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2025 season · TE · #86 · 8th season

Dalton Schultz

Age 30 · 6'5" · 242 lb · Stanford · Pick 137 overall (2018). Snap share 71% across 17 games.

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Targets

106

6.2 per game

6th of 72

Receptions

77% catch rate

T-3rd of 72

Yards

777

46 per game

6th of 72

Touchdowns

39 first downs

T-25th of 72

Target share

19%

15% of air yards

10th of 72

aDOT

6.2

air yards per target

31st of 72

EPA / target

+0.35

+36.7 total

23rd of 72

YAC / catch

4.4

358 after the catch

51st of 72

The short version

How goodSchultz's +36.7 EPA is 8th of 72 tight ends.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+38.8, 26th percentile per target).
Fantasy5.6 standard points a game, TE19 of 108.8.0 half-PPR points a game, TE16 of 108.10.5 PPR points a game, TE14 of 108.
How he's usedHe lives outside the numbers: only 13% of his targets come over the middle (league 25%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 4.3 a game over his last three against 6.2 for the season.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
Target shareof team targets	19%	10th of 72	87th
Depth of targetair yards per target	6.2	31st of 72	58th
After the catchyards per reception	4.4	51st of 72	30th
Catch ratereceptions per target	77%	18th of 72	76th
EPA per target	+0.35	23rd of 72	69th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	37%	34th of 72	53rd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	2%	19th of 72	74th
Yards per game	45.7	11th of 72	85th
Success rate	58%	28th of 72	62nd
Total EPA	+36.7	8th of 72	90th

How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Schultz scores 5.6 standard points a game, TE19 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.5 and 9.1; 4 boom weeks (9+) and 6 busts (under 3).

Points a game5.6TE19 of 108

Season95.7TE13 · 17 games

Most weeks2.5–9.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts4 · 69+ · under 3

TE12 · 6.71471013161922

Schultz scores 8.0 half-PPR points a game, TE16 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 3.8 and 11.7; 4 boom weeks (12+) and 4 busts (under 4).

Points a game8.0TE16 of 108

Season136.7TE11 · 17 games

Most weeks3.8–11.7his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts4 · 412+ · under 4

TE12 · 8.71471013161922

Schultz scores 10.5 PPR points a game, TE14 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 5.3 and 14.3; 3 boom weeks (15+) and 3 busts (under 5).

Points a game10.5TE14 of 108

Season177.7TE10 · 17 games

Most weeks5.3–14.3his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts3 · 315+ · under 5

TE12 · 10.51471013161922

How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the TE12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 72 tight ends

He lives outside the numbers: only 13% of his targets come over the middle (league 25%). Screens are not part of his role: 1% of his targets (league 5%). His share of the team's targets is 18%: on third down it holds at 21%; inside the 20 it holds at 16%. He is a straight-dropback target: 19% of his targets come off play action (league 32%).

Stays outsideMiddle of the field 13% · 9th pctlNo screensScreens 1% · 20th pctlDropback targetPlay action 19% · 20th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

57th

Screensshare of his targets

20th

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

13%

9th

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

48%

44th

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

21%

96th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

16%

75th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

52%

32nd

Play actiontargets off play action

19%

20th

How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying tight ends; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Game logall 22 weeks

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Snap	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	EPA
1	at LA L 9-144th D	4th vs TE	54%	5	3	28		+1.6
2	vs TB L 19-2024th D	24th vs TE	59%	4	3	29		+1.2
3	at JAX L 10-179th D	9th vs TE	79%	6	5	39		+1.8
4	vs TEN W 26-023rd D	23rd vs TE	85%	6	5	30		-0.6
5	at BAL W 44-1010th D	10th vs TE	59%	6	5	60		+5.9
6	Bye week
7	at SEA L 19-2722nd D	22nd vs TE	75%	10	9	98		+6.2
8	vs SF W 26-157th D	7th vs TE	61%	3	2	24		+1.6
9	vs DEN L 15-1819th D	19th vs TE	79%	8	6	77		+1.8
10	vs JAX W 36-299th D	9th vs TE	77%	11	7	53	1	+4.3
11	at TEN W 16-1323rd D	23rd vs TE	69%	9	6	51		+0.4
12	vs BUF W 23-193rd D	3rd vs TE	81%	4	1	8		-1.4
13	at IND W 20-1625th D	25th vs TE	72%	8	7	55		+1.3
14	at KC W 20-1020th D	20th vs TE	74%	4	3	22		+0.0
15	vs ARI W 40-2030th D	30th vs TE	79%	9	8	76	1	+5.9
16	vs LV W 23-2121st D	21st vs TE	71%	5	5	35	1	+3.7
17	at LAC W 20-1627th D	27th vs TE	78%	4	3	19		-2.9
18	vs IND W 38-3025th D	25th vs TE	56%	4	4	73		+5.9
19	at PIT W 30-6Stats not posted yet
20	at NE L 16-28Stats not posted yet
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		71%	106	82	777	3	+36.7

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D	Drops
1	at LA L 9-144th D	4th vs TE	19%	15%	5.0	11	+0.33	2
2	vs TB L 19-2024th D	24th vs TE	17%	10%	5.0	15	+0.31	1
3	at JAX L 10-179th D	9th vs TE	17%	13%	6.2	11	+0.30	2
4	vs TEN W 26-023rd D	23rd vs TE	21%	27%	8.2	7	-0.10	1
5	at BAL W 44-1010th D	10th vs TE	19%	17%	7.3	24	+0.98	4
6	Bye week
7	at SEA L 19-2722nd D	22nd vs TE	22%	8%	3.3	63	+0.62	6
8	vs SF W 26-157th D	7th vs TE	8%	11%	12.3	12	+0.52	1
9	vs DEN L 15-1819th D	19th vs TE	21%	14%	5.6	47	+0.23	3	1
10	vs JAX W 36-299th D	9th vs TE	25%	21%	8.3	17	+0.39	5	1
11	at TEN W 16-1323rd D	23rd vs TE	23%	17%	6.7	20	+0.05	1
12	vs BUF W 23-193rd D	3rd vs TE	14%	26%	14.8	3	-0.35	0
13	at IND W 20-1625th D	25th vs TE	25%	9%	4.4	22	+0.16	2
14	at KC W 20-1020th D	20th vs TE	15%	5%	3.5	8	+0.00	1
15	vs ARI W 40-2030th D	30th vs TE	35%	39%	5.1	34	+0.65	5
16	vs LV W 23-2121st D	21st vs TE	15%	9%	5.4	8	+0.75	2
17	at LAC W 20-1627th D	27th vs TE	15%	0%	0.0	20	-0.72	0
18	vs IND W 38-3025th D	25th vs TE	14%	19%	9.3	36	+1.48	3
19	at PIT W 30-6Stats not posted yet
20	at NE L 16-28Stats not posted yet
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		19%	15%	6.2	358	+0.35	39	2

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	at LA L 9-144th D	4th vs TE	3	28	9.3
2	vs TB L 19-2024th D	24th vs TE	3	29	9.7
3	at JAX L 10-179th D	9th vs TE	5	39	7.8
4	vs TEN W 26-023rd D	23rd vs TE	5	30	6.0
5	at BAL W 44-1010th D	10th vs TE	5	60	12.0		1
6	Bye week
7	at SEA L 19-2722nd D	22nd vs TE	9	98	10.9		1
8	vs SF W 26-157th D	7th vs TE	2	24	12.0
9	vs DEN L 15-1819th D	19th vs TE	6	77	12.8		1
10	vs JAX W 36-299th D	9th vs TE	7	53	7.6	1	1
11	at TEN W 16-1323rd D	23rd vs TE	6	51	8.5
12	vs BUF W 23-193rd D	3rd vs TE	1	8	8.0
13	at IND W 20-1625th D	25th vs TE	7	55	7.9
14	at KC W 20-1020th D	20th vs TE	3	22	7.3
15	vs ARI W 40-2030th D	30th vs TE	8	76	9.5	1
16	vs LV W 23-2121st D	21st vs TE	5	35	7.0	1
17	at LAC W 20-1627th D	27th vs TE	3	19	6.3
18	vs IND W 38-3025th D	25th vs TE	4	73	18.3		1
19	at PIT W 30-6Stats not posted yet
20	at NE L 16-28Stats not posted yet
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		82	777	9.5	3	5

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs TE17 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 26th-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 17.7 of 32 on average (league middle 16.3).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT LA4vs TE

VS TB24vs TE

AT JAX9vs TE

VS TEN23vs TE

AT BAL10vs TE

WK 6—bye

AT SEA22vs TE

VS SF7vs TE

VS DEN19vs TE

VS JAX9vs TE

AT TEN23vs TE

VS BUF3vs TE

AT IND25vs TE

AT KC20vs TE

VS ARI30vs TE

VS LV21vs TE

AT LAC27vs TE

VS IND25vs TE

AT PIT17vs TE

AT NE15vs TE

WK 21—bye

WK 22—bye

Top 10, tough11 to 2223 to 32, softNumber is the defense's rank vs TE, season to date. Dashed cells are still to play; the red outline is this week.

His line by defense faced

Defenses	G	Tgt/g	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses	6	5.8	35	+0.39
11 to 22Middle	4	6.8	58	+0.43
23 to 32Bottom-10	7	6.3	48	+0.25
All games	17	6.2	46	+0.35

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = 0.38); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season8 seasons

111Games

580Targets

405Receptions

4,066Yards

27TD

2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons · 2 teams

His best year was 2021, 808 receiving yards in 17 games with DAL. This season's 45.7 a game puts him on pace for 777 over 17, close to it.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2018	DAL	8	17	12	116	0	9.7	14.5	+0.22
2019	DAL	6	2	1	6	0	6.0	1.0	-0.18
2020	DAL	16	89	63	615	4	9.8	38.4	+0.15
2021	DAL	17	104	78	808	8	10.4	47.5	+0.45
2022	DAL	15	89	57	577	5	10.1	38.5	0.00
2023	HOU	15	88	59	635	5	10.8	42.3	+0.28
2024	HOU	17	85	53	532	2	10.0	31.3	+0.04
2025	HOU	17	106	82	777	3	9.5	45.7	+0.35
Career	2 tm	111	580	405	4,066	27	10.0	36.6	+0.22

Career highsYards 808 · 2021TD 8 · 2021Receptions 82 · 2025

How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 22

Depth chart: not listed
Injury report: clean
Red zone touches: …
Third down: …
Explosive plays: …
Drops: 2 on 106 targets
Broken tackles: 3
Passer rating when targeted: 97.1
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Woody MarksRB	232	911 · 5 TD	-21.9
Nick ChubbRB	142	573 · 3 TD	-16.0
Nico CollinsWR	122	1132 · 7 TD	+41.3
Jayden HigginsWR	68	525 · 6 TD	+16.8
Xavier HutchinsonWR	60	450 · 3 TD	+14.7
Christian KirkWR	52	239 · 1 TD	-21.2
Jawhar JordanRB	50	227	-8.7
C.J. StroudQB	48	209 · 1 TD	+15.0

Dalton Schultz

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

86Dalton Schultz

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

On the field

By depth of target

Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle

By depth

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

His line by defense faced

Yards against the rank of the defense

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

Dalton Schultz