TE Leaderboard

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)

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1	George KittleReceiving TE	SF	89.7	100	92	+0.738	+2.60	21.1
2	Tucker KraftBalanced TE	GB	86.3	97	66	+0.548	+4.48	14.7
3	Mark AndrewsReceiving TE	BAL	73.3	94	69	+0.726	-0.01	15.3
4	Jonnu SmithReceiving TE	MIA	71.4	91	110	+0.529	+0.69	20.1
5	Isaiah LikelyBalanced TE	BAL	67.4	88	57	+0.494	+1.46	14.3
6	Noah GrayBalanced TE	KC	63.6	85	49	+0.473	+0.65	8.9
7	Sam LaPortaBalanced TE	DET	62.4	82	83	+0.379	+0.96	17.2
8	Trey McBrideReceiving TE	ARI	61.7	79	146	+0.320	-0.16	29.4
9	Foster MoreauBalanced TE	NO	60.1	76	40	+0.476	+1.05	10.7
10	Dallas GoedertReceiving TE	PHI	58.8	74	52	+0.372	+1.25	19.6
11	Cole KmetBalanced TE	CHI	57.5	71	55	+0.507	-0.69	12.8
12	Pat FreiermuthReceiving TE	PIT	56.2	68	78	+0.460	-0.15	17.2
13	Mike GesickiReceiving TE	CIN	54.9	65	82	+0.467	-0.40	13.6
14	Brock BowersReceiving TE	LV	50.4	62	135	+0.125	+0.36	26.4
15	Will DisslyReceiving TE	LAC	49.0	59	64	+0.242	+0.50	15.0
16	Kyle PittsReceiving TE	ATL	48.6	56	71	+0.149	+1.35	13.5
17	Dalton KincaidReceiving TE	BUF	47.8	53	74	+0.210	+0.40	20.4
18	Noah FantReceiving TE	SEA	46.3	50	62	+0.067	+1.00	13.5
19	Juwan JohnsonBalanced TE	NO	45.8	47	57	+0.350	-0.19	13.6
20	Hunter HenryReceiving TE	NE	45.4	44	94	+0.287	-0.39	21.9
21	Brenton StrangeBalanced TE	JAX	44.7	41	52	+0.350	-0.34	12.4
22	Cade OttonBalanced TE	TB	43.9	38	80	+0.140	+0.94	18.4
23	Colby ParkinsonBalanced TE	LA	42.8	35	48	+0.098	+0.74	10.7
24	Zach ErtzReceiving TE	WAS	41.7	32	85	+0.275	-1.25	17.8
25	T.J. HockensonReceiving TE	MIN	39.1	29	60	+0.176	-0.49	18.0
26	Jordan AkinsBalanced TE	CLE	38.7	26	45	+0.141	-0.16	8.5
27	Austin HooperBalanced TE	NE	36.3	24	49	+0.107	-0.04	10.7
28	Tyler ConklinBalanced TE	NYJ	36.0	21	64	+0.086	-0.66	12.2
29	Chig OkonkwoBalanced TE	TEN	34.3	18	66	-0.053	-0.09	15.1
30	Travis KelceReceiving TE	KC	33.2	15	133	+0.162	-1.40	24.0
31	Dalton SchultzBalanced TE	HOU	30.0	12	84	+0.060	-0.58	16.0
32	Evan EngramReceiving TE	JAX	24.6	9	61	+0.007	-2.16	26.0
33	Jake FergusonReceiving TE	DAL	21.5	6	79	-0.054	-0.67	16.8
34	David NjokuReceiving TE	CLE	21.2	3	94	-0.106	-1.10	24.4

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.

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1	Grant CalcaterraBlocking TElow volume	PHI	65.0	85	29	+0.599	+0.41	9.9
2	Adam TrautmanBlocking TElow volume	DEN	63.7	85	21	+0.310	+4.48	5.1
3	Josh OliverBalanced TElow volume	MIN	63.3	82	28	+0.606	+1.64	8.9
4	Nate AdkinsBlocking TElow volume	DEN	60.8	76	15	+0.605	+0.66	4.1
5	Darnell WashingtonBlocking TElow volume	PIT	59.5	74	25	+0.344	+1.54	7.2
6	Brock WrightBlocking TElow volume	DET	52.4	62	16	+0.192	+1.04	6.3
7	Stone SmarttBalanced TElow volume	LAC	50.9	62	18	+0.625	-0.76	8.2
8	Mo Alie-CoxBlocking TElow volume	IND	50.0	59	22	+0.358	-0.27	6.5
9	Ja'Tavion SandersBalanced TElow volume	CAR	49.4	59	35	+0.293	+0.71	10.6
10	AJ BarnerBalanced TElow volume	SEA	46.7	50	36	+0.288	+0.30	7.8
11	Julian HillBlocking TElow volume	MIA	46.6	50	17	+0.236	+0.06	4.5
12	Elijah HigginsBalanced TElow volume	ARI	46.3	47	24	+0.397	-0.37	5.8
13	Daniel BellingerBlocking TElow volume	NYG	46.0	47	17	+0.315	-1.09	8.6
14	Josh WhyleBalanced TElow volume	TEN	45.0	41	30	+0.203	+0.64	8.4
15	Nick VannettBalanced TElow volume	TEN	42.8	32	20	+0.091	+0.76	5.8
16	Tommy TrembleBalanced TElow volume	CAR	42.7	32	32	+0.156	+0.73	10.8
17	Theo JohnsonBalanced TElow volume	NYG	42.6	32	39	+0.176	-0.13	12.7
18	Dawson KnoxBalanced TElow volume	BUF	42.2	32	33	+0.306	-0.68	8.1
19	Tanner HudsonReceiving TElow volume	CIN	41.9	32	22	+0.228	+0.33	6.3
20	Luke SchoonmakerBalanced TElow volume	DAL	40.3	29	33	+0.308	-1.51	10.2
21	Cade StoverBalanced TElow volume	HOU	39.3	29	22	+0.210	+0.24	5.4
22	Erick AllBalanced TElow volume	CIN	37.4	24	22	+0.239	-1.33	8.5
23	Johnny MundtBalanced TElow volume	MIN	37.2	24	27	+0.180	-0.72	7.2
24	Drew SampleBlocking TElow volume	CIN	36.9	24	22	+0.217	-1.86	5.4
25	Lucas KrullBalanced TElow volume	DEN	34.8	18	22	+0.227	-2.04	8.2
26	Kylen GransonBalanced TElow volume	IND	32.6	12	30	-0.319	+3.10	7.7
27	Michael MayerBalanced TElow volume	LV	27.8	9	25	-0.079	-1.38	7.1
28	Luke FarrellBlocking TElow volume	JAX	26.9	9	17	-0.273	-2.41	5.6
29	Jeremy RuckertBalanced TElow volume	NYJ	26.2	9	27	-0.057	-1.58	6.4