TE Leaderboard

31 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	Rob GronkowskiReceiving TE	NE	89.3	100	103	+0.756	+1.08	22.8
2	Hunter HenryReceiving TE	LAC	82.1	97	62	+0.628	+0.67	15.1
3	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	75.6	94	121	+0.428	-0.05	24.7
4	Ed DicksonBalanced TE	CAR	73.7	90	47	+0.370	+1.92	11.8
5	Marcedes LewisBalanced TE	JAX	64.4	87	48	+0.202	+2.77	9.7
6	George KittleReceiving TE	SF	61.5	84	62	+0.207	+1.53	11.4
7	Tyler KroftBalanced TE	CIN	59.8	81	61	+0.281	+0.53	14.3
8	Zach ErtzReceiving TE	PHI	59.0	77	104	+0.270	-0.95	22.2
9	Jared CookReceiving TE	LV	58.0	74	80	+0.304	-0.21	16.0
10	Vernon DavisBalanced TE	WAS	55.0	71	68	+0.084	+1.85	13.1
11	Austin HooperBalanced TE	ATL	53.3	68	63	+0.064	+0.21	13.2
12	Charles ClayReceiving TE	BUF	53.1	65	71	+0.120	+0.08	21.3
13	Kyle RudolphBalanced TE	MIN	52.8	61	79	+0.215	-0.38	15.4
14	Jesse JamesBalanced TE	PIT	50.4	58	63	+0.190	-0.59	11.8
15	Jack DoyleReceiving TE	IND	48.2	55	101	+0.047	-0.64	25.0
16	Evan EngramReceiving TE	NYG	48.1	52	109	+0.043	+0.39	21.0
17	Eric EbronReceiving TE	DET	47.8	48	86	+0.095	+0.15	15.5
18	Cameron BrateReceiving TE	TB	46.3	45	75	+0.268	-1.58	12.9
19	Martellus BennettReceiving TE	GB	44.7	42	44	+0.004	-0.30	14.1
20	Benjamin WatsonReceiving TE	BAL	43.5	39	74	+0.102	-1.00	14.1
21	Stephen AndersonReceiving TE	HOU	39.2	35	46	-0.088	+1.17	11.9
22	Seth DeValveReceiving TE	CLE	37.0	32	56	-0.068	+0.65	10.5
23	Jimmy GrahamReceiving TE	SEA	36.9	29	93	-0.008	-0.70	18.1
24	Jason WittenBalanced TE	DAL	36.0	26	78	+0.146	-2.22	17.2
25	Delanie WalkerReceiving TE	TEN	35.9	23	106	+0.099	-1.64	22.6
26	David NjokuReceiving TE	CLE	34.4	19	57	+0.035	-0.58	10.7
27	Jermaine GreshamBalanced TE	ARI	33.5	16	44	-0.089	-0.74	9.2
28	Antonio GatesReceiving TE	LAC	33.5	13	52	+0.077	-1.70	9.3
29	Tyler HigbeeBalanced TE	LA	31.4	10	43	+0.007	-1.38	10.2
30	Julius ThomasBalanced TE	MIA	30.9	6	59	-0.103	-0.96	12.6
31	Austin Seferian-JenkinsReceiving TE	NYJ	19.6	3	73	-0.090	-2.66	18.5

Low-volume tight ends (36)

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	Garrett CelekBalanced TElow volume	SF	73.8	90	33	+0.358	+4.60	7.3
2	Nick O'LearyBlocking TElow volume	BUF	71.8	87	25	+0.579	+1.69	8.5
3	Darren FellsBlocking TElow volume	DET	69.8	87	26	+0.387	+2.05	5.8
4	Rhett EllisonBalanced TElow volume	NYG	67.7	87	29	+0.533	+0.83	7.3
5	Coby FleenerBalanced TElow volume	NO	65.9	87	25	+0.537	+1.84	7.4
6	Jordan MatthewsBalanced TElow volume	BUF	65.3	87	30	+0.482	+1.55	11.8
7	O.J. HowardBalanced TElow volume	TB	62.5	84	38	+0.465	+1.86	8.1
8	Richard RodgersBalanced TElow volume	GB	59.1	77	17	+0.394	+2.68	5.7
9	Virgil GreenBlocking TElow volume	DEN	58.2	74	22	+0.149	+1.56	6.0
10	Demetrius HarrisBalanced TElow volume	KC	57.0	71	35	+0.179	+2.37	7.9
11	Ricky Seals-JonesReceiving TElow volume	ARI	56.2	71	27	+0.191	+2.34	11.8
12	Ryan GriffinBalanced TElow volume	HOU	54.3	68	25	+0.211	+1.22	14.6
13	Trey BurtonReceiving TElow volume	PHI	54.3	68	31	+0.611	-2.42	8.1
14	James O'ShaughnessyBalanced TElow volume	JAX	53.5	68	22	+0.218	+2.04	5.3
15	Vance McDonaldBalanced TElow volume	PIT	52.2	58	24	+0.139	+1.70	7.5
16	Brent CelekBalanced TElow volume	PHI	48.8	55	24	+0.124	+1.53	6.7
17	Nick BoyleBlocking TElow volume	BAL	46.9	45	30	+0.049	-0.02	6.4
18	Troy NiklasBalanced TElow volume	ARI	46.0	42	23	+0.081	+1.29	6.0
19	Daniel BrownBalanced TElow volume	CHI	45.8	42	17	+0.199	-0.95	7.7
20	Nick VannettBalanced TElow volume	SEA	45.6	42	15	+0.393	-0.90	5.9
21	Zach MillerBalanced TElow volume	CHI	44.8	42	28	+0.008	+0.74	15.0
22	Jordan ReedReceiving TElow volume	WAS	40.3	35	33	+0.175	-1.98	16.4
23	Gerald EverettReceiving TElow volume	LA	39.8	35	30	-0.058	+1.94	8.5
24	Dwayne AllenBlocking TElow volume	NE	37.9	32	21	-0.116	-0.11	5.0
25	Luke WillsonBalanced TElow volume	SEA	35.7	19	22	-0.198	+0.31	5.2
26	C.J. FiedorowiczBalanced TElow volume	HOU	33.8	16	22	-0.216	-1.73	12.5
27	Dion SimsBalanced TElow volume	CHI	33.0	10	29	-0.149	+0.22	9.1
28	Jonnu SmithBalanced TElow volume	TEN	32.5	10	30	-0.157	-0.25	7.5
29	Maxx WilliamsBalanced TElow volume	BAL	31.5	10	18	-0.160	-0.53	5.6
30	Greg OlsenReceiving TElow volume	CAR	30.9	6	38	-0.215	-1.26	19.5
31	Niles PaulBalanced TElow volume	WAS	30.2	3	19	+0.063	-3.25	6.3
32	A.J. DerbyReceiving TElow volume	DEN	28.4	3	35	-0.288	+0.33	10.1
33	Anthony FasanoBlocking TElow volume	MIA	28.2	3	15	-0.498	-1.67	5.2
34	Ross TravisReceiving TElow volume	KC	28.0	3	17	-0.449	+0.58	5.4
35	Lance KendricksBalanced TElow volume	GB	22.9	3	31	-0.532	+0.19	8.3
36	Josh HillBlocking TElow volume	NO	18.4	0	21	-0.722	-0.27	7.7