TE Leaderboard

35 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	George KittleReceiving TE	SF	92.2	100	90	+0.663	+2.86	20.5
2	Mark AndrewsReceiving TE	BAL	77.9	97	60	+0.565	+0.86	22.2
3	Tucker KraftBalanced TE	GB	75.6	94	40	+0.444	+2.46	12.0
4	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	72.0	91	121	+0.397	+0.23	22.9
5	Jake FergusonReceiving TE	DAL	66.1	89	94	+0.299	+1.08	17.2
6	Michael MayerBalanced TE	LV	63.3	86	40	+0.418	+1.34	11.1
7	Durham SmytheBalanced TE	MIA	61.8	83	41	+0.543	-0.40	10.0
8	Donald ParhamBalanced TE	LAC	61.2	80	41	+0.446	+0.53	8.8
9	Cole KmetBalanced TE	CHI	57.2	77	82	+0.335	-1.16	21.5
10	Tyler HigbeeBalanced TE	LA	56.6	74	68	+0.270	+0.46	14.2
11	Sam LaPortaReceiving TE	DET	55.7	71	111	+0.263	-0.26	20.7
12	Jonnu SmithReceiving TE	ATL	55.5	69	68	+0.112	+1.75	14.9
13	Noah FantBalanced TE	SEA	54.1	66	43	+0.273	+0.83	9.5
14	Dallas GoedertReceiving TE	PHI	52.6	63	83	+0.195	+0.13	19.2
15	Darren WallerReceiving TE	NYG	50.3	60	70	+0.229	-0.41	21.1
16	Dalton SchultzReceiving TE	HOU	48.9	57	87	+0.288	-0.35	17.9
17	Cade OttonBalanced TE	TB	48.6	54	67	+0.172	+0.29	13.2
18	T.J. HockensonReceiving TE	MIN	46.5	51	127	+0.251	-0.99	23.9
19	Trey McBrideReceiving TE	ARI	45.7	49	97	+0.100	+0.07	20.5
20	Pat FreiermuthBalanced TE	PIT	45.3	46	47	+0.181	-0.20	15.5
21	Dalton KincaidReceiving TE	BUF	43.7	43	91	+0.138	-0.73	17.7
22	Evan EngramReceiving TE	JAX	43.0	40	133	+0.142	-0.73	23.1
23	Luke MusgraveBalanced TE	GB	42.9	37	46	+0.262	-1.30	13.0
24	Tanner HudsonReceiving TE	CIN	41.9	34	49	+0.227	-1.13	12.3
25	David NjokuReceiving TE	CLE	40.7	31	121	-0.094	+1.89	21.7
26	Chig OkonkwoReceiving TE	TEN	39.5	29	77	+0.101	-0.44	16.5
27	Kylen GransonBalanced TE	IND	39.2	26	49	+0.265	-1.16	10.4
28	Hunter HenryBalanced TE	NE	38.3	23	59	+0.340	-2.39	14.5
29	Noah GrayBalanced TE	KC	38.1	20	41	+0.126	-0.30	7.4
30	Gerald EverettReceiving TE	LAC	36.3	17	68	+0.113	-0.13	12.9
31	Kyle PittsReceiving TE	ATL	34.9	14	88	+0.208	-1.44	17.8
32	Tyler ConklinBalanced TE	NYJ	31.4	11	77	+0.060	-0.96	15.4
33	Logan ThomasReceiving TE	WAS	26.3	9	78	-0.076	-0.44	14.2
34	Mike GesickiBalanced TE	NE	25.7	6	43	-0.051	-1.47	9.0
35	Juwan JohnsonReceiving TE	NO	22.8	3	57	-0.156	-0.72	14.2

Low-volume tight ends (31)

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	Isaiah LikelyBalanced TElow volume	BAL	82.7	97	37	+0.781	+2.53	10.4
2	Brevin JordanBalanced TElow volume	HOU	76.1	94	21	+0.833	+2.67	7.4
3	Luke FarrellBlocking TElow volume	JAX	68.4	89	15	+0.534	+2.23	5.0
4	Pharaoh BrownBlocking TElow volume	NE	67.2	89	15	+0.365	+3.93	5.8
5	Austin HooperBalanced TElow volume	LV	58.0	77	30	+0.396	+0.79	6.4
6	Will DisslyBalanced TElow volume	SEA	54.0	63	22	+0.396	+1.40	5.7
7	Will MalloryReceiving TElow volume	IND	49.5	57	25	+0.451	+0.13	7.1
8	Robert TonyanBlocking TElow volume	CHI	49.0	57	16	+0.208	+0.53	5.9
9	Andrew OgletreeBalanced TElow volume	IND	47.9	51	20	+0.477	-0.30	6.7
10	Mo Alie-CoxBalanced TElow volume	IND	47.9	51	22	+0.296	+1.47	5.8
11	Foster MoreauBlocking TElow volume	NO	47.7	51	24	+0.267	-0.55	7.3
12	Josh WhyleBalanced TElow volume	TEN	46.3	49	15	+0.252	+0.41	6.6
13	Josh OliverBalanced TElow volume	MIN	46.3	49	28	+0.151	+1.82	6.2
14	Daniel BellingerBlocking TElow volume	NYG	42.3	34	26	+0.215	-0.80	8.5
15	Colby ParkinsonBalanced TElow volume	SEA	41.8	31	33	+0.229	-0.47	8.3
16	Tommy TrembleBalanced TElow volume	CAR	41.3	31	30	+0.245	-0.93	8.0
17	Jeremy RuckertBalanced TElow volume	NYJ	39.2	26	16	+0.239	-1.46	5.7
18	Elijah HigginsBalanced TElow volume	ARI	37.1	17	15	+0.134	-0.60	5.6
19	Stone SmarttBalanced TElow volume	LAC	36.9	17	20	+0.098	+0.86	4.9
20	Adam TrautmanBlocking TElow volume	DEN	36.5	17	35	-0.031	+0.14	7.9
21	Drew SampleBalanced TElow volume	CIN	35.7	14	27	+0.018	+0.13	5.8
22	Johnny MundtBalanced TElow volume	MIN	33.9	11	21	-0.029	-0.16	6.8
23	Hayden HurstReceiving TElow volume	CAR	28.5	9	32	-0.118	-0.56	10.8
24	John BatesBlocking TElow volume	WAS	28.0	9	23	-0.079	-2.14	5.8
25	Harrison BryantBlocking TElow volume	CLE	26.9	9	20	-0.207	-2.10	4.8
26	Jordan AkinsBalanced TElow volume	CLE	26.5	9	19	-0.145	-1.36	4.7
27	Connor HeywardBalanced TElow volume	PIT	25.6	3	34	-0.122	-1.22	10.6
28	Stephen SullivanReceiving TElow volume	CAR	24.3	3	23	-0.051	-3.06	8.6
29	Dawson KnoxBalanced TElow volume	BUF	22.1	0	36	-0.344	-0.55	11.0
30	Irv SmithBalanced TElow volume	CIN	13.9	0	26	-0.597	-1.00	8.4
31	Zach ErtzReceiving TElow volume	ARI	13.6	0	37	-0.381	-3.13	18.9