2026 NFL · Weeks 1–4

2026 Tight end advanced stats

Air yards, catch rate and red zone targets for every tight end. Minimum 8 targets.

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#	Player	Tgt	Air yds	aDOT	Catch %	YAC/rec	RZ tgt	EZ tgt	Deep tgt	1st downs	EPA/tgt
1	Brock Bowers LV	24	254	10.6	67%	2.6	4	3	3	12	0.57
2	Trey McBride ARI	46	252	5.5	72%	2.5	9	3	2	13	0.2
3	Isaiah Likely NYG	35	245	7.0	63%	2.3	6	1	2	13	0.16
4	Dalton Kincaid BUF	19	239	12.6	79%	6.5	1	1	3	10	0.62
5	Sam LaPorta DET	32	188	5.9	69%	4.5	9	5	1	13	0.58
6	George Kittle SF	22	184	8.4	73%	8.9	5	1	2	10	0.68
7	T.J. Hockenson MIN	26	176	6.8	85%	3.1	5	1	2	12	0.63
8	Mark Andrews BAL	24	172	7.2	75%	1.8	3	2	1	9	0.3
9	Dalton Schultz HOU	27	161	6.0	78%	4.7	2	0	2	9	0.26
10	Cade Otton TB	23	161	7.0	65%	8.1	2	0	2	9	0.13
11	Mike Gesicki CIN	15	156	10.4	73%	2.5	3	2	2	8	1.02
12	Pat Freiermuth PIT	19	155	8.2	74%	4.5	3	2	3	6	0.17
13	Tyler Higbee LA	19	151	7.9	79%	2.3	2	0	0	11	0.12
14	Darren Waller CAR	19	141	7.4	68%	4.3	4	3	0	11	0.44
15	Brenton Strange JAX	18	141	7.8	78%	5.9	2	1	0	9	0.3
16	Harold Fannin Jr. CLE	23	140	6.1	74%	5.2	3	3	1	9	0.54
17	Travis Kelce KC	22	132	6.0	73%	10.5	2	1	2	12	0.74
18	Tucker Kraft GB	24	131	5.5	62%	6.1	4	2	3	7	0.15
19	Hunter Henry NE	15	119	7.9	80%	5.3	1	0	1	6	0.01
20	Michael Mayer LV	24	116	4.8	83%	4.7	2	2	0	12	0.26
21	Juwan Johnson NO	19	103	5.4	79%	6.5	6	4	1	10	0.52
22	Colston Loveland CHI	18	102	5.7	61%	4.5	6	2	0	7	-0.27
23	Kenyon Sadiq NYJ	18	97	5.4	67%	6.9	0	1	2	4	0.2
24	Oronde Gadsden II LAC	15	94	6.3	60%	4.1	3	1	0	4	-0.39
25	Terrance Ferguson LA	12	79	6.6	58%	5.4	1	1	1	3	-0.03
26	Tommy Tremble CAR	15	70	4.7	73%	4.5	1	0	0	5	-0.04
27	Greg Dulcich MIA	12	68	5.7	75%	6.0	2	0	2	3	0.22
28	Darnell Washington PIT	13	66	5.1	69%	9.3	2	3	1	4	0.38
29	Jake Ferguson DAL	15	65	4.3	80%	2.5	4	2	0	5	0.1
30	Evan Engram DEN	13	61	4.7	46%	2.5	1	1	0	5	0.01
31	Noah Fant NO	12	61	5.1	67%	4.4	3	2	0	4	-0.32
32	Tyler Warren IND	27	59	2.2	85%	4.3	3	1	0	6	0.14
33	David Njoku LAC	8	53	6.6	75%	6.3	1	0	1	3	-0.63
34	Noah Gray KC	8	51	6.4	75%	4.3	2	0	1	3	0.15
35	Gunnar Helm TEN	12	45	3.8	75%	4.9	3	2	0	3	-0.26
36	AJ Barner SEA	15	35	2.3	60%	10.0	5	2	0	5	-0.53
37	Foster Moreau HOU	9	30	3.3	78%	5.1	2	2	0	3	0.26
38	Jeremy Ruckert NYJ	8	6	0.8	100%	5.2	2	1	0	3	0.42

What these mean

Air yards: Total distance of targets past the line of scrimmage, caught or not. Shows how much of the passing game runs through a player.
aDOT: Average depth of target. High means deep routes; low means short, high-catch-rate work.
RZ / EZ tgt: Targets inside the opponent's 20-yard line, and targets thrown into the end zone. The best predictors of touchdowns.
EPA/tgt: Expected points added per target: how much each target moved the team toward scoring.