TE Grades

38 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	Tucker Kraft	GB	89.8	100	44	+0.889	+5.77	3.8	63.6	18.8	11.1	32	489	6
2	Sam LaPorta	DET	80.8	97	45	+0.783	+2.06	3.6	68.9	18.4	0.0	40	489	3
3	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	79.3	95	48	+0.842	+1.88	3.6	64.6	15.1	2.4	39	571	5
4	Trey McBride	ARI	71.1	92	152	+0.447	+0.02	3.1	60.5	27.9	2.2	126	1,239	11
5	George Kittle	SF	70.9	89	68	+0.634	-0.31	3.8	67.6	21.9	4.9	57	628	7
6	Colston Loveland	CHI	70.3	87	80	+0.589	+0.51	3.6	60.0	17.4	1.7	58	713	6
7	Hunter Henry	NE	68.0	84	84	+0.442	+1.48	3.0	64.3	17.8	4.5	60	768	7
8	Brenton Strange	JAX	65.8	82	60	+0.523	+1.00	3.7	63.3	16.0	8.0	46	540	3
9	AJ Barner	SEA	62.9	79	68	+0.411	+0.47	4.4	64.7	15.5	3.7	52	519	6
10	Travis Kelce	KC	62.3	76	108	+0.364	+0.98	3.1	58.3	19.8	7.1	76	851	5
11	Dallas Goedert	PHI	59.6	74	82	+0.441	-0.38	3.6	58.5	20.6	4.8	60	591	11
12	Dalton Schultz	HOU	58.6	71	104	+0.363	-0.07	3.8	58.7	19.3	3.4	82	777	3
13	Darnell Washington	PIT	58.0	68	43	+0.316	+2.59	3.6	60.5	11.1	8.3	31	364	1
14	Brock Bowers	LV	56.7	66	80	+0.252	+0.55	3.1	55.0	23.3	2.9	64	680	7
15	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	55.2	63	52	+0.425	+0.84	3.3	53.8	11.3	0.0	41	486	4
16	Dawson Knox	BUF	52.9	61	48	+0.336	+1.07	4.1	62.5	11.1	9.5	36	417	4
17	Kyle Pitts	ATL	52.8	58	111	+0.235	-0.19	3.5	56.8	22.6	3.1	88	928	5
18	Juwan Johnson	NO	52.4	55	98	+0.379	-0.37	3.5	57.1	18.3	8.1	77	889	3
19	Tyler Warren	IND	51.3	53	108	+0.149	+0.81	3.3	49.1	21.3	2.4	76	817	4
20	Colby Parkinson	LA	50.3	50	56	+0.224	+1.37	3.5	64.3	11.5	6.5	43	408	8
21	Chig Okonkwo	TEN	49.5	47	71	+0.314	+0.33	3.8	47.9	15.1	8.1	56	560	2
22	Oronde Gadsden II	LAC	46.6	45	65	+0.252	+0.17	3.2	64.6	15.1	7.5	49	664	3
23	Jake Tonges	SF	46.4	42	46	+0.309	-0.69	3.8	60.9	14.0	2.6	34	293	5
24	Cade Otton	TB	39.7	39	80	+0.055	+0.36	3.6	50.0	17.2	6.1	59	572	1
25	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	38.8	37	95	+0.093	+0.04	2.9	42.1	20.7	3.7	72	731	6
26	Evan Engram	DEN	38.0	34	76	+0.058	+0.30	4.9	39.5	13.5	8.8	50	461	1
27	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	37.7	32	61	+0.181	-0.70	3.8	50.8	15.6	8.8	51	438	3
28	Cole Kmet	CHI	37.4	29	47	+0.216	-0.59	4.3	46.8	9.7	6.1	30	347	2
29	Noah Fant	CIN	33.8	26	40	-0.096	-0.19	5.5	57.5	8.7	2.9	34	288	3
30	Jake Ferguson	DAL	32.5	24	99	+0.187	-1.65	3.4	47.5	16.9	1.2	82	600	8
31	Mason Taylor	NYJ	30.8	21	59	+0.082	-1.25	3.3	52.5	19.0	14.8	44	369	1
32	Theo Johnson	NYG	29.3	18	71	+0.135	-0.85	2.9	42.3	16.9	14.3	45	528	5
33	Michael Mayer	LV	28.9	16	49	-0.184	+0.29	3.2	46.9	14.2	2.7	35	328	1
34	Zach Ertz	WAS	27.3	13	67	+0.111	-1.88	2.7	50.7	20.2	11.9	50	504	4
35	Mark Andrews	BAL	27.0	11	67	+0.067	-1.91	3.0	50.7	17.3	3.7	48	422	5
36	Gunnar Helm	TEN	26.4	8	49	+0.079	-1.51	3.2	46.9	11.0	2.2	44	357	2
37	David Njoku	CLE	24.3	5	46	-0.151	-0.58	2.7	45.7	12.8	2.9	33	293	4
38	Jonnu Smith	PIT	24.0	3	52	+0.043	-1.78	3.5	46.2	10.3	2.4	38	222	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.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Daniel Bellinger	NYG	76.4	92	24	+0.828	+2.50	—	70.8	7.3	8.7	19	286	2
2	Jackson Hawes	BUF	68.3	84	17	+0.751	+1.64	—	76.5	5.0	5.9	16	187	3
3	Josh Oliver	MIN	67.7	82	19	+0.604	+1.98	—	63.2	6.1	0.0	15	160	4
4	Greg Dulcich	MIA	64.3	79	30	+0.517	+2.34	2.9	56.7	16.3	3.6	26	335	1
5	Adam Trautman	DEN	60.5	74	23	+0.469	+0.68	—	65.2	5.7	0.0	20	195	1
6	Darren Waller	MIA	58.1	68	28	+0.810	-0.92	2.2	60.7	14.9	0.0	24	283	6
7	John Bates	WAS	57.4	66	15	+0.458	+1.01	—	60.0	7.3	0.0	11	103	1
8	Johnny Mundt	JAX	56.3	63	17	+0.286	+3.66	—	52.9	5.1	25.0	9	111	0
9	Austin Hooper	NE	53.9	61	26	+0.646	+0.21	—	73.1	7.2	0.0	21	263	2
10	Julian Hill	MIA	49.2	45	20	+0.007	+1.59	4.5	50.0	8.3	5.9	15	140	0
11	Elijah Higgins	ARI	47.8	45	35	+0.098	+1.62	5.2	51.4	7.6	0.0	30	301	0
12	Tyler Higbee	LA	45.9	39	36	+0.261	+0.70	3.2	58.3	12.3	6.9	25	281	3
13	John FitzPatrick	GB	44.3	39	15	+0.251	-0.91	—	53.3	5.6	7.7	12	72	1
14	Drew Sample	CIN	44.1	39	18	+0.085	+0.22	—	38.9	4.9	0.0	15	106	1
15	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	43.9	39	20	-0.043	+1.17	—	60.0	5.8	7.1	13	117	1
16	Tommy Tremble	CAR	43.5	39	33	+0.282	+1.40	2.7	60.6	8.1	10.0	27	249	2
17	Isaiah Likely	BAL	41.4	39	36	+0.150	-0.21	3.7	52.8	13.8	3.4	27	307	1
18	Hunter Long	JAX	39.0	37	17	+0.457	-1.35	—	58.8	7.3	14.3	12	85	2
19	Tanner Hudson	CIN	38.6	34	20	+0.052	+0.28	4.5	55.0	6.8	0.0	19	168	2
20	Terrance Ferguson	LA	38.3	34	24	+0.358	-0.55	—	37.5	7.4	8.3	11	231	3
21	Davis Allen	LA	38.2	34	33	+0.164	+0.58	4.8	54.5	6.4	12.9	24	208	3
22	Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	36.1	26	22	+0.145	-0.96	2.6	45.5	7.8	7.7	23	179	1
23	Cade Stover	HOU	34.8	26	16	+0.139	-1.00	—	50.0	9.1	12.5	12	76	0
24	Luke Musgrave	GB	34.0	26	30	+0.326	-2.19	5.2	56.7	8.1	13.8	24	252	0
25	Mitchell Evans	CAR	33.0	24	24	-0.026	+0.15	—	66.7	6.4	5.0	19	171	2
26	Luke Schoonmaker	DAL	32.5	24	22	+0.137	+0.72	—	40.9	4.4	11.8	14	132	0
27	Brock Wright	DET	32.2	21	21	-0.122	+0.75	3.0	47.6	9.7	13.3	14	108	2
28	Mike Gesicki	CIN	29.0	16	38	+0.083	-1.72	3.1	57.9	9.9	0.0	28	307	2
29	Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	28.9	16	32	+0.143	-2.13	3.9	50.0	10.1	6.3	29	190	1
30	Noah Gray	KC	22.0	0	37	-0.160	-0.64	3.7	35.1	8.8	12.0	21	178	0
31	Elijah Arroyo	SEA	16.6	0	26	-0.625	-0.12	2.4	42.3	7.8	6.3	15	179	1