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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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Travis KelceTE · Chiefs · graded
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85
George KittleTE · 49ers · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Travis KelceGeorge Kittle
Target shareof team targets
20%90th
21%92nd
Depth of targetair yards per target
6.866th
6.763rd
After the catchyards per reception
5.660th
4.433rd
Catch ratereceptions per target
70%35th
83%94th
EPA per target
+0.3772nd
+0.6791st
First downsper target
43%72nd
55%94th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
6%26th
1%78th
Yards per game
50.190th
57.197th

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
Travis KelceGeorge Kittle
TravisDropback targetThird-down guyRed-zone guy
GeorgeMotion manWins before the catch
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
9%75th
6%58th
Screensshare of his targets
6%54th
8%68th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
24%42nd
25%50th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
50%50th
40%22nd
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
16%85th
11%68th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
16%77th
14%65th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
54%40th
70%92nd
Play actiontargets off play action
10%8th
28%40th

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
Travis Kelce
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George Kittle
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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

George Kittle gets the most from the ball in the air (+25.4 EPA), Travis Kelce gets the most after the catch (+55.2 EPA), and Travis also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−17.8).

Travis Kelce+40.4
George Kittle+46.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartTravisGeorge
Air yardson catches+17.9+0.17 a target · 62nd+25.4+0.37 a target · 90th
After the catch+55.2+0.51 a target · 56th+31.5+0.46 a target · 44th
Incompletionstargets not caught−17.8−0.16 a target · 74th−10.5−0.15 a target · 78th
Interceptionswhen targeted−16.0−0.15 a target · 30th0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1–
Total+40.4108 targets+46.369 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

Travis Kelce

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George Kittle

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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.Kelce and G.KittleSolid 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
Travis KelceGeorge Kittle

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Travis 5.3George 8

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Travis 18George 77.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Travis -0.12George +0.58

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Travis 6.9George 6.1

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.Kelce
47Wk 161Wk 226Wk 348Wk 461Wk 578Wk 654Wk 799Wk 866Wk 910Wk 1091Wk 1143Wk 1245Wk 138Wk 1470Wk 156Wk 1636Wk 1712Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
50 ± 26
G.Kittle
25Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 60Wk 743Wk 832Wk 984Wk 1067Wk 1178Wk 1267Wk 1314Wk 1488Wk 15115Wk 1617Wk 1729Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
57 ± 32

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.KelceG.Kittle
Points a game6.9TE119.5TE2
Season117.2TE5104.5TE11
Most weeks2.8–10.72.9–14.8
Booms · busts5 · 49+ · under 35 · 39+ · under 3
Half PPRT.KelceG.Kittle
Points a game9.1TE812.1TE2
Season155.2TE3133.0TE13
Most weeks4.9–12.75.4–18.9
Booms · busts4 · 312+ · under 45 · 112+ · under 4
PPRT.KelceG.Kittle
Points a game11.4TE814.7TE2
Season193.2TE3161.5TE13
Most weeks7.0–15.27.9–23.4
Booms · busts4 · 315+ · under 54 · 115+ · 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.KelceG.Kittle
Wk 14725
Wk 261·
Wk 326·
Wk 448·
Wk 561·
Wk 678·
Wk 7540
Wk 89943
Wk 96632
Wk 10·84
Wk 119167
Wk 124378
Wk 134567
Wk 148·
Wk 157088
Wk 166115
Wk 1736·
Wk 181229
Season851628

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.KelceG.Kittle
Targets10869
Receptions7657
Yards851628
Touchdowns57
Target share20%8th21%6th
Depth of target6.825th6.727th
After the catch5.629th4.449th
Catch rate70%47th83%5th
EPA per target+0.3721st+0.677th
First downs43%21st55%5th
Drop rate6%54th1%16th
Yards per game50.18th57.13rd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Travis KelceGeorge Kittle
255075100
201420162018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Travis Kelce2014 to 2025 · 12 seasons1911,08013,0028268.12020: 1,41694.4 a game50.1below his career rate
George Kittle2017 to 2025 · 9 seasons1245958,0085264.62018: 1,37786.1 a game57.1below 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.