TE Leaderboard

32 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	85.4	100	107	+0.543	+1.53	28.8
2	Jared CookReceiving TE	NO	78.9	97	63	+0.569	+2.70	13.6
3	Darren WallerReceiving TE	LV	73.4	94	105	+0.323	+1.64	23.0
4	Tyler HigbeeReceiving TE	LA	72.4	91	75	+0.359	+1.54	14.8
5	Jonnu SmithBalanced TE	TEN	71.4	88	42	+0.378	+2.54	12.0
6	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	69.9	84	133	+0.440	-0.25	24.2
7	Kyle RudolphBalanced TE	MIN	63.5	81	48	+0.468	+0.13	11.5
8	Darren FellsBalanced TE	HOU	61.8	78	47	+0.495	+0.90	10.1
9	Mark AndrewsReceiving TE	BAL	59.8	75	94	+0.418	-0.19	25.1
10	Jordan AkinsBalanced TE	HOU	56.7	72	50	+0.246	+2.02	10.1
11	Austin HooperReceiving TE	ATL	56.0	69	82	+0.288	-0.25	17.0
12	Hunter HenryReceiving TE	LAC	55.9	66	75	+0.397	-1.11	18.7
13	Jimmy GrahamBalanced TE	GB	54.2	63	58	+0.228	+1.48	11.3
14	Blake JarwinBalanced TE	DAL	52.3	59	40	+0.337	+0.92	7.6
15	T.J. HockensonReceiving TE	DET	47.2	56	59	+0.146	+1.60	14.1
16	Tyler EifertReceiving TE	CIN	44.7	53	59	+0.431	-1.54	11.0
17	Noah FantBalanced TE	DEN	43.3	50	66	-0.006	+2.53	14.1
18	Zach ErtzReceiving TE	PHI	42.9	47	133	+0.256	-1.42	23.9
19	Evan EngramReceiving TE	NYG	42.7	44	60	+0.018	+0.90	20.9
20	Dawson KnoxBalanced TE	BUF	42.5	41	50	+0.157	+0.40	11.3
21	Dallas GoedertReceiving TE	PHI	41.0	38	86	+0.086	+0.50	15.7
22	Gerald EverettReceiving TE	LA	40.8	34	59	+0.104	+0.39	14.0
23	Greg OlsenReceiving TE	CAR	40.3	31	80	+0.111	-0.29	17.2
24	Jack DoyleBalanced TE	IND	39.5	28	71	+0.033	+0.26	15.7
25	Jason WittenBalanced TE	DAL	39.1	25	83	+0.232	-1.73	14.7
26	Eric EbronReceiving TE	IND	37.7	22	52	-0.055	+0.43	15.6
27	O.J. HowardBalanced TE	TB	36.8	19	53	+0.177	-0.72	11.4
28	Jacob HollisterReceiving TE	SEA	35.8	16	57	-0.059	-0.51	18.8
29	Irv SmithBalanced TE	MIN	33.4	13	47	+0.248	-1.73	11.7
30	Cameron BrateReceiving TE	TB	26.7	9	52	+0.030	-1.61	10.3
31	Mike GesickiReceiving TE	MIA	26.6	6	85	+0.060	-1.17	16.0
32	Vance McDonaldBalanced TE	PIT	19.1	3	51	-0.249	-1.26	13.7

Low-volume tight ends (34)

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	Hayden HurstBalanced TElow volume	BAL	67.3	81	35	+0.629	+0.78	10.1
2	Ryan GriffinBalanced TElow volume	NYJ	60.6	75	37	+0.490	+0.38	10.9
3	Foster MoreauBalanced TElow volume	LV	59.3	72	25	+0.517	+0.45	8.7
4	Maxx WilliamsBlocking TElow volume	ARI	58.7	72	19	+0.221	+2.26	4.6
5	Benjamin WatsonBlocking TElow volume	NE	58.7	72	23	+0.443	+0.36	7.2
6	Ricky Seals-JonesBalanced TElow volume	CLE	58.4	72	20	+0.491	+3.51	7.4
7	Will DisslyReceiving TElow volume	SEA	58.3	72	26	+0.736	-1.53	15.0
8	James O'ShaughnessyBalanced TElow volume	JAX	55.4	63	18	+0.356	+1.46	11.4
9	Nick BoyleBalanced TElow volume	BAL	55.3	63	39	+0.272	+0.78	10.5
10	Demetrius HarrisBlocking TElow volume	CLE	51.6	56	25	+0.317	+0.33	7.4
11	Marcedes LewisBlocking TElow volume	GB	50.7	56	19	+0.313	-0.40	4.6
12	Nick VannettBlocking TElow volume	PIT	49.9	56	21	+0.283	-0.71	5.1
13	Josh HillBalanced TElow volume	NO	49.7	56	35	+0.240	+1.17	7.9
14	Charles ClayBalanced TElow volume	ARI	48.1	56	24	+0.443	-0.22	5.2
15	Seth DeValveBalanced TElow volume	JAX	46.5	53	18	+0.215	+0.83	8.1
16	Delanie WalkerReceiving TElow volume	TEN	41.1	38	29	+0.214	-1.18	18.7
17	Derek CarrierBalanced TElow volume	LV	40.3	31	17	+0.188	-0.67	7.1
18	Matt LaCosseBlocking TElow volume	NE	40.0	28	19	+0.028	-0.66	6.8
19	Ross DwelleyBalanced TElow volume	SF	39.6	28	21	+0.217	-2.20	10.7
20	Jeff HeuermanBalanced TElow volume	DEN	39.4	25	20	+0.195	-1.64	8.0
21	Ian ThomasBalanced TElow volume	CAR	38.3	22	20	-0.112	+1.51	8.4
22	C.J. UzomahBalanced TElow volume	CIN	37.2	19	39	+0.026	+0.03	8.7
23	Vernon DavisBalanced TElow volume	WAS	37.0	19	16	-0.471	+4.66	12.2
24	Logan ThomasBalanced TElow volume	DET	36.3	16	27	-0.018	+0.52	6.5
25	N'Keal HarryReceiving TElow volume	NE	36.2	16	23	+0.074	-0.85	9.4
26	Anthony FirkserReceiving TElow volume	TEN	34.5	13	23	-0.182	+0.66	9.5
27	Nick O'LearyBlocking TElow volume	JAX	31.7	9	15	-0.070	-1.88	6.4
28	Kaden SmithBalanced TElow volume	NYG	30.1	9	38	+0.223	-2.29	16.5
29	Jesse JamesBalanced TElow volume	DET	29.0	9	26	-0.037	-1.21	5.8
30	Jeremy SprinkleBalanced TElow volume	WAS	28.6	9	34	-0.105	-1.29	9.4
31	Blake BellBlocking TElow volume	KC	26.2	3	15	-0.179	-3.85	4.2
32	Geoff SwaimBalanced TElow volume	JAX	21.3	3	15	-0.415	-2.89	8.1
33	Rhett EllisonBalanced TElow volume	NYG	20.1	3	23	-0.358	-1.13	6.6
34	Trey BurtonBalanced TElow volume	CHI	17.9	0	24	-0.360	-3.14	10.4