2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 86
Max Klare
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 243
- Hometown:
- Guilford, Ind.
- Last School:
- St. Xavier / Purdue
- Year:
- Junior
Ohio State Overview
• Max transferred to Ohio State in December, 2024, out of the transfer portal from Purdue University
• He played in all 14 games and started 11 times at tight end for the Buckeyes
• He ranked third on the team in both receptions (43) and receiving yards (448) in 2025, and he averaged 10.4 yards per reception with two touchdowns (vs. Ohio and Rutgers)
• Had bests of seven receptions and 105 yards vs. Rutgers
• Finished with career totals of 32 games played at Purdue and Ohio State with 116 receptions for 1,329 yards and six touchdowns
• Had one season of eligibility - 2026 - remaining but elected to enter his name into the NFL Draft
• Had a streak of 17 consecutive games with multiple catches while at Purdue
Honors & Awards
2025: First-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches and media)
2024: *Third-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches)
*at Purdue
More on Max
• Max played in 18 games at Purdue from 2022-24 and started 12 times with all coming in the 2024 season
• Led Purdue in receiving in 2024 with 51 receptions for 685 yards and four touchdowns and was named third-team all-Big Ten by the league's coaches
• Third among Big Ten tight ends in receptions and second in yards in 2024 and was ninth nationally among tight ends in receptions
• Played two games in 2022 and in five in 2023 before an injury ended his season
• Caught a career-high six passes for a career-best 133 yards in 2024 vs. Illinois
• Has caught at least two passes in 17 consecutive games
• Career totals at Purdue included 73 receptions for 881 yards and four touchdowns
• Rated as the No. 26 prospect in Ohio as a high school senior by 247Sports
• Had 39 receptions for 637 yards and five touchdowns as a senior
• is the son of Susan and Andy Klare
• Has two brothers, Drew and Luke, and a sister, Caroline
• Luke is a tight end at Purdue
• Dad, cousin, grandfather and two uncles also played college football
• Max transferred to Ohio State in December, 2024, out of the transfer portal from Purdue University
• He played in all 14 games and started 11 times at tight end for the Buckeyes
• He ranked third on the team in both receptions (43) and receiving yards (448) in 2025, and he averaged 10.4 yards per reception with two touchdowns (vs. Ohio and Rutgers)
• Had bests of seven receptions and 105 yards vs. Rutgers
• Finished with career totals of 32 games played at Purdue and Ohio State with 116 receptions for 1,329 yards and six touchdowns
• Had one season of eligibility - 2026 - remaining but elected to enter his name into the NFL Draft
• Had a streak of 17 consecutive games with multiple catches while at Purdue
Honors & Awards
2025: First-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches and media)
2024: *Third-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches)
*at Purdue
More on Max
• Max played in 18 games at Purdue from 2022-24 and started 12 times with all coming in the 2024 season
• Led Purdue in receiving in 2024 with 51 receptions for 685 yards and four touchdowns and was named third-team all-Big Ten by the league's coaches
• Third among Big Ten tight ends in receptions and second in yards in 2024 and was ninth nationally among tight ends in receptions
• Played two games in 2022 and in five in 2023 before an injury ended his season
• Caught a career-high six passes for a career-best 133 yards in 2024 vs. Illinois
• Has caught at least two passes in 17 consecutive games
• Career totals at Purdue included 73 receptions for 881 yards and four touchdowns
• Rated as the No. 26 prospect in Ohio as a high school senior by 247Sports
• Had 39 receptions for 637 yards and five touchdowns as a senior
• is the son of Susan and Andy Klare
• Has two brothers, Drew and Luke, and a sister, Caroline
• Luke is a tight end at Purdue
• Dad, cousin, grandfather and two uncles also played college football
No videos available.
