.

Kolar, who has the fifth-longest reception streak in school history at 22 games, is the leader of the best tight end unit in the nation. Kolar, Chase Allen, Dylan Soehner and Easton Dean have a combined 64 receptions and 854 receiving yards, the best nationally among all FBS tight units.

Kolar has the most career catches by a tight end in school history (95) and has 15 career touchdown catches, tying for fourth overall and first among tight ends in school history.