TE Grades

Provisional · Through week 6

36 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	Travis Kelce	KC	94.9	100	27	+0.725	+4.91	3.3	66.7	18.4	4.8	20	299	2
2	Sam LaPorta	DET	91.9	97	36	+0.826	+0.75	3.7	66.7	20.3	0.0	27	316	3
3	Hunter Henry	NE	81.8	94	24	+0.504	+2.12	4.8	66.7	14.4	5.0	19	225	2
4	George Kittle	SF	81.3	92	36	+0.372	+2.27	3.1	47.2	22.2	3.7	26	337	5
5	Brock Bowers	LV	78.1	89	43	+0.479	-0.02	2.3	55.8	30.5	3.4	28	382	3
6	Mike Gesicki	CIN	70.1	86	17	+0.994	-0.76	2.4	70.6	11.0	0.0	12	159	4
7	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	67.0	83	29	+0.339	+0.97	3.1	55.2	18.1	4.2	23	315	1
8	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	64.8	81	27	+0.633	-1.82	3.3	59.3	20.9	0.0	23	202	1
9	Michael Mayer	LV	63.9	78	34	+0.253	+0.43	3.3	64.7	17.1	0.0	28	266	1
10	Dallas Goedert	PHI	63.3	75	24	+0.485	-0.30	3.1	54.2	17.5	0.0	17	180	2
11	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	62.5	72	30	+0.196	+0.52	6.0	50.0	18.0	9.5	19	166	3
12	Brenton Strange	JAX	54.6	69	33	+0.331	-0.46	3.2	54.5	18.6	6.9	26	279	1
13	Juwan Johnson	NO	53.1	67	34	+0.218	+0.25	3.3	47.1	15.7	0.0	25	248	3
14	Tucker Kraft	GB	52.7	64	36	+0.191	+0.63	3.3	47.2	18.5	9.4	25	249	1
15	Dalton Schultz	HOU	52.2	61	37	+0.225	-0.38	3.9	48.6	18.2	3.4	28	277	0
16	Cade Otton	TB	51.9	58	29	+0.188	+0.97	3.9	48.3	15.5	15.0	19	186	0
17	Darren Waller	CAR	51.3	56	21	+0.266	+1.00	3.5	52.4	11.9	6.7	13	148	2
18	Isaiah Likely	NYG	51.0	53	57	+0.234	-1.50	2.7	52.6	29.5	2.3	39	383	5
19	Kyle Pitts	ATL	48.3	50	20	+0.048	+1.87	2.6	55.0	14.5	6.3	15	169	3
20	Chig Okonkwo	WAS	47.4	47	20	+0.229	-0.67	4.1	40.0	17.1	0.0	15	150	0
21	Tyler Higbee	LA	43.3	44	29	+0.225	-0.87	2.8	65.5	13.9	0.0	24	246	1
22	Darnell Washington	PIT	43.2	42	22	+0.039	+1.84	3.2	50.0	10.1	6.3	15	156	2
23	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	41.3	39	29	+0.176	-0.03	2.7	51.7	13.4	4.3	21	180	4
24	Foster Moreau	HOU	38.4	36	14	+0.385	-1.25	—	57.1	6.9	0.0	11	72	3
25	Trey McBride	ARI	37.7	33	62	+0.129	-1.83	2.5	58.1	29.0	1.9	49	361	3
26	Evan Engram	DEN	37.0	31	19	+0.159	-0.68	3.4	42.1	11.2	0.0	12	134	1
27	Tyler Warren	IND	35.4	28	35	+0.184	-1.96	3.8	51.4	22.2	8.6	30	213	2
28	Greg Dulcich	MIA	32.7	25	16	+0.187	-2.03	2.1	50.0	15.0	0.0	13	127	0
29	Tommy Tremble	CAR	32.6	22	19	+0.218	-0.78	1.6	42.1	10.7	0.0	15	128	2
30	Colston Loveland	CHI	31.4	19	29	-0.151	-0.14	3.1	55.2	16.7	0.0	19	175	1
31	Noah Fant	NO	30.2	17	14	-0.305	+0.84	3.0	64.3	9.6	0.0	9	73	3
32	Kenyon Sadiq	NYJ	29.5	14	24	-0.246	+0.47	4.7	37.5	14.3	6.3	15	158	1
33	AJ Barner	SEA	20.4	11	24	-0.392	+1.38	3.3	37.5	12.8	15.0	15	138	0
34	Mark Andrews	BAL	17.1	8	33	-0.092	-2.15	3.3	51.5	20.1	14.8	23	181	1
35	Jake Ferguson	DAL	13.0	6	23	-0.240	-2.16	3.8	47.8	10.1	10.0	17	115	3
36	Oronde Gadsden II	LAC	10.6	3	21	-0.523	-1.05	2.9	23.8	12.7	7.7	12	103	1

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. While the season is in progress, thresholds are pro-rated to games played.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Josh Cuevas	BAL	77.0	86	8	+1.149	+3.96	4.3	75.0	9.8	0.0	7	84	1
2	Elijah Higgins	ARI	72.4	86	11	+0.821	+2.31	—	81.8	7.3	0.0	11	124	1
3	Nate Boerkircher	JAX	59.8	69	8	+0.400	+1.04	—	62.5	5.4	0.0	6	52	1
4	Davis Allen	LA	59.1	69	8	+0.404	+0.87	—	62.5	4.5	0.0	6	63	0
5	Mitchell Evans	CAR	57.4	69	7	+0.285	+1.14	—	71.4	4.8	0.0	6	66	0
6	Noah Gray	KC	54.4	67	11	+0.357	+1.86	—	63.6	7.5	0.0	9	114	0
7	Cole Kmet	CHI	47.0	44	11	+0.382	-1.69	—	45.5	6.3	0.0	7	59	1
8	Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	46.7	44	8	+0.419	-0.64	4.9	62.5	8.4	0.0	8	48	1
9	Gavin Bartholomew	MIN	45.6	44	7	+0.252	-0.52	3.9	71.4	11.3	0.0	6	37	0
10	Theo Johnson	NYG	40.5	36	9	+0.254	+1.81	—	44.4	6.6	0.0	4	55	1
11	Brock Wright	DET	40.1	36	6	+0.170	-1.96	—	50.0	4.1	0.0	5	31	0
12	Eli Raridon	NE	40.0	36	12	+0.530	-1.84	3.0	66.7	8.1	10.0	9	112	1
13	Erick All	CIN	37.6	31	6	+0.189	-1.67	—	66.7	9.7	0.0	5	30	0
14	Colby Parkinson	LA	35.3	25	13	+0.155	-0.58	4.2	46.2	6.9	0.0	9	55	1
15	John Bates	WAS	35.0	25	6	-0.161	-1.54	—	50.0	5.1	0.0	5	27	0
16	Charlie Kolar	LAC	34.4	25	10	-0.003	-1.82	3.0	60.0	13.3	0.0	9	78	0
17	Brevyn Spann-Ford	DAL	34.2	25	10	+0.221	+0.53	2.4	60.0	5.1	12.5	7	68	0
18	Will Kacmarek	MIA	34.1	25	6	-0.345	-0.42	—	33.3	6.7	0.0	3	24	0
19	Drew Sample	CIN	32.9	25	6	-0.041	-2.40	—	33.3	5.9	0.0	5	24	0
20	Terrance Ferguson	LA	32.2	19	12	-0.025	+0.49	3.1	41.7	11.8	20.0	7	63	1
21	David Njoku	LAC	31.5	19	8	-0.633	+0.99	3.6	62.5	15.1	16.7	6	67	0
22	Dawson Knox	BUF	29.8	14	10	+0.002	-2.59	—	50.0	6.3	0.0	8	36	1
23	Tanner Hudson	CIN	28.2	11	7	+0.293	-2.51	—	57.1	4.5	0.0	7	33	1
24	Gunnar Helm	TEN	27.4	11	10	-0.337	-1.66	4.5	50.0	9.9	0.0	9	60	0
25	Will Mallory	IND	24.5	11	6	-0.868	-3.41	3.0	33.3	15.8	0.0	2	20	0
26	Mason Taylor	NYJ	24.5	11	12	+0.003	-2.94	2.4	50.0	14.8	10.0	9	55	0
27	Zach Ertz	PHI	21.7	11	8	-0.569	-1.50	—	37.5	9.2	0.0	3	22	0
28	Johnny Mundt	PHI	18.9	8	6	-0.657	-3.55	—	0.0	4.3	0.0	4	16	0
29	Daniel Bellinger	TEN	15.4	6	8	-0.440	-0.76	—	12.5	5.6	28.6	5	30	0