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	George Kittle	SF	88.9	100	92	+0.738	+2.60	3.7	75.0	21.1	2.4	78	1,106	8
2	Tucker Kraft	GB	85.2	97	66	+0.548	+4.48	4.9	60.6	14.7	7.1	50	707	7
3	Jonnu Smith	MIA	71.8	94	110	+0.529	+0.69	3.5	64.5	20.1	4.3	88	884	8
4	Isaiah Likely	BAL	71.5	91	57	+0.494	+1.46	4.7	64.9	14.3	0.0	42	477	6
5	Mark Andrews	BAL	70.7	88	69	+0.726	-0.01	3.4	71.0	15.3	1.9	55	673	11
6	Trey McBride	ARI	63.3	85	146	+0.320	-0.16	3.4	62.3	29.4	2.5	111	1,146	2
7	Dallas Goedert	PHI	62.0	82	52	+0.372	+1.25	3.7	57.7	19.6	6.5	42	496	2
8	Sam LaPorta	DET	61.7	79	83	+0.379	+0.96	3.4	55.4	17.2	1.6	60	726	7
9	Foster Moreau	NO	61.7	76	40	+0.476	+1.05	4.5	62.5	10.7	0.0	32	413	5
10	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	57.8	74	78	+0.460	-0.15	3.6	57.7	17.2	4.4	65	653	7
11	Noah Gray	KC	56.4	71	49	+0.473	+0.65	3.6	69.4	8.9	2.4	40	437	5
12	Cole Kmet	CHI	55.9	68	55	+0.507	-0.69	4.4	67.3	12.8	4.0	47	474	4
13	Brock Bowers	LV	50.1	65	135	+0.125	+0.36	3.3	56.3	26.4	4.9	112	1,194	5
14	Mike Gesicki	CIN	50.0	62	82	+0.467	-0.40	2.9	64.6	13.6	6.8	65	665	2
15	Juwan Johnson	NO	49.6	59	57	+0.350	-0.19	3.4	54.4	13.6	0.0	50	548	3
16	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	49.5	56	74	+0.210	+0.40	3.4	48.6	20.4	4.1	44	448	2
17	Hunter Henry	NE	48.7	53	94	+0.287	-0.39	2.8	56.4	21.9	2.9	66	674	2
18	Kyle Pitts	ATL	47.2	50	71	+0.149	+1.35	3.6	49.3	13.5	5.6	47	602	4
19	Noah Fant	SEA	45.9	47	62	+0.067	+1.00	4.3	54.8	13.5	4.0	48	500	1
20	Will Dissly	LAC	44.8	44	64	+0.242	+0.50	2.7	53.1	15.0	5.4	50	481	2
21	Brenton Strange	JAX	44.6	41	52	+0.350	-0.34	2.8	57.7	12.4	2.4	40	411	2
22	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	41.6	38	60	+0.176	-0.49	3.1	56.7	18.0	2.3	41	455	0
23	Zach Ertz	WAS	41.2	35	85	+0.275	-1.25	3.4	58.8	17.8	3.9	66	654	7
24	Cade Otton	TB	40.7	32	80	+0.140	+0.94	2.9	43.8	18.4	11.9	59	600	4
25	Jordan Akins	CLE	38.1	29	45	+0.141	-0.16	3.8	55.6	8.5	0.0	40	390	2
26	Colby Parkinson	LA	37.4	26	48	+0.098	+0.74	3.3	52.1	10.7	8.6	30	294	1
27	Austin Hooper	NE	37.4	24	49	+0.107	-0.04	3.1	59.2	10.7	0.0	45	476	3
28	Travis Kelce	KC	36.4	21	133	+0.162	-1.40	3.5	56.4	24.0	5.6	97	823	3
29	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	34.7	18	64	+0.086	-0.66	4.2	46.9	12.2	1.9	51	449	4
30	Chig Okonkwo	TEN	33.2	15	66	-0.053	-0.09	4.0	50.0	15.1	3.5	52	479	2
31	Evan Engram	JAX	29.6	12	61	+0.007	-2.16	3.7	37.7	26.0	2.0	47	365	1
32	Dalton Schultz	HOU	28.9	9	84	+0.060	-0.58	3.2	44.0	16.0	8.2	53	532	2
33	Jake Ferguson	DAL	25.7	6	79	-0.054	-0.67	3.4	38.0	16.8	4.8	59	494	0
34	David Njoku	CLE	21.9	3	94	-0.106	-1.10	3.1	36.2	24.4	9.5	64	505	5

Low-volume tight ends (29)

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	Grant Calcaterra	PHI	70.1	85	29	+0.599	+0.41	5.5	69.0	9.9	0.0	24	298	1
2	Adam Trautman	DEN	63.7	85	21	+0.310	+4.48	—	42.9	5.1	7.1	13	188	2
3	Josh Oliver	MIN	61.4	74	28	+0.606	+1.64	3.6	64.3	8.9	0.0	22	258	3
4	Nate Adkins	DEN	61.0	74	15	+0.605	+0.66	—	73.3	4.1	0.0	14	115	3
5	Darnell Washington	PIT	60.2	74	25	+0.344	+1.54	—	60.0	7.2	0.0	19	200	1
6	Brock Wright	DET	54.5	65	16	+0.192	+1.04	4.7	68.8	6.3	0.0	13	100	2
7	Stone Smartt	LAC	50.4	65	18	+0.625	-0.76	4.4	66.7	8.2	0.0	16	208	0
8	Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	49.0	53	35	+0.293	+0.71	4.8	51.4	10.6	8.3	33	342	1
9	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	48.9	53	22	+0.358	-0.27	—	50.0	6.5	7.7	12	147	1
10	Daniel Bellinger	NYG	45.6	44	17	+0.315	-1.09	3.2	58.8	8.6	0.0	14	125	0
11	Julian Hill	MIA	45.4	44	17	+0.236	+0.06	—	58.8	4.5	13.3	12	100	0
12	Josh Whyle	TEN	44.4	38	30	+0.203	+0.64	4.2	53.3	8.4	3.3	28	248	1
13	Tanner Hudson	CIN	43.8	38	22	+0.228	+0.33	5.8	59.1	6.3	9.5	19	154	1
14	AJ Barner	SEA	43.2	38	36	+0.288	+0.30	4.2	58.3	7.8	8.8	30	245	4
15	Elijah Higgins	ARI	43.2	38	24	+0.397	-0.37	—	66.7	5.8	0.0	20	172	2
16	Tommy Tremble	CAR	42.4	38	32	+0.156	+0.73	2.9	50.0	10.8	0.0	23	234	2
17	Theo Johnson	NYG	41.0	32	39	+0.176	-0.13	4.2	53.8	12.7	9.1	29	331	1
18	Dawson Knox	BUF	40.7	32	33	+0.306	-0.68	3.5	54.5	8.1	0.0	22	311	1
19	Nick Vannett	TEN	40.0	29	20	+0.091	+0.76	—	65.0	5.8	0.0	17	135	3
20	Drew Sample	CIN	38.7	29	22	+0.217	-1.86	—	59.1	5.4	0.0	20	109	1
21	Luke Schoonmaker	DAL	36.6	21	33	+0.308	-1.51	2.6	60.6	10.2	0.0	27	241	1
22	Johnny Mundt	MIN	35.5	18	27	+0.180	-0.72	3.9	48.1	7.2	4.8	19	142	2
23	Erick All	CIN	34.9	18	22	+0.239	-1.33	—	50.0	8.5	4.8	20	158	0
24	Cade Stover	HOU	34.6	15	22	+0.210	+0.24	—	36.4	5.4	11.8	15	133	1
25	Lucas Krull	DEN	33.6	15	22	+0.227	-2.04	—	54.5	8.2	0.0	19	152	0
26	Kylen Granson	IND	30.9	12	30	-0.319	+3.10	—	33.3	7.7	5.9	14	182	0
27	Michael Mayer	LV	28.5	6	25	-0.079	-1.38	4.7	40.0	7.1	4.2	21	156	0
28	Luke Farrell	JAX	25.4	3	17	-0.273	-2.41	—	41.2	5.6	7.1	12	67	0
29	Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	22.3	3	27	-0.057	-1.58	—	37.0	6.4	13.0	18	105	0