TE Grades

33 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	Travis Kelce	KC	86.8	100	143	+0.514	+1.48	3.0	64.3	25.2	—	105	1,416	11
2	George Kittle	SF	83.2	97	58	+0.567	+1.37	3.8	65.5	25.1	—	48	634	2
3	Darren Waller	LV	78.7	94	137	+0.395	+0.70	3.0	62.0	27.4	—	107	1,196	9
4	Robert Tonyan	GB	74.4	91	58	+0.733	-0.25	4.5	65.5	12.9	—	52	586	11
5	Tyler Higbee	LA	70.5	88	60	+0.570	+1.00	2.9	60.0	11.5	—	44	521	5
6	Dan Arnold	ARI	66.7	85	44	+0.491	+1.09	3.9	63.6	9.2	—	31	438	4
7	Jonnu Smith	TEN	64.8	82	64	+0.212	+1.52	3.5	56.3	15.9	—	41	448	8
8	Mark Andrews	BAL	60.1	79	85	+0.401	-0.80	2.6	52.9	24.7	—	58	701	7
9	Noah Fant	DEN	57.8	76	88	+0.091	+0.86	3.5	48.9	19.9	—	62	673	3
10	Jordan Akins	HOU	56.3	73	48	+0.277	-0.03	4.2	64.6	12.1	—	37	403	1
11	Jared Cook	NO	55.7	70	60	+0.476	-0.39	2.5	55.0	12.6	—	37	504	7
12	Rob Gronkowski	TB	55.6	67	75	+0.298	+0.65	2.6	49.3	12.9	—	45	623	7
13	T.J. Hockenson	DET	54.2	64	96	+0.137	+0.25	3.3	54.2	18.6	—	67	723	6
14	Dawson Knox	BUF	53.6	61	43	+0.009	+1.97	4.2	46.5	10.8	—	24	288	3
15	Dallas Goedert	PHI	52.4	58	64	+0.222	+0.02	2.7	54.7	16.8	—	46	524	3
16	Dalton Schultz	DAL	51.4	55	87	+0.167	+0.17	3.1	56.3	15.1	—	63	615	4
17	Austin Hooper	CLE	48.2	52	69	+0.321	-1.48	3.0	55.1	19.3	—	46	435	4
18	Hunter Henry	LAC	44.7	48	93	+0.195	-0.69	2.4	55.9	17.9	—	60	613	4
19	Anthony Firkser	TEN	44.3	45	50	+0.341	-1.01	2.4	56.0	11.8	—	39	387	1
20	Gerald Everett	LA	43.7	42	61	-0.026	+0.60	3.8	47.5	11.6	—	41	417	1
21	Mike Gesicki	MIA	43.0	39	80	+0.281	-1.00	2.0	51.2	16.3	—	53	703	6
22	Jimmy Graham	CHI	42.3	36	69	+0.121	-0.12	2.9	47.8	13.1	—	50	456	8
23	Logan Thomas	WAS	40.0	33	109	+0.083	-0.74	3.0	48.6	19.4	—	72	670	6
24	Hayden Hurst	ATL	39.9	30	86	+0.115	-0.87	3.6	48.8	14.9	—	56	571	6
25	Drew Sample	CIN	37.7	27	53	+0.045	-0.57	3.8	54.7	9.6	—	40	349	1
26	Jacob Hollister	SEA	35.0	24	40	+0.141	-1.33	2.9	50.0	9.2	—	25	209	3
27	Trey Burton	IND	32.6	21	46	-0.071	-1.01	3.2	52.2	12.3	—	28	250	3
28	Eric Ebron	PIT	32.0	18	90	+0.036	-1.03	3.1	45.6	14.9	—	56	558	5
29	Jordan Reed	SF	31.6	15	44	+0.035	-1.21	2.1	38.6	13.9	—	26	231	4
30	N'Keal Harry	NE	30.7	12	55	-0.102	-1.46	3.4	47.3	16.9	—	33	309	2
31	Tyler Eifert	JAX	28.6	9	56	+0.016	-1.44	2.3	53.6	11.9	—	36	349	2
32	Evan Engram	NYG	26.0	6	104	-0.227	-0.74	3.0	39.4	21.8	—	63	654	1
33	Zach Ertz	PHI	16.8	3	71	-0.265	-2.56	3.1	35.2	19.3	—	36	335	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	Darren Fells	HOU	83.4	97	28	+0.813	+4.26	4.3	71.4	7.6	—	21	312	4
2	Adam Trautman	NO	72.7	88	15	+0.786	+1.38	—	73.3	5.0	—	15	171	1
3	Irv Smith	MIN	67.8	85	39	+0.676	+0.43	3.2	56.4	12.7	—	30	365	5
4	Ross Dwelley	SF	66.9	85	19	+0.621	+0.38	—	68.4	6.0	—	19	245	1
5	Richard Rodgers	PHI	64.3	79	31	+0.728	-0.32	3.7	67.7	10.6	—	24	345	2
6	Marcedes Lewis	GB	62.8	79	16	+0.274	+2.55	—	50.0	5.4	—	10	107	3
7	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	60.7	79	34	+0.244	+1.60	3.4	64.7	10.7	—	28	334	1
8	Tyler Conklin	MIN	59.7	76	26	+0.305	+1.20	4.2	61.5	10.6	—	19	194	1
9	Pharaoh Brown	HOU	59.4	76	16	+0.683	+1.52	2.7	75.0	5.8	—	14	163	2
10	Will Dissly	SEA	58.3	76	29	+0.204	+1.80	5.0	55.2	6.2	—	24	251	2
11	Tyler Kroft	BUF	57.6	73	16	+0.534	+0.17	5.2	68.8	8.6	—	12	119	3
12	Adam Shaheen	MIA	56.7	73	22	+0.306	+3.49	—	40.9	5.1	—	12	150	3
13	Durham Smythe	MIA	54.0	61	28	+0.484	+0.18	2.8	71.4	6.8	—	26	208	2
14	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	53.5	58	37	+0.300	+1.11	1.9	59.5	8.9	—	31	394	2
15	Cameron Brate	TB	52.0	55	34	+0.689	-1.29	2.8	67.6	7.1	—	28	282	2
16	Donald Parham	LAC	51.9	55	16	+0.326	+3.29	—	50.0	5.0	—	10	159	3
17	Kaden Smith	NYG	49.1	52	21	+0.291	-1.00	—	57.1	5.6	—	18	112	0
18	Nick Boyle	BAL	47.6	48	17	+0.366	-1.84	—	58.8	7.1	—	14	113	2
19	David Njoku	CLE	46.7	48	27	+0.439	-0.19	1.5	55.6	8.0	—	19	213	2
20	Jesse James	DET	44.9	48	20	-0.003	-0.10	—	40.0	5.6	—	14	129	2
21	Jack Doyle	IND	43.4	39	32	+0.336	-0.43	1.8	62.5	7.3	—	23	251	3
22	Cole Kmet	CHI	43.0	36	39	+0.083	-0.44	4.2	59.0	9.4	—	28	243	2
23	Jace Sternberger	GB	42.4	36	15	+0.223	-0.22	—	46.7	5.8	—	12	114	1
24	O.J. Howard	TB	41.9	33	18	+0.271	-2.93	3.1	55.6	12.5	—	11	146	2
25	Ryan Izzo	NE	40.9	33	19	-0.357	+0.82	—	47.4	7.8	—	13	199	0
26	Vance McDonald	PIT	38.9	27	20	-0.145	-0.61	4.0	30.0	5.5	—	15	99	0
27	Chris Herndon	NYJ	38.2	27	37	+0.023	-1.22	4.1	54.1	12.3	—	31	287	3
28	James O'Shaughnessy	JAX	35.7	24	34	+0.265	-1.52	2.2	64.7	7.3	—	28	262	0
29	Jason Witten	LV	34.7	21	17	+0.142	-3.32	2.2	52.9	5.3	—	13	69	2
30	Harrison Bryant	CLE	34.5	21	38	-0.270	+0.94	2.7	47.4	10.6	—	24	238	3
31	Nick Vannett	DEN	31.9	15	20	-0.244	-0.67	—	45.0	7.5	—	14	95	1
32	Ian Thomas	CAR	30.3	9	30	-0.149	-0.97	2.2	43.3	7.3	—	20	145	1
33	Greg Olsen	SEA	30.1	9	37	+0.057	-1.94	2.7	54.1	10.0	—	24	239	1