TE Grades

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)

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

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	George Kittle	SF	89.9	100	123	+0.488	+5.13	3.3	55.3	26.3	—	88	1,377	5
2	Travis Kelce	KC	76.0	96	148	+0.456	+0.98	2.9	57.4	26.8	—	103	1,336	10
3	Evan Engram	NYG	73.1	93	59	+0.351	+3.38	4.4	47.5	16.7	—	45	577	3
4	Mark Andrews	BAL	72.3	89	49	+0.819	+1.52	2.1	65.3	9.2	—	34	552	3
5	Vance McDonald	PIT	65.9	86	72	+0.383	+2.39	3.3	55.6	11.4	—	50	610	4
6	O.J. Howard	TB	65.6	82	48	+0.533	+1.73	2.4	64.6	12.0	—	34	565	5
7	Rob Gronkowski	NE	59.5	79	72	+0.430	-0.23	2.7	63.9	16.7	—	47	682	3
8	Jared Cook	LV	56.3	75	98	+0.265	+0.51	2.8	56.1	19.2	—	68	896	6
9	Eric Ebron	IND	54.2	71	105	+0.317	-0.42	3.4	49.5	18.0	—	66	750	13
10	Dallas Goedert	PHI	51.9	68	43	+0.327	+0.34	3.7	58.1	8.8	—	33	334	4
11	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	51.0	64	77	+0.299	-0.72	3.6	59.7	13.8	—	64	634	4
12	Chris Herndon	NYJ	50.8	61	55	+0.266	-0.03	3.7	54.5	12.8	—	39	502	4
13	Gerald Everett	LA	48.5	57	49	+0.192	-0.14	4.6	55.1	10.3	—	33	320	3
14	Benjamin Watson	NO	46.5	54	41	+0.499	-2.03	2.7	58.5	10.1	—	35	400	2
15	Austin Hooper	ATL	44.7	50	83	+0.273	-1.12	3.2	53.0	14.7	—	71	660	4
16	Zach Ertz	PHI	44.4	46	156	+0.123	-1.50	3.3	56.4	27.0	—	116	1,163	8
17	Nick Vannett	SEA	44.1	43	42	+0.151	+0.35	3.2	50.0	11.3	—	29	269	3
18	Jimmy Graham	GB	42.5	39	89	+0.157	+0.02	3.1	46.1	14.7	—	55	636	2
19	Trey Burton	CHI	41.3	36	75	+0.162	-1.04	3.4	53.3	15.1	—	54	569	6
20	C.J. Uzomah	CIN	41.2	32	56	+0.214	-0.16	2.2	53.6	11.1	—	43	439	3
21	David Njoku	CLE	39.6	29	84	+0.023	+0.48	3.0	45.2	16.9	—	56	639	4
22	Antonio Gates	LAC	39.3	25	44	+0.133	+0.56	2.3	47.7	9.8	—	28	333	2
23	Jordan Reed	WAS	39.2	21	82	-0.008	-0.43	3.4	48.8	21.2	—	54	558	2
24	Ryan Griffin	HOU	38.8	18	42	-0.002	+1.41	2.4	52.4	10.0	—	24	305	0
25	Jeff Heuerman	DEN	34.0	14	47	-0.100	-0.24	3.4	46.8	13.6	—	31	281	2
26	Ian Thomas	CAR	32.0	11	48	-0.067	-1.31	3.4	52.1	13.8	—	36	333	2
27	Cameron Brate	TB	31.1	7	47	+0.129	-2.05	3.1	46.8	8.1	—	30	289	6
28	Ricky Seals-Jones	ARI	15.4	4	61	-0.384	-2.18	2.7	36.1	16.2	—	34	343	1

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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Jonnu Smith	TEN	70.8	86	30	+0.214	+4.19	5.3	60.0	10.2	—	20	258	3
2	Levine Toilolo	DET	69.6	86	23	+0.776	+0.16	3.2	73.9	6.7	—	21	263	1
3	Tyler Higbee	LA	66.9	86	33	+0.525	+1.39	2.8	60.6	7.0	—	24	292	2
4	Jesse James	PIT	65.3	79	39	+0.600	+1.59	3.5	66.7	6.7	—	30	423	2
5	Maxx Williams	BAL	63.8	79	16	+0.532	+0.12	5.8	68.8	5.9	—	16	143	1
6	Josh Hill	NO	62.3	79	24	+0.247	+3.88	—	50.0	6.7	—	16	185	1
7	Luke Stocker	TEN	61.7	79	21	+0.608	+0.30	—	52.4	7.1	—	15	165	2
8	Virgil Green	LAC	61.0	79	26	+0.430	+1.07	—	57.7	6.7	—	19	210	1
9	Vernon Davis	WAS	58.9	75	35	+0.490	+1.89	2.4	60.0	9.1	—	25	367	2
10	Greg Olsen	CAR	58.0	75	38	+0.574	-1.08	3.0	63.2	13.6	—	27	291	4
11	Rhett Ellison	NYG	57.0	75	33	+0.388	+0.59	5.0	60.6	7.6	—	25	272	1
12	Blake Jarwin	DAL	56.0	71	32	+0.584	-0.39	3.3	62.5	8.2	—	27	307	3
13	Anthony Firkser	TEN	55.6	71	15	+0.749	-0.14	—	66.7	8.2	—	19	225	1
14	Jordan Akins	HOU	54.1	68	25	+0.488	+1.95	—	48.0	6.0	—	17	225	0
15	Tyler Eifert	CIN	51.3	64	19	+0.515	-0.74	1.9	68.4	12.3	—	15	179	1
16	Geoff Swaim	DAL	50.8	61	32	+0.178	+1.11	3.8	46.9	13.2	—	26	242	1
17	Matt LaCosse	DEN	50.5	57	36	+0.204	+1.03	4.4	55.6	8.1	—	24	250	1
18	Jordan Matthews	PHI	50.0	57	27	+0.622	-0.47	1.9	55.6	6.9	—	20	300	2
19	Lance Kendricks	GB	46.0	50	24	+0.241	+1.20	—	62.5	4.8	—	19	170	1
20	Dalton Schultz	DAL	45.9	50	17	+0.220	+0.90	—	58.8	6.8	—	12	116	0
21	Jack Doyle	IND	44.1	39	33	+0.023	+0.01	3.3	57.6	15.8	—	26	245	2
22	Jordan Leggett	NYJ	43.1	39	21	+0.255	-0.12	—	52.4	6.4	—	14	114	1
23	Demetrius Harris	KC	42.2	36	25	+0.034	+1.73	4.2	44.0	6.5	—	12	164	3
24	Hayden Hurst	BAL	39.4	25	22	+0.022	+1.04	—	40.9	7.4	—	13	163	1
25	James O'Shaughnessy	JAX	39.1	18	32	+0.037	+0.30	3.5	46.9	8.5	—	24	214	0
26	Dan Arnold	NO	37.6	14	17	+0.102	-2.34	2.8	58.8	8.5	—	12	150	1
27	Nick Boyle	BAL	35.5	14	37	-0.126	+0.67	3.6	51.4	8.7	—	23	213	0
28	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	JAX	34.7	14	19	-0.096	-1.93	3.6	36.8	10.5	—	11	90	1
29	Luke Willson	DET	28.9	4	19	-0.415	-1.20	—	52.6	5.5	—	13	87	0
30	Mike Gesicki	MIA	27.3	4	31	-0.250	-0.54	3.1	45.2	8.3	—	22	202	0
31	Michael Roberts	DET	23.0	4	19	-0.685	+0.25	2.5	26.3	8.2	—	9	100	3
32	Jason Croom	BUF	22.1	4	27	-0.785	+1.56	3.1	37.0	10.9	—	22	259	1
33	Charles Clay	BUF	19.1	4	34	-0.468	-1.87	2.8	38.2	12.0	—	21	184	0