TE Grades

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)

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

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	89.4	100	103	+0.756	+1.08	2.3	62.1	22.8	—	69	1,084	8
2	Hunter Henry	LAC	79.3	97	62	+0.628	+0.67	3.0	69.4	15.1	—	45	579	4
3	Travis Kelce	KC	75.6	94	121	+0.428	-0.05	2.9	52.9	24.7	—	83	1,038	8
4	Ed Dickson	CAR	68.8	90	47	+0.370	+1.92	3.2	51.1	11.8	—	30	437	1
5	Marcedes Lewis	JAX	64.8	87	48	+0.202	+2.77	4.0	45.8	9.7	—	24	318	5
6	Zach Ertz	PHI	60.0	84	104	+0.270	-0.95	3.0	58.7	22.2	—	74	824	8
7	George Kittle	SF	60.0	81	62	+0.207	+1.53	3.0	43.5	11.4	—	43	515	2
8	Tyler Kroft	CIN	58.9	77	61	+0.281	+0.53	2.5	52.5	14.3	—	42	404	7
9	Jared Cook	LV	58.2	74	80	+0.304	-0.21	2.6	52.5	16.0	—	54	688	2
10	Vernon Davis	WAS	57.3	71	68	+0.084	+1.85	3.0	42.6	13.1	—	43	648	3
11	Charles Clay	BUF	55.8	68	71	+0.120	+0.08	3.0	47.9	21.3	—	49	558	2
12	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	54.5	65	79	+0.215	-0.38	3.3	51.9	15.4	—	57	532	8
13	Jack Doyle	IND	52.4	61	101	+0.047	-0.64	3.4	53.5	25.0	—	80	690	4
14	Austin Hooper	ATL	51.4	58	63	+0.064	+0.21	3.9	50.8	13.2	—	49	526	3
15	Evan Engram	NYG	50.4	55	109	+0.043	+0.39	2.7	41.3	21.0	—	64	722	6
16	Eric Ebron	DET	48.6	52	86	+0.095	+0.15	3.1	41.9	15.5	—	53	574	4
17	Jesse James	PIT	46.9	48	63	+0.190	-0.59	3.1	50.8	11.8	—	43	372	3
18	Seth DeValve	CLE	43.1	45	56	-0.068	+0.65	3.9	41.1	10.5	—	33	395	1
19	Benjamin Watson	BAL	43.0	42	74	+0.102	-1.00	3.3	54.1	14.1	—	61	522	4
20	Cameron Brate	TB	43.0	39	75	+0.268	-1.58	2.4	54.7	12.9	—	48	591	6
21	Martellus Bennett	GB	42.1	35	44	+0.004	-0.30	2.8	52.3	14.1	—	30	286	0
22	Delanie Walker	TEN	40.8	32	106	+0.099	-1.64	2.6	50.9	22.6	—	74	807	3
23	Stephen Anderson	HOU	39.4	29	46	-0.088	+1.17	2.2	41.3	11.9	—	25	342	1
24	Jimmy Graham	SEA	37.3	26	93	-0.008	-0.70	2.4	47.3	18.1	—	57	520	10
25	Jason Witten	DAL	36.0	23	78	+0.146	-2.22	2.6	53.8	17.2	—	63	560	5
26	David Njoku	CLE	34.1	19	57	+0.035	-0.58	2.5	36.8	10.7	—	32	386	4
27	Julius Thomas	MIA	30.6	16	59	-0.103	-0.96	2.9	47.5	12.6	—	41	388	3
28	Antonio Gates	LAC	30.6	13	52	+0.077	-1.70	2.3	48.1	9.3	—	30	316	3
29	Jermaine Gresham	ARI	30.6	10	44	-0.089	-0.74	2.6	47.7	9.2	—	33	322	2
30	Tyler Higbee	LA	29.8	6	43	+0.007	-1.38	2.1	39.5	10.2	—	25	295	1
31	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	NYJ	23.4	3	73	-0.090	-2.66	2.8	42.5	18.5	—	50	357	3

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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Nick O'Leary	BUF	75.6	90	25	+0.579	+1.69	3.4	56.0	8.5	—	22	322	2
2	Garrett Celek	SF	73.7	90	33	+0.358	+4.60	4.0	51.5	7.3	—	21	336	4
3	Darren Fells	DET	73.2	90	26	+0.387	+2.05	4.2	53.8	5.8	—	17	177	3
4	O.J. Howard	TB	71.5	90	38	+0.465	+1.86	4.6	57.9	8.1	—	26	432	6
5	Jordan Matthews	BUF	64.9	87	30	+0.482	+1.55	2.5	53.3	11.8	—	25	282	1
6	Coby Fleener	NO	62.0	84	25	+0.537	+1.84	2.5	52.0	7.4	—	22	295	2
7	Rhett Ellison	NYG	61.7	84	29	+0.533	+0.83	2.5	72.4	7.3	—	24	235	2
8	Virgil Green	DEN	58.4	74	22	+0.149	+1.56	—	50.0	6.0	—	14	191	1
9	Richard Rodgers	GB	55.9	68	17	+0.394	+2.68	—	52.9	5.7	—	12	160	1
10	Ryan Griffin	HOU	55.5	65	25	+0.211	+1.22	3.3	40.0	14.6	—	13	158	1
11	Demetrius Harris	KC	55.1	65	35	+0.179	+2.37	3.1	45.7	7.9	—	18	224	1
12	Ricky Seals-Jones	ARI	52.6	61	27	+0.191	+2.34	1.8	40.7	11.8	—	12	201	3
13	Nick Boyle	BAL	50.7	55	30	+0.049	-0.02	4.2	46.7	6.4	—	28	203	0
14	Gerald Everett	LA	50.5	55	30	-0.058	+1.94	5.5	30.0	8.5	—	16	244	2
15	James O'Shaughnessy	JAX	50.0	52	22	+0.218	+2.04	2.8	50.0	5.3	—	14	149	1
16	Vance McDonald	PIT	48.3	48	24	+0.139	+1.70	2.4	50.0	7.5	—	14	188	1
17	Trey Burton	PHI	47.6	48	31	+0.611	-2.42	2.0	61.3	8.1	—	23	248	5
18	Brent Celek	PHI	46.6	45	24	+0.124	+1.53	—	41.7	6.7	—	13	130	1
19	Zach Miller	CHI	46.1	45	28	+0.008	+0.74	2.3	46.4	15.0	—	20	236	2
20	Daniel Brown	CHI	46.0	45	17	+0.199	-0.95	4.2	58.8	7.7	—	13	129	0
21	Nick Vannett	SEA	45.4	45	15	+0.393	-0.90	—	60.0	5.9	—	12	124	1
22	Troy Niklas	ARI	45.2	45	23	+0.081	+1.29	3.4	43.5	6.0	—	11	132	1
23	Dwayne Allen	NE	42.9	35	21	-0.116	-0.11	4.3	23.8	5.0	—	10	86	1
24	Jordan Reed	WAS	42.5	35	33	+0.175	-1.98	3.0	54.5	16.4	—	27	211	2
25	Dion Sims	CHI	34.5	19	29	-0.149	+0.22	2.6	37.9	9.1	—	15	180	1
26	Luke Willson	SEA	33.1	16	22	-0.198	+0.31	—	45.5	5.2	—	15	153	4
27	Greg Olsen	CAR	32.7	16	38	-0.215	-1.26	2.8	36.8	19.5	—	17	191	1
28	C.J. Fiedorowicz	HOU	32.5	16	22	-0.216	-1.73	2.7	54.5	12.5	—	14	127	0
29	Maxx Williams	BAL	32.3	16	18	-0.160	-0.53	—	38.9	5.6	—	15	86	1
30	A.J. Derby	DEN	32.3	16	35	-0.288	+0.33	3.4	37.1	10.1	—	21	244	2
31	Jonnu Smith	TEN	31.2	16	30	-0.157	-0.25	2.8	36.7	7.5	—	18	157	2
32	Anthony Fasano	MIA	29.9	6	15	-0.498	-1.67	—	53.3	5.2	—	12	107	1
33	Ross Travis	KC	29.4	3	17	-0.449	+0.58	—	35.3	5.4	—	7	76	0
34	Niles Paul	WAS	28.7	3	19	+0.063	-3.25	2.7	36.8	6.3	—	13	94	0
35	Josh Hill	NO	22.4	0	21	-0.722	-0.27	—	28.6	7.7	—	16	125	1
36	Lance Kendricks	GB	21.9	0	31	-0.532	+0.19	2.5	32.3	8.3	—	18	203	1