TE Leaderboard

28 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	George KittleReceiving TE	SF	89.3	100	123	+0.488	+5.13	26.3
2	Mark AndrewsReceiving TE	BAL	77.6	96	49	+0.819	+1.52	9.2
3	Evan EngramReceiving TE	NYG	74.9	93	59	+0.351	+3.38	16.7
4	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	71.8	89	148	+0.456	+0.98	26.8
5	O.J. HowardReceiving TE	TB	68.4	86	48	+0.533	+1.73	12.0
6	Vance McDonaldReceiving TE	PIT	64.5	82	72	+0.383	+2.39	11.4
7	Rob GronkowskiBalanced TE	NE	59.0	79	72	+0.430	-0.23	16.7
8	Jared CookReceiving TE	LV	57.6	75	98	+0.265	+0.51	19.2
9	Eric EbronReceiving TE	IND	54.6	71	105	+0.317	-0.42	18.0
10	Kyle RudolphBalanced TE	MIN	54.2	68	77	+0.299	-0.72	13.8
11	Dallas GoedertBalanced TE	PHI	53.8	64	43	+0.327	+0.34	8.8
12	Gerald EverettReceiving TE	LA	49.2	61	49	+0.192	-0.14	10.3
13	Chris HerndonBalanced TE	NYJ	48.2	57	55	+0.266	-0.03	12.8
14	Austin HooperReceiving TE	ATL	46.4	54	83	+0.273	-1.12	14.7
15	Benjamin WatsonBalanced TE	NO	46.1	50	41	+0.499	-2.03	10.1
16	Nick VannettBalanced TE	SEA	45.0	46	42	+0.151	+0.35	11.3
17	C.J. UzomahBalanced TE	CIN	44.5	43	56	+0.214	-0.16	11.1
18	Ryan GriffinBalanced TE	HOU	44.3	39	42	-0.002	+1.41	10.0
19	Jimmy GrahamReceiving TE	GB	41.8	36	89	+0.157	+0.02	14.7
20	Trey BurtonBalanced TE	CHI	40.9	32	75	+0.162	-1.04	15.1
21	Zach ErtzReceiving TE	PHI	38.9	29	156	+0.123	-1.50	27.0
22	David NjokuBalanced TE	CLE	38.8	25	84	+0.023	+0.48	16.9
23	Antonio GatesReceiving TE	LAC	38.0	21	44	+0.133	+0.56	9.8
24	Jordan ReedReceiving TE	WAS	35.9	18	82	-0.008	-0.43	21.2
25	Jeff HeuermanBalanced TE	DEN	33.8	14	47	-0.100	-0.24	13.6
26	Ian ThomasBalanced TE	CAR	32.9	11	48	-0.067	-1.31	13.8
27	Cameron BrateBalanced TE	TB	29.4	7	47	+0.129	-2.05	8.1
28	Ricky Seals-JonesReceiving TE	ARI	12.5	4	61	-0.384	-2.18	16.2

Low-volume tight ends (33)

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	Levine ToiloloBlocking TElow volume	DET	70.8	86	23	+0.776	+0.16	6.7
2	Jesse JamesBalanced TElow volume	PIT	68.8	86	39	+0.600	+1.59	6.7
3	Tyler HigbeeBlocking TElow volume	LA	66.0	82	33	+0.525	+1.39	7.0
4	Vernon DavisBalanced TElow volume	WAS	64.2	79	35	+0.490	+1.89	9.1
5	Jonnu SmithBlocking TElow volume	TEN	63.6	79	30	+0.214	+4.19	10.2
6	Josh HillBlocking TElow volume	NO	62.1	79	24	+0.247	+3.88	6.7
7	Luke StockerBlocking TElow volume	TEN	61.6	79	21	+0.608	+0.30	7.1
8	Virgil GreenBlocking TElow volume	LAC	61.6	79	26	+0.430	+1.07	6.7
9	Greg OlsenBalanced TElow volume	CAR	60.9	79	38	+0.574	-1.08	13.6
10	Maxx WilliamsBlocking TElow volume	BAL	60.2	79	16	+0.532	+0.12	5.9
11	Blake JarwinBalanced TElow volume	DAL	59.1	79	32	+0.584	-0.39	8.2
12	Anthony FirkserBalanced TElow volume	TEN	58.7	75	15	+0.749	-0.14	8.2
13	Jordan AkinsBalanced TElow volume	HOU	56.9	71	25	+0.488	+1.95	6.0
14	Jordan MatthewsBalanced TElow volume	PHI	56.3	71	27	+0.622	-0.47	6.9
15	Tyler EifertReceiving TElow volume	CIN	56.2	71	19	+0.515	-0.74	12.3
16	Rhett EllisonBalanced TElow volume	NYG	55.4	71	33	+0.388	+0.59	7.6
17	Lance KendricksBalanced TElow volume	GB	50.3	61	24	+0.241	+1.20	4.8
18	Dalton SchultzBalanced TElow volume	DAL	48.8	57	17	+0.220	+0.90	6.8
19	Geoff SwaimBalanced TElow volume	DAL	47.0	54	32	+0.178	+1.11	13.2
20	Matt LaCosseBalanced TElow volume	DEN	46.8	54	36	+0.204	+1.03	8.1
21	Jordan LeggettBalanced TElow volume	NYJ	45.7	46	21	+0.255	-0.12	6.4
22	Jack DoyleBalanced TElow volume	IND	41.9	36	33	+0.023	+0.01	15.8
23	Demetrius HarrisBalanced TElow volume	KC	41.3	32	25	+0.034	+1.73	6.5
24	Hayden HurstBalanced TElow volume	BAL	40.6	29	22	+0.022	+1.04	7.4
25	James O'ShaughnessyBalanced TElow volume	JAX	39.4	29	32	+0.037	+0.30	8.5
26	Dan ArnoldReceiving TElow volume	NO	37.2	18	17	+0.102	-2.34	8.5
27	Nick BoyleBalanced TElow volume	BAL	35.9	14	37	-0.126	+0.67	8.7
28	Austin Seferian-JenkinsBalanced TElow volume	JAX	33.7	11	19	-0.096	-1.93	10.5
29	Luke WillsonBlocking TElow volume	DET	30.1	7	19	-0.415	-1.20	5.5
30	Mike GesickiBalanced TElow volume	MIA	26.1	4	31	-0.250	-0.54	8.3
31	Michael RobertsReceiving TElow volume	DET	23.5	4	19	-0.685	+0.25	8.2
32	Jason CroomBalanced TElow volume	BUF	18.1	4	27	-0.785	+1.56	10.9
33	Charles ClayBalanced TElow volume	BUF	17.5	4	34	-0.468	-1.87	12.0