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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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Noah FantTE · Bengals · graded
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Elijah HigginsTE · Cardinals · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Noah FantElijah Higgins
Target shareof team targets
9%38th
7%23rd
Depth of targetair yards per target
3.39th
4.017th
After the catchyards per reception
5.151st
7.091st
Catch ratereceptions per target
83%95th
81%91st
EPA per target
-0.293rd
+0.0419th
First downsper target
32%34th
41%65th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%66th
0%91st
Yards per game
19.244th
17.741st

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
Noah FantElijah Higgins
NoahPlay-action targetMotion manNot the red-zone option
ElijahYards after the catchRarely deepScreen game
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
5%46th
0%12th
Screensshare of his targets
5%49th
11%85th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
27%60th
30%72nd
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
60%70th
69%91st
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
4%28th
6%42nd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
5%20th
5%19th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
66%84th
46%25th
Play actiontargets off play action
51%87th
32%53rd

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
Noah Fant
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Elijah Higgins
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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

Noah Fant gets the most from the ball in the air (−4.5 EPA), Elijah Higgins gets the most after the catch (+24.2 EPA), and Elijah also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−5.9).

Noah Fant−11.8
Elijah Higgins+1.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartNoahElijah
Air yardson catches−4.5−0.11 a target · 23rd−7.7−0.21 a target · 13th
After the catch−3.6−0.09 a target · 1st+24.2+0.65 a target · 80th
Incompletionstargets not caught−3.7−0.09 a target · 99th−5.9−0.16 a target · 76th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd−9.2−0.25 a target · 16th
Total−11.841 targets+1.437 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

Noah Fant

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Elijah Higgins

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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 · N.Fant and E.HigginsSolid 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
Noah FantElijah Higgins

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Noah 0.7Elijah 4

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Noah 1.7Elijah 39.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Noah -4.65Elijah +0.74

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Noah -2.0Elijah 4.7

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
N.Fant
26Wk 128Wk 226Wk 34Wk 40Wk 527Wk 644Wk 741Wk 828Wk 910Wk 1036Wk 119Wk 123Wk 1315Wk 140Wk 1516Wk 160Wk 175Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
19 ± 15
E.Higgins
3Wk 145Wk 27Wk 30Wk 410Wk 534Wk 63Wk 78Wk 830Wk 919Wk 1011Wk 110Wk 1217Wk 130Wk 143Wk 1591Wk 160Wk 1728Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
18 ± 23

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
StandardN.FantE.Higgins
Points a game2.7TE411.7TE57
Season40.8TE4128.1TE54
Most weeks0.0–5.00.0–3.0
Booms · busts1 · 119+ · under 31 · 139+ · under 3
Half PPRN.FantE.Higgins
Points a game3.9TE402.5TE55
Season57.8TE3943.1TE51
Most weeks0.0–6.40.2–4.4
Booms · busts1 · 812+ · under 41 · 1212+ · under 4
PPRN.FantE.Higgins
Points a game5.0TE393.4TE52
Season74.8TE3758.1TE48
Most weeks0.0–7.81.0–5.7
Booms · busts0 · 715+ · under 51 · 1215+ · 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
WeekN.FantE.Higgins
Wk 1263
Wk 22845
Wk 3267
Wk 4·0
Wk 5·10
Wk 62734
Wk 7443
Wk 841·
Wk 92830
Wk 10·19
Wk 113611
Wk 1290
Wk 13317
Wk 14150
Wk 15·3
Wk 16·91
Wk 1700
Wk 18528
Season288301

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
SeasonN.FantE.Higgins
Targets4137
Receptions3430
Yards288301
Touchdowns30
Target share9%45th7%56th
Depth of target3.366th4.060th
After the catch5.136th7.07th
Catch rate83%4th81%7th
EPA per target-0.2970th+0.0459th
First downs32%48th41%26th
Drop rate2%25th0%1st
Yards per game19.241st17.743rd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Noah FantElijah Higgins
2550
2019202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Noah Fant2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons1053343,5931834.22020: 67348.1 a game22.2below his career rate
Elijah Higgins2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons4364636314.82024: 17211.5 a game17.7above 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.