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2025 season · compare · tight ends

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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

72 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Dawson KnoxTE · Bills · graded
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Isaiah LikelyTE · Ravens · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Dawson KnoxIsaiah Likely
Target shareof team targets
11%49th
12%55th
Depth of targetair yards per target
6.765th
8.080th
After the catchyards per reception
5.148th
4.327th
Catch ratereceptions per target
73%53rd
75%63rd
EPA per target
+0.3670th
+0.1535th
First downsper target
47%82nd
31%27th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
4%48th
3%65th
Yards per game
24.553rd
21.947th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's tight endsamong 72 tight ends
Dawson KnoxIsaiah Likely
DawsonPlay-action targetStays outside
IsaiahWorks the middleDropback targetWins before the catch
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
7%65th
8%71st
Screensshare of his targets
5%53rd
6%56th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
21%23rd
39%94th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
44%32nd
38%19th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
9%54th
9%53rd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
15%70th
11%54th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
62%65th
64%73rd
Play actiontargets off play action
50%83rd
14%15th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Dawson Knox
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Isaiah Likely
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsReceiving EPA

Dawson Knox gets the most from the ball in the air (+12.0 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+24.0 EPA), and Dawson also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−12.3).

Dawson Knox+17.5
Isaiah Likely+5.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartDawsonIsaiah
Air yardson catches+12.0+0.25 a target · 77th+8.4+0.23 a target · 73rd
After the catch+24.0+0.49 a target · 52nd+5.4+0.15 a target · 2nd
Incompletionstargets not caught−12.3−0.25 a target · 26th−8.3−0.23 a target · 34th
Interceptionswhen targeted−7.3−0.15 a target · 28th0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1–
Total+17.549 targets+5.436 targets

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Dawson Knox

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Isaiah Likely

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · D.Knox and I.LikelySolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Dawson KnoxIsaiah Likely

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Dawson 3Isaiah 1.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Dawson 21.3Isaiah 19.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Dawson +0.11Isaiah +1.15

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Dawson 6.0Isaiah 8.2

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 38+ · dud under 5
D.Knox
20Wk 119Wk 20Wk 30Wk 415Wk 519Wk 67Wk 715Wk 830Wk 937Wk 1023Wk 1117Wk 1228Wk 1393Wk 1437Wk 1510Wk 1630Wk 1724Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
25 ± 20
I.Likely
1Wk 12Wk 23Wk 30Wk 412Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 860Wk 917Wk 1015Wk 1110Wk 1295Wk 1325Wk 140Wk 150Wk 1627Wk 1732Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
22 ± 26

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (1057 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardD.KnoxI.Likely
Points a game4.0TE292.5TE45
Season67.7TE2534.7TE50
Most weeks1.5–7.10.4–4.3
Booms · busts2 · 109+ · under 30 · 109+ · under 3
Half PPRD.KnoxI.Likely
Points a game5.0TE313.4TE43
Season85.7TE2848.2TE47
Most weeks2.1–7.80.9–5.5
Booms · busts2 · 1012+ · under 40 · 912+ · under 4
PPRD.KnoxI.Likely
Points a game6.1TE334.4TE42
Season103.7TE2861.7TE45
Most weeks2.7–8.71.2–7.0
Booms · busts2 · 1015+ · under 50 · 915+ · under 5

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekD.KnoxI.Likely
Wk 120·
Wk 219·
Wk 3··
Wk 40·
Wk 51512
Wk 6196
Wk 8158
Wk 93060
Wk 103717
Wk 112315
Wk 121710
Wk 132895
Wk 149325
Wk 1537·
Wk 16100
Wk 173027
Wk 182432
Season417307

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonD.KnoxI.Likely
Targets4936
Receptions3627
Yards417307
Touchdowns41
Target share11%37th12%33rd
Depth of target6.726th8.015th
After the catch5.138th4.352nd
Catch rate73%34th75%26th
EPA per target+0.3622nd+0.1547th
First downs47%13th31%53rd
Drop rate4%38th3%26th
Yards per game24.534th21.939th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Dawson KnoxIsaiah Likely
25
2019202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Dawson Knox2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons962292,6942728.12021: 58739.1 a game26.1below his career rate
Isaiah Likely2022 to 2025 · 4 seasons551351,5681528.52024: 47731.8 a game25.6below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.