TE Leaderboard

36 qualified tight ends · composite of EPA/target, YAC-over-expected, separation, earn rate, and ball security (earn rate dropped for pure blockers — ADR-0016) (see methodology)

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1	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	88.8	100	114	+0.572	+2.45	21.7
2	Martellus BennettBalanced TE	NE	84.1	97	73	+0.534	+2.53	13.8
3	Hunter HenryBalanced TE	LAC	78.3	94	52	+0.643	+2.68	11.5
4	Vance McDonaldBalanced TE	SF	72.4	92	43	+0.392	+4.90	15.4
5	Tyler EifertReceiving TE	CIN	65.6	89	47	+0.526	+0.45	18.1
6	Eric EbronReceiving TE	DET	64.1	86	85	+0.385	+0.19	17.3
7	Zach MillerReceiving TE	CHI	63.6	83	53	+0.430	-0.02	16.6
8	Jimmy GrahamReceiving TE	SEA	62.9	81	91	+0.371	+0.64	17.5
9	Jordan ReedReceiving TE	WAS	61.6	78	88	+0.340	-0.33	19.3
10	Zach ErtzReceiving TE	PHI	57.4	75	99	+0.335	-1.11	19.5
11	Cameron BrateReceiving TE	TB	57.1	72	74	+0.519	-1.42	14.9
12	Dwayne AllenBalanced TE	IND	56.3	69	52	+0.462	-0.62	10.6
13	Gary BarnidgeBalanced TE	CLE	54.4	67	78	+0.375	-0.35	15.0
14	Greg OlsenReceiving TE	CAR	54.0	64	123	+0.147	+0.08	23.3
15	Kyle RudolphReceiving TE	MIN	53.7	61	121	+0.252	-0.18	22.7
16	Vernon DavisBalanced TE	WAS	53.2	58	59	+0.194	+0.52	10.7
17	Jason WittenBalanced TE	DAL	52.2	56	94	+0.254	-0.31	20.6
18	Jared CookReceiving TE	GB	51.0	53	50	+0.328	-0.02	15.2
19	Jack DoyleReceiving TE	IND	51.0	50	75	+0.215	-0.37	13.5
20	Delanie WalkerReceiving TE	TEN	50.6	47	95	+0.257	-0.48	22.3
21	Antonio GatesReceiving TE	LAC	44.9	44	90	+0.158	-0.24	20.5
22	Jermaine GreshamBalanced TE	ARI	42.0	42	59	+0.241	-0.60	9.8
23	Charles ClayBalanced TE	BUF	41.9	39	86	+0.206	-1.31	20.8
24	Coby FleenerReceiving TE	NO	38.2	36	78	+0.185	-0.16	12.1
25	Garrett CelekBalanced TE	SF	37.6	33	46	+0.119	+0.45	12.4
26	Clive WalfordBalanced TE	LV	37.5	31	51	+0.201	-1.36	9.4
27	Jordan MatthewsReceiving TE	PHI	37.1	28	115	+0.260	-1.91	23.3
28	C.J. FiedorowiczReceiving TE	HOU	36.7	25	82	+0.123	-0.23	16.5
29	Trey BurtonReceiving TE	PHI	35.4	22	55	+0.122	-1.29	11.1
30	Richard RodgersBalanced TE	GB	33.6	19	45	+0.105	-0.94	8.1
31	Jesse JamesBalanced TE	PIT	32.2	17	58	-0.018	-1.08	10.8
32	Julius ThomasReceiving TE	JAX	29.4	14	49	-0.012	-1.28	14.9
33	Ryan GriffinReceiving TE	HOU	28.9	11	68	+0.025	-1.26	12.5
34	Lance KendricksBalanced TE	LA	28.5	8	82	-0.118	+0.59	17.0
35	Will TyeReceiving TE	NYG	25.7	6	70	-0.172	-0.88	11.8
36	Dennis PittaReceiving TE	BAL	22.9	3	120	-0.081	-1.30	18.3

Low-volume tight ends (30)

Fewer than 40 targets. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy. Pure blocking TEs (<15 targets) are not graded at all.

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1	Rob GronkowskiReceiving TElow volume	NE	91.5	100	37	+1.033	+4.96	14.5
2	Levine ToiloloBlocking TElow volume	ATL	86.6	97	18	+0.861	+7.06	4.4
3	Erik SwoopeBalanced TElow volume	IND	79.9	94	21	+0.948	+4.94	7.3
4	Darren FellsBlocking TElow volume	ARI	61.3	75	16	+0.396	+1.22	4.8
5	Dion SimsBlocking TElow volume	MIA	59.8	75	35	+0.325	+0.46	9.5
6	Austin HooperBalanced TElow volume	ATL	59.4	75	27	+0.714	-0.82	7.7
7	MarQueis GrayBalanced TElow volume	MIA	55.4	67	17	+0.486	+0.15	7.9
8	Ladarius GreenReceiving TElow volume	PIT	53.8	61	34	+0.274	+0.51	16.7
9	Jeff HeuermanBalanced TElow volume	DEN	53.2	56	16	+0.354	+1.64	9.5
10	Brent CelekBlocking TElow volume	PHI	50.8	47	19	+0.130	+0.92	5.4
11	Stephen AndersonReceiving TElow volume	HOU	50.3	44	16	+0.458	-0.30	5.0
12	Neal SterlingBalanced TElow volume	JAX	49.4	44	16	+0.467	-1.07	9.7
13	Daniel BrownBalanced TElow volume	CHI	47.2	44	19	+0.307	-1.32	9.9
14	Ed DicksonBlocking TElow volume	CAR	46.1	44	17	-0.216	+4.14	4.4
15	Jacob TammeBalanced TElow volume	ATL	45.2	44	31	+0.121	+0.19	11.2
16	Virgil GreenBalanced TElow volume	DEN	44.5	42	37	+0.224	-0.40	10.3
17	Luke WillsonBalanced TElow volume	SEA	42.9	42	21	+0.187	-0.09	6.6
18	Mychal RiveraBalanced TElow volume	LV	40.5	36	24	+0.239	-1.19	6.6
19	A.J. DerbyBalanced TElow volume	DEN	39.6	36	20	+0.191	-0.97	9.0
20	Jerell AdamsBalanced TElow volume	NYG	39.4	36	20	+0.201	-0.74	5.9
21	Austin Seferian-JenkinsBalanced TElow volume	NYJ	39.3	36	18	+0.244	-1.58	6.8
22	Josh HillBalanced TElow volume	NO	39.2	36	22	+0.121	+0.19	7.2
23	C.J. UzomahBalanced TElow volume	CIN	38.4	36	36	+0.039	-0.59	13.7
24	Ben KoyackBalanced TElow volume	JAX	37.5	28	19	+0.277	-2.19	6.5
25	Darren WallerBalanced TElow volume	BAL	34.1	19	16	-0.202	+0.29	5.0
26	Xavier GrimbleReceiving TElow volume	PIT	33.6	19	20	+0.015	-1.15	6.8
27	Marcedes LewisBalanced TElow volume	JAX	32.8	17	25	-0.068	-0.05	6.9
28	Demetrius HarrisBalanced TElow volume	KC	22.8	0	30	-0.138	-1.96	6.8
29	Larry DonnellReceiving TElow volume	NYG	13.5	0	22	-0.708	-2.55	9.8
30	Tyler HigbeeBalanced TElow volume	LA	13.1	0	24	-0.614	-2.87	7.0