TE Grades

31 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	88.0	100	69	+0.655	+2.09	3.7	72.5	19.9	4.6	55	702	3
2	Travis Kelce	KC	83.0	97	150	+0.446	+1.63	2.9	61.3	24.7	7.6	110	1,338	12
3	George Kittle	SF	79.8	94	86	+0.461	+1.77	3.4	54.7	19.6	1.4	60	765	11
4	Evan Engram	JAX	72.2	90	96	+0.368	+1.24	3.3	61.5	17.0	3.6	73	766	4
5	Chig Okonkwo	TEN	71.2	87	44	+0.509	+2.85	3.3	54.5	11.8	12.5	32	450	3
6	Jordan Akins	HOU	68.8	84	50	+0.394	+2.18	3.7	54.0	11.4	2.5	37	495	5
7	David Njoku	CLE	63.5	81	80	+0.308	+0.55	3.0	57.5	19.5	2.9	58	628	4
8	Cole Kmet	CHI	62.7	77	67	+0.186	+0.55	4.7	58.2	19.8	3.6	50	544	7
9	Foster Moreau	LV	56.3	74	52	+0.200	+1.91	3.3	53.8	11.9	5.3	33	420	2
10	Mark Andrews	BAL	55.8	71	113	+0.214	-0.88	3.1	56.6	28.3	3.4	73	847	5
11	Hunter Henry	NE	51.8	68	58	+0.246	+0.23	3.8	48.3	12.3	2.1	41	509	2
12	Dawson Knox	BUF	49.4	65	64	+0.248	-0.63	3.9	59.4	12.5	1.9	48	517	6
13	Tyler Higbee	LA	48.5	61	101	+0.056	+0.48	3.5	50.5	21.9	7.1	72	620	3
14	Austin Hooper	TEN	48.5	58	57	+0.410	-1.28	2.3	59.6	13.6	2.2	41	444	2
15	Noah Fant	SEA	48.0	55	60	+0.255	-0.41	3.6	51.7	11.3	0.0	50	486	4
16	Kyle Pitts	ATL	47.9	52	59	+0.057	+0.38	3.0	42.4	27.1	8.3	28	356	2
17	Hayden Hurst	CIN	45.6	48	65	+0.263	-1.32	3.9	53.8	14.1	1.8	52	414	2
18	Juwan Johnson	NO	45.5	45	58	+0.258	-0.63	2.9	55.2	13.1	2.1	42	508	7
19	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	45.5	42	97	+0.128	-0.29	2.7	52.6	20.4	2.6	63	732	2
20	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	40.5	39	126	+0.016	+0.01	2.9	46.8	21.3	1.9	86	914	6
21	Gerald Everett	LAC	39.1	35	85	+0.042	+0.46	3.5	49.4	13.9	9.9	58	555	4
22	Greg Dulcich	DEN	38.1	32	53	-0.046	-0.18	3.4	49.1	17.8	2.7	33	411	2
23	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	35.8	29	82	-0.018	+0.06	4.1	41.5	14.9	7.0	58	552	3
24	Robert Tonyan	GB	34.8	26	63	+0.088	-1.37	4.2	50.8	12.1	1.8	53	470	2
25	Dalton Schultz	DAL	34.7	23	87	-0.027	-0.46	3.0	51.7	18.9	3.0	57	577	5
26	Darren Waller	LV	34.0	19	41	+0.137	-1.79	2.1	46.3	15.8	0.0	28	388	3
27	Cade Otton	TB	33.3	16	63	+0.091	-0.37	3.3	49.2	10.7	10.4	42	391	2
28	Zach Ertz	ARI	31.2	13	67	+0.075	-1.86	3.2	50.7	18.0	5.4	47	406	4
29	Logan Thomas	WAS	28.1	10	55	-0.074	-1.19	3.6	43.6	14.9	4.7	39	323	1
30	Mike Gesicki	MIA	26.3	6	51	+0.024	-1.41	2.8	45.1	9.3	2.6	32	362	5
31	Isaiah Likely	BAL	24.8	3	60	-0.089	-0.85	3.6	35.0	15.5	12.8	36	373	3

Low-volume tight ends (36)

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	Brock Wright	DET	87.6	97	23	+0.870	+4.90	—	65.2	5.8	13.6	18	216	4
2	Adam Trautman	NO	68.5	81	22	+0.388	+1.99	—	63.6	6.8	0.0	18	207	1
3	Will Dissly	SEA	66.7	81	37	+0.697	+0.36	—	73.0	8.4	5.6	34	349	3
4	Mitchell Wilcox	CIN	61.2	74	17	+0.564	-1.03	5.0	70.6	5.4	0.0	17	139	1
5	Jake Ferguson	DAL	59.0	74	21	+0.317	+0.92	3.1	52.4	6.2	0.0	19	174	2
6	C.J. Uzomah	NYJ	58.6	74	24	+0.462	-0.28	3.4	54.2	6.3	4.3	21	232	2
7	Josh Oliver	BAL	53.8	68	25	+0.196	+0.33	4.5	44.0	7.7	0.0	14	149	2
8	Daniel Bellinger	NYG	53.5	68	35	+0.277	-0.25	4.8	60.0	11.4	0.0	30	268	2
9	Noah Gray	KC	51.3	65	34	+0.382	+0.65	—	61.8	5.6	3.2	28	299	1
10	Johnny Mundt	MIN	50.2	65	21	+0.257	-0.04	—	57.1	4.5	9.5	19	140	1
11	MyCole Pruitt	ATL	50.1	65	21	+0.388	+0.49	3.5	57.1	8.7	5.9	16	150	4
12	Tanner Hudson	NYG	49.6	65	15	+0.190	+1.44	4.5	53.3	10.3	7.1	10	132	0
13	Colby Parkinson	SEA	48.3	55	33	+0.240	+1.00	3.0	54.5	7.4	0.0	25	322	2
14	Trey McBride	ARI	45.8	48	37	+0.208	-0.58	3.9	48.6	12.3	0.0	29	265	1
15	Jelani Woods	IND	45.6	48	37	+0.185	+1.03	3.6	51.4	9.2	10.3	25	312	3
16	Connor Heyward	PIT	45.5	39	15	+0.195	+1.35	—	53.3	6.9	0.0	12	151	1
17	Ian Thomas	CAR	45.0	39	30	+0.134	+1.35	—	50.0	8.8	7.7	21	197	0
18	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	44.4	39	26	-0.065	+1.13	4.2	46.2	6.1	9.1	19	189	3
19	John Bates	WAS	41.2	39	18	-0.105	-0.91	6.1	44.4	6.7	5.6	14	108	1
20	Jonnu Smith	NE	40.7	39	37	+0.019	+0.99	—	43.2	10.3	3.4	27	245	0
21	Lawrence Cager	NYG	37.2	29	19	-0.225	+0.64	3.9	52.6	10.1	0.0	13	118	1
22	Pharaoh Brown	CLE	36.6	29	19	-0.096	+0.67	3.9	36.8	9.0	7.1	12	117	0
23	Kylen Granson	IND	34.5	19	39	+0.118	-1.00	3.7	51.3	9.4	6.1	31	302	0
24	Albert Okwuegbunam	DEN	34.0	19	18	-0.127	+0.73	3.2	44.4	9.1	13.3	10	95	1
25	Zach Gentry	PIT	32.3	13	20	-0.107	-1.16	3.9	30.0	4.6	5.0	19	132	0
26	Durham Smythe	MIA	31.3	13	20	-0.038	-2.25	2.6	50.0	5.8	0.0	15	129	1
27	Geoff Swaim	TEN	30.4	10	16	-0.115	-2.19	—	37.5	5.3	6.7	12	58	1
28	Tommy Tremble	CAR	30.3	10	32	-0.052	-0.95	4.2	37.5	9.8	9.1	19	174	3
29	O.J. Howard	HOU	30.3	10	23	-0.089	+1.07	1.3	34.8	6.9	0.0	10	145	2
30	Harrison Bryant	CLE	30.3	10	37	+0.091	-1.62	3.2	48.6	9.3	2.7	31	239	1
31	Peyton Hendershot	DAL	30.3	10	15	-0.140	-0.13	1.5	53.3	6.4	6.7	11	103	2
32	Tre' McKitty	LAC	29.9	10	18	-0.313	-0.79	5.3	22.2	5.9	16.7	10	72	0
33	Eric Saubert	DEN	29.8	10	24	-0.120	-0.25	4.0	37.5	6.3	5.3	15	148	1
34	Irv Smith	MIN	28.7	10	35	-0.129	-1.59	4.2	45.7	13.0	3.6	25	182	2
35	Brevin Jordan	HOU	24.4	0	28	-0.489	-0.26	4.7	35.7	10.6	0.0	14	128	0
36	Cameron Brate	TB	18.7	0	35	-0.356	-1.58	3.6	34.3	10.7	4.3	20	174	0