TE Grades

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)

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Travis Kelce	KC	88.0	100	114	+0.572	+2.45	2.9	58.8	21.7	—	85	1,125	4
2	Martellus Bennett	NE	82.3	97	73	+0.534	+2.53	4.3	53.4	13.8	—	55	701	7
3	Hunter Henry	LAC	76.7	94	52	+0.643	+2.68	2.7	59.6	11.5	—	36	478	8
4	Vance McDonald	SF	72.8	92	43	+0.392	+4.90	2.5	39.5	15.4	—	24	391	4
5	Tyler Eifert	CIN	66.1	89	47	+0.526	+0.45	2.8	53.2	18.1	—	29	394	5
6	Jimmy Graham	SEA	64.7	86	91	+0.371	+0.64	2.7	57.1	17.5	—	65	923	6
7	Eric Ebron	DET	62.5	83	85	+0.385	+0.19	2.7	60.0	17.3	—	61	711	1
8	Jordan Reed	WAS	62.3	81	88	+0.340	-0.33	3.4	62.5	19.3	—	66	686	6
9	Zach Miller	CHI	61.0	78	53	+0.430	-0.02	2.8	60.4	16.6	—	47	486	4
10	Cameron Brate	TB	56.6	75	74	+0.519	-1.42	2.5	63.5	14.9	—	57	660	8
11	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	55.7	72	121	+0.252	-0.18	2.9	47.1	22.7	—	83	840	7
12	Zach Ertz	PHI	54.9	69	99	+0.335	-1.11	3.2	58.6	19.5	—	78	816	4
13	Greg Olsen	CAR	54.4	67	123	+0.147	+0.08	2.8	58.5	23.3	—	80	1,073	3
14	Jared Cook	GB	53.8	64	50	+0.328	-0.02	3.2	48.0	15.2	—	30	377	1
15	Delanie Walker	TEN	53.7	61	95	+0.257	-0.48	2.9	49.5	22.3	—	65	800	7
16	Gary Barnidge	CLE	53.5	58	78	+0.375	-0.35	2.8	50.0	15.0	—	55	612	2
17	Dwayne Allen	IND	53.4	56	52	+0.462	-0.62	2.8	61.5	10.6	—	35	406	6
18	Jason Witten	DAL	52.7	53	94	+0.254	-0.31	2.7	51.1	20.6	—	69	673	3
19	Vernon Davis	WAS	49.0	50	59	+0.194	+0.52	3.2	59.3	10.7	—	44	583	2
20	Jack Doyle	IND	48.5	47	75	+0.215	-0.37	3.4	61.3	13.5	—	59	584	5
21	Antonio Gates	LAC	47.3	44	90	+0.158	-0.24	2.7	51.1	20.5	—	53	548	7
22	Jordan Matthews	PHI	44.5	42	115	+0.260	-1.91	2.9	49.6	23.3	—	73	804	3
23	Charles Clay	BUF	43.5	39	86	+0.206	-1.31	3.1	46.5	20.8	—	57	552	4
24	Jermaine Gresham	ARI	41.5	36	59	+0.241	-0.60	3.1	52.5	9.8	—	37	391	2
25	Garrett Celek	SF	41.5	33	46	+0.119	+0.45	2.6	47.8	12.4	—	29	350	3
26	Coby Fleener	NO	40.4	31	78	+0.185	-0.16	2.4	52.6	12.1	—	50	631	3
27	Clive Walford	LV	39.8	28	51	+0.201	-1.36	4.8	41.2	9.4	—	33	359	3
28	C.J. Fiedorowicz	HOU	39.2	25	82	+0.123	-0.23	2.2	50.0	16.5	—	54	559	4
29	Trey Burton	PHI	32.3	22	55	+0.122	-1.29	2.9	49.1	11.1	—	37	327	1
30	Lance Kendricks	LA	32.1	19	82	-0.118	+0.59	2.6	42.7	17.0	—	50	499	2
31	Julius Thomas	JAX	30.2	17	49	-0.012	-1.28	2.8	42.9	14.9	—	30	281	4
32	Richard Rodgers	GB	29.8	14	45	+0.105	-0.94	2.3	51.1	8.1	—	30	271	2
33	Jesse James	PIT	29.5	11	58	-0.018	-1.08	3.5	51.7	10.8	—	39	338	3
34	Ryan Griffin	HOU	29.3	8	68	+0.025	-1.26	3.1	51.5	12.5	—	50	442	2
35	Dennis Pitta	BAL	23.4	6	120	-0.081	-1.30	2.9	47.5	18.3	—	86	729	2
36	Will Tye	NYG	22.3	3	70	-0.172	-0.88	2.8	57.1	11.8	—	48	395	1

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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	89.6	100	37	+1.033	+4.96	2.4	62.2	14.5	—	25	540	3
2	Levine Toilolo	ATL	87.1	97	18	+0.861	+7.06	—	61.1	4.4	—	13	264	2
3	Erik Swoope	IND	75.4	92	21	+0.948	+4.94	2.2	61.9	7.3	—	15	297	1
4	Darren Fells	ARI	62.0	78	16	+0.396	+1.22	3.7	62.5	4.8	—	14	154	1
5	Dion Sims	MIA	58.6	75	35	+0.325	+0.46	—	60.0	9.5	—	26	256	4
6	Austin Hooper	ATL	55.2	69	27	+0.714	-0.82	2.9	59.3	7.7	—	19	271	3
7	Ladarius Green	PIT	54.5	67	34	+0.274	+0.51	3.2	50.0	16.7	—	18	304	1
8	Jeff Heuerman	DEN	52.2	50	16	+0.354	+1.64	3.5	50.0	9.5	—	9	141	0
9	Brent Celek	PHI	52.2	50	19	+0.130	+0.92	—	63.2	5.4	—	14	155	0
10	MarQueis Gray	MIA	51.3	50	17	+0.486	+0.15	—	70.6	7.9	—	14	174	0
11	Neal Sterling	JAX	50.3	50	16	+0.467	-1.07	4.6	56.3	9.7	—	12	110	0
12	Daniel Brown	CHI	46.4	42	19	+0.307	-1.32	4.1	68.4	9.9	—	16	124	1
13	Ed Dickson	CAR	46.4	42	17	-0.216	+4.14	—	41.2	4.4	—	10	134	1
14	Stephen Anderson	HOU	45.5	42	16	+0.458	-0.30	—	68.8	5.0	—	11	93	1
15	Jacob Tamme	ATL	42.0	36	31	+0.121	+0.19	2.6	54.8	11.2	—	22	210	3
16	Virgil Green	DEN	41.0	31	37	+0.224	-0.40	2.6	51.4	10.3	—	22	237	1
17	A.J. Derby	DEN	40.9	31	20	+0.191	-0.97	3.6	55.0	9.0	—	16	160	0
18	Luke Willson	SEA	39.7	25	21	+0.187	-0.09	—	52.4	6.6	—	15	129	2
19	C.J. Uzomah	CIN	38.2	22	36	+0.039	-0.59	3.2	50.0	13.7	—	25	234	1
20	Jerell Adams	NYG	37.9	22	20	+0.201	-0.74	—	60.0	5.9	—	16	122	1
21	Mychal Rivera	LV	36.5	22	24	+0.239	-1.19	2.7	54.2	6.6	—	18	192	1
22	Josh Hill	NO	36.1	22	22	+0.121	+0.19	2.4	36.4	7.2	—	15	149	1
23	Ben Koyack	JAX	35.2	22	19	+0.277	-2.19	3.1	47.4	6.5	—	19	161	1
24	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	NYJ	34.7	22	18	+0.244	-1.58	1.2	61.1	6.8	—	13	154	1
25	Darren Waller	BAL	31.2	17	16	-0.202	+0.29	—	50.0	5.0	—	10	85	2
26	Xavier Grimble	PIT	29.1	6	20	+0.015	-1.15	1.6	40.0	6.8	—	11	118	2
27	Marcedes Lewis	JAX	27.3	6	25	-0.068	-0.05	1.3	40.0	6.9	—	20	169	1
28	Demetrius Harris	KC	20.0	0	30	-0.138	-1.96	1.6	46.7	6.8	—	17	123	1
29	Larry Donnell	NYG	15.7	0	22	-0.708	-2.55	3.6	31.8	9.8	—	15	92	1
30	Tyler Higbee	LA	12.9	0	24	-0.614	-2.87	2.4	12.5	7.0	—	11	85	1