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Must-Know Tight End Fantasy Football Stats
David Njoku (TE – CLE)
David Njoku finished 2024 with 505 receiving yards and five touchdowns in 11 games, missing six contests due to knee and personal issues. He posted four games with double-digit targets, but was held to fewer than 35 receiving yards in five other contests. His per-route efficiency lagged behind his volume, ranking 32nd among tight ends in first downs per route and yards per route run.
Tucker Kraft (TE – GB)
Last year, Tucker Kraft stepped up as Green Bay’s clear present and future starting tight end. The South Dakota State alum finished as the TE14 in fantasy points per game in the Packers’ run-heavy offense. Green Bay loves its committee approach with the passing game, so it’s tough to see Kraft becoming a high-end target earner in this offense, but he has the talent to do so.
Last year, among 47 qualifying tight ends, Kraft ranked 20th in target share and 27th in first read share, but he posted top-12 marks in receiving yards per game (12th), yards per route run (seventh), missed tackles forced (third) and yards after the catch per reception (first). Green Bay did feed him an 18.5% designed target rate (second-best among tight ends), but he wasn’t the first option on many passing plays. Kraft proved he has the talent to take the next step and become a focal point if the Green Bay offensive design changes in 2025. Kraft is a wild card TE1.
Brenton Strange (TE – JAX)
Brenton Strange was on the depth chart behind Evan Engram last year. Yet, he flashed his potential when Engram was hurt, despite an unfriendly fantasy football environment. According to the data suite at Fantasy Points, 52 tight ends ran at least 150 routes in the 2024 regular season and playoffs, and Strange was tied for 15th in targets per route run (0.21), tied for 19th in yards per route run (1.56) and 15th in expected half-point per reception (half PPR) points per route run (0.38).
Interestingly, Strange was tied with Cade Otton in targets per route run and yards per route run. Liam Coen was Otton’s tight end as Tampa Bay’s offensive coordinator in 2024, and Strange is his starting tight end as Jacksonville’s head coach. Otton did his best work when the Buccaneers’ receivers were banged up. Still, Otton’s 2024 was a third-year breakout, and the Bucs had a loaded wide receiver corps.
Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)
Kyle Pitts has consistently been a guy who’s loaded with talent, but the fantasy production hasn’t ever come. Last season, Pitts caught 47 passes for 602 yards and four touchdowns. His four touchdowns were a single-season high. However, the yardage, catches and targets were down from the previous year.
Those figures were already quite low, with 53 catches for 667 yards and three touchdowns. In 2024, Pitts averaged eight points per game, which ranked as the TE18. He finished with single-digit points in 10 games from Weeks 1 to 17. Pitts had just two games with more than 15 points.
Mark Andrews (TE – BAL)
Mark Andrews is one of the best tight end values this year with the talent to revisit top-three/top-five fantasy tight end status. Last year, Andrews was the TE7 in fantasy points per game, but it was heavily influenced by his 11 receiving scores as he ranked only 14th in receptions and ninth in receiving yards among tight ends.
His recovery from tightrope surgery impacted his early season effectiveness and usage. In Weeks 1-9, he was the TE16 in fantasy points per game, posting an 11.3% target share, an 18% targets per route run rate (TPRR), 1.77 yards per route run (YPRR), 32.1 receiving yards per game, a 13.9% first-read share and 0.110 first downs per route run.
After Week 9, every discernable per-route metric that we should care about improved for Andrews as he posted an 18.1% target share, a 24% TPRR, 2.31 YPRR, 48 receiving yards per game, an 18.9% first-read share and 0.127 first downs per route run as the TE5 in fantasy points per game, per Fantasy Points Data. Buy the dip on Andrews and enjoy another stellar year from the Baltimore stalwart.
Dalton Kincaid (TE – BUF)
On the surface, Dalton Kincaid‘s career trajectory is heading in the wrong direction. A first-round pick in 2023, Kincaid posted solid numbers as a rookie, catching 73 passes for 673 yards and four touchdowns. Those numbers dipped in 2024 when Kincaid, playing in 13 games, caught 44 passes for 448 yards and two touchdowns. He suffered knee and collarbone injuries during the season. Offseason reports have suggested Kincaid was hurt far more than what was reported, leading to some of his struggles to put up big numbers last season.
Another factor limiting Kincaid has been the presence of Dawson Knox. Kincaid had just a 57.5% snap share last season, the 32nd-most at tight end. On the plus side, his route participation was much better at 62.7%, good for the 17th-best mark, and he still posted some intriguing peripheral numbers.
Kincaid was eighth at the position in target share, sixth in air yards share, seventh in target rate and saw the second-most deep targets with 11. He also saw the second-most unrealized air yards while his catchable target rate was just 65%, putting him at 36th among tight ends. Kincaid’s 4.61 target quality rating was just 26th at the position, while his target accuracy of 5.9 landed him at 38th. In other words, Josh Allen didn’t give Kincaid enough to work with. Allen has acknowledged that and the need to improve chemistry. Kincaid has been lauded for the strength he’s added and his offseason work.
It will be difficult for Kincaid to be an elite tight end with his current snap share, but a part of that was likely due to his injuries last season. The added strength should help him stay on the field more, and the Bills’ lack of pass-catching additions suggests they plan to feature Kincaid this year. I suspect he will take more work from Knox this season, but even if his target accuracy improves, that should be enough to make him a fantasy TE1, with upside for much more. If he and Allen can connect on the high volume of deep targets, we may be in store for the third-year tight end breakout we used to see so often.
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