Must-Have Tight Ends Experts Love to Draft (Fantasy Football)

When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and others to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players below. And you can check out which experts are higher or lower than our expert consensus rankings using our Fantasy Football Rankings Comparison Tools.

Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Tight Endsto Target

Let’s dive into players our experts like more than the expert consensus rankings.

Players to Target

George Kittle (TE – SF)

George Kittle continues to string together outstanding seasons. He cleared 1,000 receiving yards in 2024 for a second straight year, finishing with 78 catches for 1,106 yards and eight touchdowns despite missing two games. A model of efficiency last season, Kittle established new career bests in catch rate (83.0%) and yards per target (11.8). Kittle was also a gem in last season’s fantasy playoffs, producing two of his four 100-yard games in Weeks 16 and 17. Since his second NFL season, Kittle has finished TE3, TE2, TE3, TE4, TE2, TE5 and TE1 in half-point PPR fantasy points per game. Kittle turns 32 in October, and his violent style has led to some injuries over the years, but he has shown no signs of slowing down, and he has a bright 2025 target outlook for a 49ers offense that might not have a clear alpha wide receiver.
– Pat Fitzmaurice

Mark Andrews (TE – BAL)

After getting off to an alarmingly slow start last year, Mark Andrews went on a touchdown spree that reaffirmed his status as a valuable fantasy tight end. Five games into the 2024 season, Andrews had 10 catches for 120 yards and zero TDs. He was TE32 in PPR fantasy points per game over that stretch. From Week 6 through the end of the regular season, Andrews scored 11 touchdowns in 12 games and averaged 3.8 catches and 46.1 yards per contest. Andrews turns 30 the day before the Ravens’ 2025 season opener, and his 2024 downturn in target volume and yardage suggests that his days as an elite fantasy tight end may be over. But Andrews has been a reliable TD scorer and remains an important cog in the Baltimore offense. Consider him a midrange TE1 for fantasy.
– Pat Fitzmaurice