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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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Jeremy RuckertTE · Jets · graded
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81
Austin HooperTE · Patriots · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Jeremy RuckertAustin Hooper
Target shareof team targets
7%30th
7%28th
Depth of targetair yards per target
3.512th
9.088th
After the catchyards per reception
4.323rd
4.117th
Catch ratereceptions per target
79%83rd
81%90th
EPA per target
+0.1637th
+0.6590th
First downsper target
28%17th
50%90th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
3%59th
0%91st
Yards per game
10.519th
16.437th

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
Jeremy RuckertAustin Hooper
JeremyNo screensRarely deepMotion man
AustinDownfieldWins before the catchNot the third-down option
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%12th
15%94th
Screensshare of his targets
0%10th
3%36th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
28%63rd
27%61st
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
52%56th
35%12th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
3%23rd
2%16th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
5%22nd
7%35th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
66%82nd
45%20th
Play actiontargets off play action
31%47th
42%71st

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
Jeremy Ruckert
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Austin Hooper
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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

Austin Hooper gets the most from the ball in the air (+11.7 EPA), Jeremy Ruckert gets the most after the catch (+12.7 EPA), and Jeremy also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−8.1).

Jeremy Ruckert+4.5
Austin Hooper+16.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartJeremyAustin
Air yardson catches−0.1−0.00 a target · 41st+11.7+0.45 a target · 94th
After the catch+12.7+0.44 a target · 40th+8.2+0.31 a target · 20th
Incompletionstargets not caught−8.1−0.28 a target · 17th−3.1−0.12 a target · 91st
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Total+4.529 targets+16.826 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

Jeremy Ruckert

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Austin Hooper

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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 · J.Ruckert and A.HooperSolid 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
Jeremy RuckertAustin Hooper

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Jeremy 2Austin 2.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Jeremy 5.3Austin 16.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Jeremy -0.81Austin +0.41

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Jeremy 2.8Austin 9.3

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
J.Ruckert
16Wk 15Wk 20Wk 323Wk 428Wk 50Wk 60Wk 724Wk 89Wk 90Wk 1023Wk 110Wk 1212Wk 1319Wk 1413Wk 1514Wk 162Wk 170Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
11 ± 10
A.Hooper
10Wk 138Wk 228Wk 324Wk 40Wk 55Wk 611Wk 738Wk 820Wk 90Wk 1011Wk 1139Wk 120Wk 1314Wk 140Wk 1534Wk 1611Wk 175Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
16 ± 15

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
StandardJ.RuckertA.Hooper
Points a game1.4TE612.4TE46
Season23.9TE5938.3TE46
Most weeks0.0–2.30.0–3.8
Booms · busts0 · 169+ · under 30 · 109+ · under 3
Half PPRJ.RuckertA.Hooper
Points a game2.1TE603.1TE46
Season35.4TE5848.8TE46
Most weeks0.0–2.90.0–5.3
Booms · busts0 · 1412+ · under 40 · 1012+ · under 4
PPRJ.RuckertA.Hooper
Points a game2.8TE593.7TE47
Season46.9TE5659.3TE47
Most weeks0.0–3.80.0–6.8
Booms · busts0 · 1415+ · under 50 · 1015+ · 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
WeekJ.RuckertA.Hooper
Wk 11610
Wk 2538
Wk 3·28
Wk 42324
Wk 528·
Wk 605
Wk 7011
Wk 82438
Wk 9·20
Wk 1000
Wk 1123·
Wk 12·39
Wk 1312·
Wk 1419·
Wk 1513·
Wk 161434
Wk 17211
Wk 18·5
Season179263

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
SeasonJ.RuckertA.Hooper
Targets2926
Receptions2321
Yards179263
Touchdowns12
Target share7%51st7%52nd
Depth of target3.564th9.09th
After the catch4.356th4.160th
Catch rate79%13th81%8th
EPA per target+0.1646th+0.658th
First downs28%60th50%7th
Drop rate3%30th0%1st
Yards per game10.559th16.446th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jeremy RuckertAustin Hooper
2550
20162018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jeremy Ruckert2022 to 2025 · 4 seasons4058443111.12023: 15115.1 a game12.8above his career rate
Austin Hooper2016 to 2025 · 10 seasons1494304,4413029.82019: 78760.5 a game20.2below 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.