TE Grades

34 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	Dallas Goedert	PHI	86.2	100	75	+0.676	+1.86	3.5	64.0	19.4	—	56	830	4
2	Travis Kelce	KC	84.1	97	127	+0.415	+2.10	3.3	63.8	22.2	—	92	1,125	9
3	Rob Gronkowski	TB	74.6	94	89	+0.368	+1.77	3.5	57.3	17.9	—	55	802	6
4	Mark Andrews	BAL	71.0	91	153	+0.371	-0.02	3.1	60.8	26.7	—	107	1,361	9
5	George Kittle	SF	70.9	88	92	+0.264	+1.37	3.1	60.9	22.9	—	71	910	6
6	Dalton Schultz	DAL	67.2	85	101	+0.429	+0.06	3.6	62.4	16.5	—	78	808	8
7	Dawson Knox	BUF	66.4	82	66	+0.471	+0.63	3.5	59.1	12.8	—	49	587	9
8	C.J. Uzomah	CIN	60.4	79	63	+0.308	+0.91	3.7	54.0	12.6	—	49	493	5
9	David Njoku	CLE	60.3	76	51	+0.328	+1.61	2.6	56.9	12.0	—	36	475	4
10	Austin Hooper	CLE	57.8	74	60	+0.324	+0.55	2.9	56.7	14.9	—	38	345	3
11	Hunter Henry	NE	54.1	71	73	+0.436	-0.74	2.5	58.9	15.1	—	50	603	9
12	Kyle Pitts	ATL	54.0	68	106	+0.285	-0.03	2.3	52.8	20.0	—	68	1,026	1
13	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	53.9	65	43	+0.163	+2.53	3.9	37.2	8.8	—	24	316	4
14	Gerald Everett	SEA	51.4	62	61	+0.153	-0.12	4.6	55.7	15.1	—	48	478	4
15	Noah Fant	DEN	51.3	59	83	+0.125	-0.04	4.5	48.2	17.8	—	68	670	4
16	Dan Arnold	JAX	49.2	56	45	+0.069	+0.88	3.4	55.6	14.4	—	35	408	0
17	Durham Smythe	MIA	47.5	53	40	+0.330	-0.20	3.6	57.5	7.8	—	34	357	0
18	Foster Moreau	LV	47.4	50	44	-0.020	+1.35	4.2	50.0	11.4	—	30	373	3
19	Darren Waller	LV	46.7	47	90	+0.123	-0.31	2.9	45.6	23.8	—	55	665	2
20	Jack Doyle	IND	46.4	44	43	+0.273	-0.41	3.6	58.1	9.8	—	29	302	3
21	Tyler Conklin	MIN	45.3	41	86	+0.135	+0.03	3.5	47.7	15.1	—	61	593	3
22	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	44.4	38	75	+0.270	-0.60	3.0	53.3	12.7	—	60	497	7
23	Jonnu Smith	NE	42.2	35	45	-0.216	+2.25	4.1	40.0	11.1	—	28	294	1
24	Tyler Higbee	LA	41.1	32	81	+0.054	-0.24	3.1	59.3	16.3	—	61	560	5
25	Zach Ertz	ARI	40.7	29	105	+0.054	-0.32	3.2	51.4	19.3	—	74	763	5
26	Jared Cook	LAC	38.3	26	79	-0.004	+0.75	2.6	49.4	13.2	—	48	564	4
27	Mike Gesicki	MIA	36.9	24	109	+0.201	-1.48	2.8	51.4	18.6	—	73	780	2
28	Anthony Firkser	TEN	36.9	21	43	+0.234	-1.19	2.9	55.8	9.6	—	34	291	2
29	Cole Kmet	CHI	31.1	18	89	-0.037	-1.02	3.5	48.3	18.3	—	60	612	0
30	T.J. Hockenson	DET	30.7	15	75	-0.012	-1.48	2.9	46.7	22.1	—	61	583	4
31	Ricky Seals-Jones	WAS	30.0	12	49	-0.088	-0.65	3.6	34.7	13.0	—	30	271	2
32	Adam Trautman	NO	26.5	9	43	-0.170	-1.21	3.2	44.2	14.0	—	27	263	2
33	Cameron Brate	TB	25.9	6	54	-0.024	-1.11	3.2	40.7	8.4	—	30	245	4
34	Evan Engram	NYG	18.9	3	64	-0.290	-1.29	3.4	35.9	15.6	—	46	408	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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Maxx Williams	ARI	73.6	91	17	+0.887	+2.36	4.4	82.4	10.9	—	16	193	1
2	John Bates	WAS	71.5	91	24	+0.569	+1.49	—	62.5	7.4	—	20	249	1
3	Albert Okwuegbunam	DEN	63.4	79	37	+0.281	+2.16	3.7	62.2	10.4	—	33	330	2
4	Stephen Anderson	LAC	62.9	79	17	+0.331	+1.79	—	64.7	4.4	—	16	165	1
5	MyCole Pruitt	TEN	60.9	79	17	+0.559	-0.25	—	76.5	5.6	—	14	145	3
6	Will Dissly	SEA	60.5	79	26	+0.453	+1.85	—	61.5	7.7	—	21	231	1
7	Juwan Johnson	NO	56.8	71	20	+0.822	-0.26	—	55.0	6.3	—	13	159	4
8	Robert Tonyan	GB	55.5	71	28	+0.394	+0.87	3.0	53.6	11.7	—	18	204	2
9	Donald Parham	LAC	53.8	62	26	+0.247	+1.27	5.5	53.8	6.0	—	20	190	3
10	Brevin Jordan	HOU	50.6	56	22	+0.148	+0.25	5.8	40.9	12.0	—	20	178	3
11	Marcedes Lewis	GB	49.5	56	28	+0.308	+0.80	—	57.1	6.5	—	23	214	0
12	Harrison Bryant	CLE	49.2	56	27	+0.412	-0.16	—	63.0	7.3	—	21	233	3
13	Jimmy Graham	CHI	49.2	53	22	+0.582	-0.45	—	45.5	6.3	—	14	167	3
14	Adam Shaheen	MIA	48.5	53	16	+0.175	-0.96	4.6	62.5	6.5	—	12	110	0
15	Kylen Granson	IND	48.3	53	15	+0.286	+2.18	—	40.0	4.8	—	11	106	0
16	Kyle Rudolph	NYG	47.3	47	34	+0.347	+0.12	2.5	52.9	9.0	—	26	257	1
17	Josiah Deguara	GB	47.2	47	33	+0.024	+2.09	3.4	42.4	8.2	—	25	245	2
18	Zach Gentry	PIT	45.5	41	21	-0.025	+0.47	3.8	42.9	6.5	—	19	167	0
19	Tyler Kroft	NYJ	45.2	38	24	+0.254	-0.04	3.1	50.0	9.4	—	16	173	1
20	O.J. Howard	TB	44.6	38	21	+0.182	+0.45	4.2	57.1	5.7	—	14	135	1
21	Logan Thomas	WAS	43.3	35	24	+0.029	-0.34	3.0	54.2	16.6	—	18	196	3
22	Ryan Griffin	NYJ	40.2	26	37	-0.049	+1.33	3.2	48.6	8.8	—	27	261	2
23	Brock Wright	DET	38.1	24	16	-0.060	+0.02	3.6	43.8	7.8	—	12	117	2
24	Tommy Tremble	CAR	37.6	24	31	+0.227	-0.73	2.4	48.4	8.2	—	20	180	1
25	Geoff Swaim	TEN	37.2	24	39	+0.221	-0.76	2.8	48.7	8.4	—	31	210	3
26	James O'Shaughnessy	JAX	36.8	18	28	-0.016	-1.14	4.2	50.0	12.2	—	24	244	0
27	Blake Jarwin	DAL	36.2	18	17	-0.080	-0.31	—	58.8	6.8	—	11	96	2
28	N'Keal Harry	NE	32.6	18	19	+0.140	-2.49	2.3	47.4	8.1	—	12	184	0
29	Hayden Hurst	ATL	29.7	9	31	+0.085	-1.78	3.2	51.6	7.9	—	26	221	3
30	Eric Ebron	PIT	28.4	9	18	+0.097	-3.05	—	44.4	5.5	—	12	84	1
31	Pharaoh Brown	HOU	28.0	9	30	-0.144	-1.37	3.8	36.7	10.3	—	23	171	0
32	Jordan Akins	HOU	24.8	3	26	-0.258	-1.65	3.1	50.0	9.4	—	24	214	0
33	Ian Thomas	CAR	22.1	3	27	-0.545	-0.87	4.6	37.0	7.3	—	18	188	0