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2025 season · TE · #83 · 11th season

Darren Waller

Age 34 · 6'6" · 255 lb · Georgia Tech · Pick 204 overall (2015). Snap share 45% across 9 games.

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Targets

3.8 per game

T-45th of 72

Receptions

71% catch rate

T-46th of 72

Yards

283

31 per game

43rd of 72

Touchdowns

19 first downs

T-8th of 72

Target share

15%

22% of air yards

26th of 72

aDOT

10.6

air yards per target

2nd of 72

EPA / target

+0.83

+28.3 total

3rd of 72

YAC / catch

3.0

73 after the catch

65th of 72

The short version

How goodWaller's +28.3 EPA is 13th of 72 tight ends.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+23.8, 98th percentile per target).
Fantasy7.2 standard points a game, TE8 of 108.8.5 half-PPR points a game, TE13 of 108.9.9 PPR points a game, TE16 of 108.
How he's usedHe wins before the catch rather than after it: 26% of his yards come after the catch (league 50%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 5.3 a game over his last three against 3.8 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	15%	26th of 72	65th
Depth of targetair yards per target	10.6	2nd of 72	98th
After the catchyards per reception	3.0	65th of 72	10th
Catch ratereceptions per target	71%	45th of 72	38th
EPA per target	+0.83	3rd of 72	97th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	56%	3rd of 72	97th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	0%	1st of 72	91st
Yards per game	31.4	24th of 72	67th
Success rate	62%	19th of 72	74th
Total EPA	+28.3	13th of 72	83rd

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

Waller scores 7.2 standard points a game, TE8 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.0 and 14.2; 3 boom weeks (9+) and 3 busts (under 3).

Points a game7.2TE8 of 108

Season64.7TE27 · 9 games

Most weeks1.0–14.2his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts3 · 39+ · under 3

TE12 · 6.7×1××47×××10×1316×1922

Waller scores 8.5 half-PPR points a game, TE13 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.5 and 16.2; 3 boom weeks (12+) and 3 busts (under 4).

Points a game8.5TE13 of 108

Season76.7TE30 · 9 games

Most weeks1.5–16.2his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts3 · 312+ · under 4

TE12 · 8.7×1××47×××10×1316×1922

Waller scores 9.9 PPR points a game, TE16 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.0 and 18.1; 3 boom weeks (15+) and 3 busts (under 5).

Points a game9.9TE16 of 108

Season88.7TE33 · 9 games

Most weeks2.0–18.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts3 · 315+ · under 5

TE12 · 10.5×1××47×××10×1316×1922

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 wins before the catch rather than after it: 26% of his yards come after the catch (league 50%). He is a straight-dropback target: 11% of his targets come off play action (league 32%). His share of the team's targets is 8%: on third down it holds at 7%; inside the 20 it climbs to 12%. Darren is a downfield target: 15% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 5% for the league's receivers.

Wins before the catchAfter the catch 26% · 6th pctlDropback targetPlay action 11% · 9th pctlRed-zone guy12% inside the 20 · 8% overallDownfieldDeep share 15% · 89th pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

15%

89th

Screensshare of his targets

30th

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

35%

87th

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

26%

6th

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

44th

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

12%

60th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

49%

27th

Play actiontargets off play action

11%

9th

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 IND L 8-33Did not play · Out (hip)
2	vs NE L 27-33Did not play · Out (hip)
3	at BUF L 21-31Did not play · Out (hip)
4	vs NYJ W 27-2128th D	28th vs TE	28%	4	3	27	2	+6.5
5	at CAR L 24-2732nd D	32nd vs TE	58%	5	5	78	1	+10.4
6	vs LAC L 27-2927th D	27th vs TE	66%	3	2	12	1	+2.6
7	at CLE L 6-318th D	8th vs TE	28%	0	0	0		0.0
8	at ATL W 34-10Did not play
9	vs BAL L 6-28Did not play
10	vs BUF W 30-13Did not play
11	vs WAS W 16-13Did not play
12	Bye week
13	vs NO W 21-1712th D	12th vs TE	47%	3	2	47		+2.0
14	at NYJ W 34-1028th D	28th vs TE	37%	3	1	13		-1.3
15	at PIT L 15-2817th D	17th vs TE	54%	8	7	66	2	+5.6
16	vs CIN L 21-4529th D	29th vs TE	49%	5	3	40		+4.3
17	vs TB W 20-1724th D	24th vs TE	38%	3	1	0		-1.9
18	at NE L 10-38Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	9 games		45%	34	24	283	6	+28.3

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D
1	at IND L 8-33Did not play · Out (hip)
2	vs NE L 27-33Did not play · Out (hip)
3	at BUF L 21-31Did not play · Out (hip)
4	vs NYJ W 27-2128th D	28th vs TE	16%	33%	11.3	6	+1.64	3
5	at CAR L 24-2732nd D	32nd vs TE	15%	20%	11.6	20	+2.07	5
6	vs LAC L 27-2927th D	27th vs TE	10%	14%	10.0	1	+0.87	1
7	at CLE L 6-318th D	8th vs TE	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
8	at ATL W 34-10Did not play
9	vs BAL L 6-28Did not play
10	vs BUF W 30-13Did not play
11	vs WAS W 16-13Did not play
12	Bye week
13	vs NO W 21-1712th D	12th vs TE	15%	17%	13.0	19	+0.66	1
14	at NYJ W 34-1028th D	28th vs TE	14%	40%	12.7	3	-0.43	1
15	at PIT L 15-2817th D	17th vs TE	31%	35%	7.5	21	+0.70	5
16	vs CIN L 21-4529th D	29th vs TE	17%	18%	9.6	4	+0.86	3
17	vs TB W 20-1724th D	24th vs TE	14%	21%	13.7	-1	-0.62	0
18	at NE L 10-38Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	9 games		15%	22%	10.6	73	+0.83	19

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	at IND L 8-33Did not play · Out (hip)
2	vs NE L 27-33Did not play · Out (hip)
3	at BUF L 21-31Did not play · Out (hip)
4	vs NYJ W 27-2128th D	28th vs TE	3	27	9.0	2
5	at CAR L 24-2732nd D	32nd vs TE	5	78	15.6	1	2
6	vs LAC L 27-2927th D	27th vs TE	2	12	6.0	1
7	at CLE L 6-318th D	8th vs TE	0	0	-
8	at ATL W 34-10Did not play
9	vs BAL L 6-28Did not play
10	vs BUF W 30-13Did not play
11	vs WAS W 16-13Did not play
12	Bye week
13	vs NO W 21-1712th D	12th vs TE	2	47	23.5		1
14	at NYJ W 34-1028th D	28th vs TE	1	13	13.0
15	at PIT L 15-2817th D	17th vs TE	7	66	9.4	2	1
16	vs CIN L 21-4529th D	29th vs TE	3	40	13.3		1
17	vs TB W 20-1724th D	24th vs TE	1	0	0.0
18	at NE L 10-38Did not play
19	Bye week
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	9 games		24	283	11.8	6	5

Who he's faceddefenses ranked vs TE9 played · 0 ahead

He has faced the 33rd-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 22.8 of 32 on average (league middle 16.3).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT IND25vs TE

VS NE15vs TE

AT BUF3vs TE

VS NYJ28vs TE

AT CAR32vs TE

VS LAC27vs TE

AT CLE8vs TE

AT ATL16vs TE

VS BAL10vs TE

VS BUF3vs TE

VS WAS31vs TE

WK 12—bye

VS NO12vs TE

AT NYJ28vs TE

AT PIT17vs TE

VS CIN29vs TE

VS TB24vs TE

AT NE15vs TE

WK 19—bye

WK 20—bye

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	1	0.0	0	–
11 to 22Middle	2	5.5	57	+0.69
23 to 32Bottom-10	6	3.8	28	+0.90
All games	9	3.8	31	+0.83

Yards against the rank of the defense

His production barely moves with the opponent (r = 0.18); it has traveled.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season9 seasons

90Games

535Targets

374Receptions

4,407Yards

26TD

2015 to 2025 · 9 seasons · 4 teams

His best year was 2020, 1,196 receiving yards in 16 games with LV. This season's 31.4 a game puts him on pace for 535 over 17, short of it.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2015	BAL	4	6	2	18	0	9.0	4.5	-0.29
2016	BAL	10	17	10	85	2	8.5	8.5	-0.21
2018	LV	4	6	6	75	0	12.5	18.8	+0.98
2019	LV	16	117	90	1,145	3	12.7	71.6	+0.40
2020	LV	16	145	107	1,196	9	11.2	74.8	+0.40
2021	LV	11	93	55	665	2	12.1	60.5	+0.13
2022	LV	8	43	28	388	3	13.9	48.5	+0.11
2023	NYG	12	74	52	552	1	10.6	46.0	+0.21
2025	MIA	9	34	24	283	6	11.8	31.4	+0.83
Career	4 tm	90	535	374	4,407	26	11.8	49.0	+0.31

Career highsYards 1,196 · 2020TD 9 · 2020Receptions 107 · 2020

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: 0 on 34 targets
Broken tackles: 0
Passer rating when targeted: 103.8
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
De'Von AchaneRB	323	1838 · 12 TD	+3.8
Jaylen WaddleWR	102	938 · 6 TD	+36.4
Malik WashingtonWR	82	427 · 4 TD	-9.7
Ollie Gordon IIRB	79	231 · 4 TD	-13.0
Jaylen WrightRB	79	332 · 2 TD	-7.4
Greg DulcichTE	34	328 · 1 TD	+15.9
Tyreek HillWR	29	265 · 1 TD	+19.8
Tua TagovailoaQB	20	43	-7.5

Darren Waller

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

83Darren Waller

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

Darren Waller