TE Grades

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)

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	George Kittle	SF	91.5	100	90	+0.663	+2.86	3.6	63.3	20.5	5.5	65	1,020	6
2	Mark Andrews	BAL	78.0	97	60	+0.565	+0.86	3.1	65.0	22.2	4.2	45	544	6
3	Tucker Kraft	GB	74.1	94	40	+0.444	+2.46	3.9	70.0	12.0	3.0	31	355	2
4	Travis Kelce	KC	72.9	91	121	+0.397	+0.23	3.7	59.5	22.9	5.7	93	984	5
5	Jake Ferguson	DAL	64.1	89	94	+0.299	+1.08	3.2	53.2	17.2	4.9	71	761	5
6	Michael Mayer	LV	61.1	86	40	+0.418	+1.34	3.7	52.5	11.1	6.5	27	304	2
7	Cole Kmet	CHI	60.8	83	82	+0.335	-1.16	4.2	58.5	21.5	0.0	73	719	6
8	Durham Smythe	MIA	60.2	80	41	+0.543	-0.40	3.4	70.7	10.0	2.7	35	366	0
9	Donald Parham	LAC	56.4	77	41	+0.446	+0.53	3.4	61.0	8.8	6.7	27	285	4
10	Sam LaPorta	DET	55.9	74	111	+0.263	-0.26	3.3	55.9	20.7	5.2	86	889	10
11	Jonnu Smith	ATL	55.4	71	68	+0.112	+1.75	3.8	48.5	14.9	5.5	50	582	3
12	Dalton Schultz	HOU	54.7	69	87	+0.288	-0.35	3.4	49.4	17.9	1.5	59	635	5
13	Noah Fant	SEA	54.4	66	43	+0.273	+0.83	4.2	53.5	9.5	2.9	32	414	0
14	Dallas Goedert	PHI	54.2	63	83	+0.195	+0.13	3.1	57.8	19.2	1.6	59	592	3
15	Tyler Higbee	LA	53.4	60	68	+0.270	+0.46	3.8	50.0	14.2	8.8	47	495	2
16	Darren Waller	NYG	51.0	57	70	+0.229	-0.41	3.0	54.3	21.1	3.5	52	552	1
17	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	50.6	54	127	+0.251	-0.99	3.0	50.4	23.9	1.9	95	960	5
18	Trey McBride	ARI	48.9	51	97	+0.100	+0.07	3.5	52.6	20.5	2.3	81	825	3
19	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	45.1	49	47	+0.181	-0.20	2.7	53.2	15.5	0.0	32	308	2
20	Evan Engram	JAX	44.9	46	133	+0.142	-0.73	3.4	55.6	23.1	6.5	114	963	4
21	David Njoku	CLE	44.6	43	121	-0.094	+1.89	3.3	40.5	21.7	6.6	81	882	6
22	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	44.5	40	91	+0.138	-0.73	3.7	57.1	17.7	2.6	73	673	2
23	Luke Musgrave	GB	43.0	37	46	+0.262	-1.30	4.3	50.0	13.0	5.1	34	352	1
24	Cade Otton	TB	42.8	34	67	+0.172	+0.29	3.2	52.2	13.2	9.6	47	455	4
25	Tanner Hudson	CIN	41.4	31	49	+0.227	-1.13	3.1	59.2	12.3	0.0	39	352	1
26	Kylen Granson	IND	39.7	29	49	+0.265	-1.16	3.7	49.0	10.4	6.1	30	368	1
27	Gerald Everett	LAC	38.6	26	68	+0.113	-0.13	3.7	47.1	12.9	6.9	51	411	3
28	Kyle Pitts	ATL	37.8	23	88	+0.208	-1.44	2.4	54.5	17.8	1.8	53	667	3
29	Chig Okonkwo	TEN	36.6	20	77	+0.101	-0.44	3.9	44.2	16.5	11.1	54	528	1
30	Hunter Henry	NE	35.6	17	59	+0.340	-2.39	2.2	64.4	14.5	8.5	42	419	6
31	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	33.8	14	77	+0.060	-0.96	3.5	44.2	15.4	0.0	61	621	0
32	Noah Gray	KC	31.4	11	41	+0.126	-0.30	2.0	51.2	7.4	3.2	28	305	2
33	Logan Thomas	WAS	30.1	9	78	-0.076	-0.44	3.6	55.1	14.2	3.2	55	496	4
34	Mike Gesicki	NE	25.3	6	43	-0.051	-1.47	3.1	53.5	9.0	0.0	29	244	2
35	Juwan Johnson	NO	21.2	3	57	-0.156	-0.72	2.8	47.4	14.2	9.1	37	368	4

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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Isaiah Likely	BAL	82.8	97	37	+0.781	+2.53	5.0	64.9	10.4	6.1	30	411	5
2	Brevin Jordan	HOU	74.8	94	21	+0.833	+2.67	5.0	76.2	7.4	5.3	17	219	2
3	Pharaoh Brown	NE	70.7	89	15	+0.365	+3.93	—	60.0	5.8	0.0	13	208	1
4	Luke Farrell	JAX	68.8	89	15	+0.534	+2.23	3.2	66.7	5.0	0.0	13	155	0
5	Austin Hooper	LV	54.7	69	30	+0.396	+0.79	3.9	66.7	6.4	3.7	25	234	0
6	Will Mallory	IND	50.9	54	25	+0.451	+0.13	3.5	52.0	7.1	0.0	18	207	0
7	Will Dissly	SEA	50.0	51	22	+0.396	+1.40	—	50.0	5.7	5.6	17	172	1
8	Robert Tonyan	CHI	48.2	49	16	+0.208	+0.53	—	43.8	5.9	8.3	11	112	0
9	Daniel Bellinger	NYG	47.4	49	26	+0.215	-0.80	5.2	42.3	8.5	4.0	25	255	0
10	Foster Moreau	NO	47.2	49	24	+0.267	-0.55	3.3	50.0	7.3	4.5	21	193	1
11	Josh Oliver	MIN	45.3	49	28	+0.151	+1.82	—	50.0	6.2	4.5	22	213	2
12	Josh Whyle	TEN	44.5	40	15	+0.252	+0.41	3.7	60.0	6.6	0.0	9	94	1
13	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	43.0	34	22	+0.296	+1.47	—	40.9	5.8	11.8	13	161	3
14	Andrew Ogletree	IND	42.7	31	20	+0.477	-0.30	—	40.0	6.7	18.2	9	147	2
15	Tommy Tremble	CAR	40.6	29	30	+0.245	-0.93	3.6	53.3	8.0	0.0	23	194	3
16	Adam Trautman	DEN	38.1	23	35	-0.031	+0.14	4.4	45.7	7.9	7.4	22	204	3
17	Johnny Mundt	MIN	37.0	20	21	-0.029	-0.16	5.1	42.9	6.8	0.0	17	172	1
18	Colby Parkinson	SEA	35.9	17	33	+0.229	-0.47	2.6	48.5	8.3	7.4	25	247	2
19	Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	35.6	14	16	+0.239	-1.46	—	56.3	5.7	5.9	16	151	0
20	Stone Smartt	LAC	34.4	14	20	+0.098	+0.86	—	30.0	4.9	7.1	11	155	1
21	Elijah Higgins	ARI	34.3	14	15	+0.134	-0.60	—	40.0	5.6	6.7	14	163	1
22	Drew Sample	CIN	32.8	11	27	+0.018	+0.13	—	48.1	5.8	4.2	22	163	2
23	John Bates	WAS	27.1	6	23	-0.079	-2.14	5.0	43.5	5.8	18.2	19	151	0
24	Hayden Hurst	CAR	26.5	6	32	-0.118	-0.56	2.7	40.6	10.8	4.8	18	184	1
25	Harrison Bryant	CLE	25.1	3	20	-0.207	-2.10	3.0	45.0	4.8	6.7	13	81	3
26	Jordan Akins	CLE	23.8	3	19	-0.145	-1.36	3.8	42.1	4.7	11.1	15	132	0
27	Stephen Sullivan	CAR	23.4	3	23	-0.051	-3.06	3.4	34.8	8.6	6.7	12	125	0
28	Connor Heyward	PIT	22.3	3	34	-0.122	-1.22	2.6	44.1	10.6	7.4	23	167	0
29	Dawson Knox	BUF	21.7	3	36	-0.344	-0.55	3.9	50.0	11.0	7.4	22	186	2
30	Irv Smith	CIN	15.0	0	26	-0.597	-1.00	4.0	34.6	8.4	9.5	18	115	1
31	Zach Ertz	ARI	12.5	0	37	-0.381	-3.13	2.9	37.8	18.9	12.1	27	187	1