TE Leaderboard

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)

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1	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	85.6	100	143	+0.514	+1.48	25.2
2	George KittleReceiving TE	SF	84.3	97	58	+0.567	+1.37	25.1
3	Robert TonyanBalanced TE	GB	77.3	94	58	+0.733	-0.25	12.9
4	Darren WallerReceiving TE	LV	77.0	91	137	+0.395	+0.70	27.4
5	Tyler HigbeeBalanced TE	LA	74.4	88	60	+0.570	+1.00	11.5
6	Dan ArnoldBalanced TE	ARI	67.0	85	44	+0.491	+1.09	9.2
7	Jonnu SmithBalanced TE	TEN	66.2	82	64	+0.212	+1.52	15.9
8	Jordan AkinsReceiving TE	HOU	58.5	79	48	+0.277	-0.03	12.1
9	Noah FantReceiving TE	DEN	58.1	76	88	+0.091	+0.86	19.9
10	Rob GronkowskiBalanced TE	TB	55.8	73	75	+0.298	+0.65	12.9
11	T.J. HockensonReceiving TE	DET	55.6	70	96	+0.137	+0.25	18.6
12	Mark AndrewsReceiving TE	BAL	55.3	67	85	+0.401	-0.80	24.7
13	Jared CookReceiving TE	NO	54.8	64	60	+0.476	-0.39	12.6
14	Dallas GoedertReceiving TE	PHI	52.1	61	64	+0.222	+0.02	16.8
15	Dalton SchultzBalanced TE	DAL	51.8	58	87	+0.167	+0.17	15.1
16	Dawson KnoxBalanced TE	BUF	50.3	55	43	+0.009	+1.97	10.8
17	Austin HooperReceiving TE	CLE	49.1	52	69	+0.321	-1.48	19.3
18	Anthony FirkserReceiving TE	TEN	46.8	48	50	+0.341	-1.01	11.8
19	Hunter HenryReceiving TE	LAC	46.0	45	93	+0.195	-0.69	17.9
20	Mike GesickiReceiving TE	MIA	43.6	42	80	+0.281	-1.00	16.3
21	Gerald EverettBalanced TE	LA	43.0	39	61	-0.026	+0.60	11.6
22	Jimmy GrahamReceiving TE	CHI	42.4	36	69	+0.121	-0.12	13.1
23	Hayden HurstReceiving TE	ATL	40.5	33	86	+0.115	-0.87	14.9
24	Drew SampleBalanced TE	CIN	39.1	30	53	+0.045	-0.57	9.6
25	Logan ThomasReceiving TE	WAS	37.9	27	109	+0.083	-0.74	19.4
26	Jacob HollisterReceiving TE	SEA	37.7	24	40	+0.141	-1.33	9.2
27	Trey BurtonReceiving TE	IND	34.3	21	46	-0.071	-1.01	12.3
28	Jordan ReedReceiving TE	SF	31.2	18	44	+0.035	-1.21	13.9
29	Tyler EifertReceiving TE	JAX	30.6	15	56	+0.016	-1.44	11.9
30	Eric EbronReceiving TE	PIT	30.5	12	90	+0.036	-1.03	14.9
31	N'Keal HarryBalanced TE	NE	27.1	9	55	-0.102	-1.46	16.9
32	Evan EngramReceiving TE	NYG	22.4	6	104	-0.227	-0.74	21.8
33	Zach ErtzReceiving TE	PHI	15.1	3	71	-0.265	-2.56	19.3

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	Darren FellsBalanced TElow volume	HOU	84.8	97	28	+0.813	+4.26	7.6
2	Adam TrautmanBlocking TElow volume	NO	73.2	85	15	+0.786	+1.38	5.0
3	Irv SmithBalanced TElow volume	MIN	69.6	85	39	+0.676	+0.43	12.7
4	Ross DwelleyBlocking TElow volume	SF	67.6	85	19	+0.621	+0.38	6.0
5	Richard RodgersReceiving TElow volume	PHI	66.4	82	31	+0.728	-0.32	10.6
6	Pharaoh BrownBalanced TElow volume	HOU	64.7	79	16	+0.683	+1.52	5.8
7	Marcedes LewisBlocking TElow volume	GB	62.5	79	16	+0.274	+2.55	5.4
8	Kyle RudolphBalanced TElow volume	MIN	61.2	79	34	+0.244	+1.60	10.7
9	Durham SmytheBalanced TElow volume	MIA	60.0	79	28	+0.484	+0.18	6.8
10	Adam ShaheenBalanced TElow volume	MIA	59.9	79	22	+0.306	+3.49	5.1
11	Mo Alie-CoxBalanced TElow volume	IND	58.3	76	37	+0.300	+1.11	8.9
12	Cameron BrateReceiving TElow volume	TB	58.0	73	34	+0.689	-1.29	7.1
13	Will DisslyBalanced TElow volume	SEA	57.9	73	29	+0.204	+1.80	6.2
14	Tyler ConklinBalanced TElow volume	MIN	57.8	73	26	+0.305	+1.20	10.6
15	Tyler KroftBalanced TElow volume	BUF	57.6	73	16	+0.534	+0.17	8.6
16	Donald ParhamBalanced TElow volume	LAC	55.4	67	16	+0.326	+3.29	5.0
17	David NjokuBalanced TElow volume	CLE	53.9	61	27	+0.439	-0.19	8.0
18	Kaden SmithBlocking TElow volume	NYG	50.1	52	21	+0.291	-1.00	5.6
19	Nick BoyleBlocking TElow volume	BAL	48.6	48	17	+0.366	-1.84	7.1
20	Jack DoyleBalanced TElow volume	IND	48.5	48	32	+0.336	-0.43	7.3
21	Jace SternbergerBalanced TElow volume	GB	45.3	42	15	+0.223	-0.22	5.8
22	Jesse JamesBlocking TElow volume	DET	44.7	42	20	-0.003	-0.10	5.6
23	O.J. HowardReceiving TElow volume	TB	43.5	39	18	+0.271	-2.93	12.5
24	Cole KmetBalanced TElow volume	CHI	42.3	33	39	+0.083	-0.44	9.4
25	James O'ShaughnessyBalanced TElow volume	JAX	42.1	33	34	+0.265	-1.52	7.3
26	Ryan IzzoBlocking TElow volume	NE	38.8	27	19	-0.357	+0.82	7.8
27	Jason WittenBlocking TElow volume	LV	37.2	21	17	+0.142	-3.32	5.3
28	Vance McDonaldBlocking TElow volume	PIT	36.9	21	20	-0.145	-0.61	5.5
29	Chris HerndonBalanced TElow volume	NYJ	34.5	21	37	+0.023	-1.22	12.3
30	Nick VannettBalanced TElow volume	DEN	33.8	18	20	-0.244	-0.67	7.5
31	Greg OlsenBalanced TElow volume	SEA	33.1	18	37	+0.057	-1.94	10.0
32	Harrison BryantBalanced TElow volume	CLE	32.7	18	38	-0.270	+0.94	10.6
33	Ian ThomasBlocking TElow volume	CAR	30.6	15	30	-0.149	-0.97	7.3