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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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T.J. HockensonTE · Vikings · graded
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88
Jake TongesTE · 49ers · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges
Target shareof team targets
16%72nd
12%56th
Depth of targetair yards per target
5.040th
5.141st
After the catchyards per reception
4.322nd
4.220th
Catch ratereceptions per target
77%74th
74%55th
EPA per target
+0.2149th
+0.3162nd
First downsper target
33%38th
46%78th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
5%41st
0%91st
Yards per game
29.265th
17.240th

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
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges
T.J.Dropback targetWorks the middleStatic
JakeMotion manDropback targetScreen game
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
3%30th
4%34th
Screensshare of his targets
9%73rd
11%87th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
35%85th
35%84th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
50%51st
47%40th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
12%70th
10%61st
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
14%67th
7%39th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
45%20th
76%95th
Play actiontargets off play action
14%13th
7%5th

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
T.J. Hockenson
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Jake Tonges
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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

Jake Tonges gets the most from the ball in the air (+4.7 EPA), T.J. Hockenson gets the most after the catch (+33.2 EPA), and T.J. also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−14.6).

T.J. Hockenson+14.1
Jake Tonges+14.2
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartT.J.Jake
Air yardson catches−4.4−0.07 a target · 28th+4.7+0.10 a target · 55th
After the catch+33.2+0.50 a target · 54th+20.0+0.43 a target · 37th
Incompletionstargets not caught−14.6−0.22 a target · 41st−10.5−0.23 a target · 38th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Total+14.166 targets+14.246 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

T.J. Hockenson

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Jake Tonges

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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 · T.Hockenson and J.TongesSolid 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 17
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges

Targetslast 3 games

15
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T.J. 3Jake 3.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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T.J. 26.7Jake 22.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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T.J. +0.62Jake +0.37

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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T.J. 7.9Jake 6.5

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
T.Hockenson
15Wk 112Wk 249Wk 339Wk 438Wk 56Wk 643Wk 726Wk 811Wk 98Wk 1039Wk 1119Wk 1259Wk 1312Wk 1466Wk 152Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
29 ± 19
J.Tonges
15Wk 131Wk 221Wk 358Wk 441Wk 558Wk 60Wk 72Wk 80Wk 90Wk 100Wk 110Wk 120Wk 1314Wk 140Wk 157Wk 1660Wk 170Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
17 ± 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
StandardT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Points a game4.1TE273.7TE31
Season61.8TE2959.3TE30
Most weeks1.4–6.70.0–7.5
Booms · busts1 · 69+ · under 33 · 99+ · under 3
Half PPRT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Points a game5.8TE254.8TE34
Season87.3TE2676.3TE31
Most weeks2.8–8.30.0–9.0
Booms · busts1 · 612+ · under 43 · 912+ · under 4
PPRT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Points a game7.5TE255.8TE34
Season112.8TE2693.3TE30
Most weeks4.2–10.40.0–11.8
Booms · busts1 · 515+ · under 52 · 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
WeekT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Wk 11515
Wk 21231
Wk 34921
Wk 43958
Wk 53841
Wk 6·58
Wk 743·
Wk 8262
Wk 911·
Wk 108·
Wk 11390
Wk 1219·
Wk 1359·
Wk 1412·
Wk 1566·
Wk 1627
Wk 17·60
Wk 18··
Season438293

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
SeasonT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Targets6646
Receptions5134
Yards438293
Touchdowns35
Target share16%21st12%32nd
Depth of target5.044th5.143rd
After the catch4.357th4.258th
Catch rate77%19th74%33rd
EPA per target+0.2137th+0.3128th
First downs33%45th46%16th
Drop rate5%43rd0%1st
Yards per game29.226th17.244th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges
2550
2019202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
T.J. Hockenson2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons974334,4402645.82023: 96064.0 a game29.2below his career rate
Jake Tonges2022 to 2025 · 3 seasons1334293522.52022: 00.0 a game29.3above 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.