High-Floor PPR Tight Ends (2025 Fantasy Football)

Drafts are often a delicate balance between drafting for a player’s ceiling and drafting for their floor. Of course, you cannot win your week without at least a few of your players having monster games. However, you can lose your week when players make little or no contribution to the cause. With that in mind, I wanted to focus on some high-floor PPR players you should consider drafting.

You certainly do not need me to tell you that Alvin Kamara and Rashee Rice have high weekly PPR floors when on the field. However, the players mentioned below are ones that I currently project to finish the season with at least 135 PPR points. I chose 135 PPR points because it is roughly eight points per game over 17 weeks. That may not seem like a whole lot. But last year, there were at least 28 running backs, 42 wide receivers, and 11 tight ends who scored at least eight PPR points each week. In a 12-team league where you start two running backs, three wide receivers, and a tight end, this group represents the baseline for what we want out of our Flex position. Here are some high-floor PPR players who are widely available after the seventh round in 12-team leagues.

High Floor Fantasy Football Tight Ends to Target

Tight Ends

David Njoku (TE – CLE) (ADP: TE9, 86 overall)

Much like the situation with Josh Downs in Indianapolis, my selection of David Njoku here is based on recent quarterback news. In both cases, these players saw tangible improvement with Joe Flacco under center. Cleveland tabbed the 40-year-old to be the team’s starting quarterback this week. That means good things lie ahead for Njoku. When Flacco and Njoku played together for five games at the tail end of the 2023 season, the results were eye-opening. Njoku averaged six receptions and 78 yards per game. I do not recommend expecting a repeat of that performance, but the two have an evident chemistry, and the Browns lack pass-catchers beyond Jerry Jeudy. Njoku should remain a starter in most formats, but his outlook in PPR leagues just got a whole lot better with Flacco calling signals.

Jake Ferguson (TE – DAL) (ADP: TE17, 137 overall)

High-floor PPR players at the tight end position are few and far between, but Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson may just fit the bill. Ferguson has earned at least five targets in 22-of-31 games over the past two seasons. Five targets may not seem like a ton, but only 11 tight ends (including Ferguson) had at least 85 targets last year. As a result, Ferguson has finished as a top-12 fantasy tight end in 15-of-31 games since 2023 despite scoring just five total touchdowns. While some positive regression in that department increases Ferguson’s ceiling, his floor should stay relatively high compared to most tight ends in this ADP range.

Zach Ertz (TE – WAS) (ADP: TE18, 150 overall)

After remaining off the fantasy radar for much of the 2020s, veteran Zach Ertz enjoyed a career renaissance last year in his first season as a Commander. Ertz had a connection with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, which only seemed to strengthen throughout the year. Through his first five games, Ertz failed to secure a touchdown pass. Over his last dozen outings, Ertz scored seven times. The good news is that even when Ertz wasn’t scoring, his fantasy floor remained decent. He finished as a top-18 weekly fantasy tight end 12 times. That (and playing in all 17 games) boosted Ertz’s overall finish to that of TE7 in PPR leagues. Things would have to break right for Ertz to reach that ceiling again in 2025, but his PPR floor should continue to remain intact.