TE Grades

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)

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

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	George Kittle	SF	86.3	100	107	+0.543	+1.53	3.3	60.7	28.8	—	85	1,053	5
2	Jared Cook	NO	76.8	97	63	+0.569	+2.70	2.3	61.9	13.6	—	43	705	9
3	Darren Waller	LV	74.2	94	105	+0.323	+1.64	3.1	60.0	23.0	—	90	1,145	3
4	Travis Kelce	KC	70.9	91	133	+0.440	-0.25	3.1	60.9	24.2	—	97	1,229	5
5	Jonnu Smith	TEN	69.3	88	42	+0.378	+2.54	3.9	59.5	12.0	—	35	439	3
6	Tyler Higbee	LA	68.9	84	75	+0.359	+1.54	3.5	60.0	14.8	—	69	734	3
7	Mark Andrews	BAL	66.4	81	94	+0.418	-0.19	3.1	48.9	25.1	—	64	852	10
8	Darren Fells	HOU	63.9	78	47	+0.495	+0.90	3.6	59.6	10.1	—	34	341	7
9	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	56.2	75	48	+0.468	+0.13	2.3	62.5	11.5	—	39	367	6
10	Jordan Akins	HOU	55.9	72	50	+0.246	+2.02	3.6	42.0	10.1	—	36	418	2
11	Austin Hooper	ATL	54.5	69	82	+0.288	-0.25	3.5	53.7	17.0	—	75	787	6
12	Hunter Henry	LAC	54.3	66	75	+0.397	-1.11	2.6	64.0	18.7	—	55	652	5
13	Jimmy Graham	GB	53.4	63	58	+0.228	+1.48	3.5	44.8	11.3	—	38	447	3
14	T.J. Hockenson	DET	47.7	59	59	+0.146	+1.60	2.4	45.8	14.1	—	32	367	2
15	Noah Fant	DEN	46.8	56	66	-0.006	+2.53	2.8	42.4	14.1	—	40	562	3
16	Blake Jarwin	DAL	46.6	53	40	+0.337	+0.92	1.5	57.5	7.6	—	31	365	3
17	Zach Ertz	PHI	46.3	50	133	+0.256	-1.42	2.7	53.4	23.9	—	88	916	6
18	Evan Engram	NYG	44.9	47	60	+0.018	+0.90	3.1	40.0	20.9	—	44	467	3
19	Dallas Goedert	PHI	44.6	44	86	+0.086	+0.50	3.1	55.8	15.7	—	58	607	5
20	Dawson Knox	BUF	41.4	41	50	+0.157	+0.40	2.7	46.0	11.3	—	28	388	2
21	Tyler Eifert	CIN	41.0	38	59	+0.431	-1.54	1.8	50.8	11.0	—	43	436	3
22	Gerald Everett	LA	40.9	34	59	+0.104	+0.39	2.9	42.4	14.0	—	37	408	2
23	Jack Doyle	IND	40.5	31	71	+0.033	+0.26	3.3	50.7	15.7	—	43	448	4
24	Greg Olsen	CAR	40.0	28	80	+0.111	-0.29	2.7	51.2	17.2	—	52	597	2
25	Jason Witten	DAL	38.0	25	83	+0.232	-1.73	3.0	60.2	14.7	—	63	529	4
26	Eric Ebron	IND	37.9	22	52	-0.055	+0.43	3.3	50.0	15.6	—	31	375	3
27	O.J. Howard	TB	37.3	19	53	+0.177	-0.72	2.3	58.5	11.4	—	34	459	1
28	Irv Smith	MIN	36.9	16	47	+0.248	-1.73	3.4	44.7	11.7	—	36	311	2
29	Jacob Hollister	SEA	35.2	13	57	-0.059	-0.51	3.3	52.6	18.8	—	41	349	3
30	Mike Gesicki	MIA	29.4	9	85	+0.060	-1.17	2.6	45.9	16.0	—	51	570	5
31	Cameron Brate	TB	24.5	6	52	+0.030	-1.61	2.2	51.9	10.3	—	36	311	4
32	Vance McDonald	PIT	20.3	3	51	-0.249	-1.26	3.4	39.2	13.7	—	38	273	3

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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Hayden Hurst	BAL	63.2	75	35	+0.629	+0.78	2.6	60.0	10.1	—	30	349	2
2	Ryan Griffin	NYJ	61.2	75	37	+0.490	+0.38	4.1	56.8	10.9	—	34	320	5
3	Will Dissly	SEA	60.2	75	26	+0.736	-1.53	3.3	65.4	15.0	—	23	262	4
4	Benjamin Watson	NE	59.0	75	23	+0.443	+0.36	3.2	56.5	7.2	—	17	173	0
5	Ricky Seals-Jones	CLE	58.2	75	20	+0.491	+3.51	2.4	50.0	7.4	—	14	229	4
6	Maxx Williams	ARI	58.1	75	19	+0.221	+2.26	—	57.9	4.6	—	15	202	1
7	Nick Boyle	BAL	55.9	72	39	+0.272	+0.78	4.7	56.4	10.5	—	31	321	2
8	Foster Moreau	LV	55.3	69	25	+0.517	+0.45	—	68.0	8.7	—	21	174	5
9	James O'Shaughnessy	JAX	55.3	69	18	+0.356	+1.46	3.9	61.1	11.4	—	14	153	2
10	Nick Vannett	PIT	54.8	69	21	+0.283	-0.71	5.7	66.7	5.1	—	17	166	0
11	Josh Hill	NO	53.1	59	35	+0.240	+1.17	4.9	48.6	7.9	—	25	226	3
12	Demetrius Harris	CLE	51.9	59	25	+0.317	+0.33	—	44.0	7.4	—	15	149	3
13	Marcedes Lewis	GB	49.7	59	19	+0.313	-0.40	—	57.9	4.6	—	15	156	1
14	Delanie Walker	TEN	45.1	47	29	+0.214	-1.18	3.2	51.7	18.7	—	21	215	2
15	Charles Clay	ARI	44.4	41	24	+0.443	-0.22	—	50.0	5.2	—	18	237	1
16	Seth DeValve	JAX	44.2	41	18	+0.215	+0.83	2.8	50.0	8.1	—	12	140	0
17	Vernon Davis	WAS	39.2	25	16	-0.471	+4.66	3.8	25.0	12.2	—	10	123	1
18	Matt LaCosse	NE	39.0	25	19	+0.028	-0.66	—	52.6	6.8	—	13	131	1
19	Ross Dwelley	SF	38.9	25	21	+0.217	-2.20	3.3	57.1	10.7	—	15	91	2
20	Derek Carrier	LV	38.7	25	17	+0.188	-0.67	3.1	47.1	7.1	—	13	108	1
21	C.J. Uzomah	CIN	37.6	19	39	+0.026	+0.03	3.9	53.8	8.7	—	27	242	2
22	Nick O'Leary	JAX	37.1	16	15	-0.070	-1.88	4.5	46.7	6.4	—	13	109	1
23	Ian Thomas	CAR	36.8	13	20	-0.112	+1.51	2.9	45.0	8.4	—	16	136	1
24	Jeff Heuerman	DEN	36.0	13	20	+0.195	-1.64	2.5	60.0	8.0	—	14	114	1
25	Kaden Smith	NYG	35.6	13	38	+0.223	-2.29	2.8	42.1	16.5	—	31	268	3
26	N'Keal Harry	NE	34.9	9	23	+0.074	-0.85	2.7	39.1	9.4	—	12	105	2
27	Logan Thomas	DET	33.9	9	27	-0.018	+0.52	—	48.1	6.5	—	16	173	1
28	Anthony Firkser	TEN	33.6	9	23	-0.182	+0.66	3.1	47.8	9.5	—	14	204	1
29	Jesse James	DET	30.0	9	26	-0.037	-1.21	4.2	42.3	5.8	—	16	142	0
30	Blake Bell	KC	26.2	6	15	-0.179	-3.85	—	26.7	4.2	—	8	67	0
31	Jeremy Sprinkle	WAS	24.5	6	34	-0.105	-1.29	2.0	55.9	9.4	—	26	241	1
32	Geoff Swaim	JAX	21.2	3	15	-0.415	-2.89	—	20.0	8.1	—	13	65	0
33	Rhett Ellison	NYG	20.8	3	23	-0.358	-1.13	3.5	21.7	6.6	—	18	167	1
34	Trey Burton	CHI	18.2	0	24	-0.360	-3.14	—	29.2	10.4	—	14	84	0