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2025 season · TE · #88 · 5th season

Pat Freiermuth

Age 28 · 6'5" · 258 lb · Penn State · Pick 55 overall (2021). Snap share 50% across 17 games.

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Targets

3.2 per game

T-27th of 72

Receptions

76% catch rate

27th of 72

Yards

486

29 per game

24th of 72

Touchdowns

21 first downs

T-19th of 72

Target share

10%

11% of air yards

35th of 72

aDOT

6.0

air yards per target

34th of 72

EPA / target

+0.43

+23.3 total

18th of 72

YAC / catch

6.2

255 after the catch

14th of 72

The short version

How goodFreiermuth's +23.3 EPA is 17th of 72 tight ends.
Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+36.3, 85th percentile per target).
Fantasy4.3 standard points a game, TE26 of 108.5.5 half-PPR points a game, TE29 of 108.6.7 PPR points a game, TE30 of 108.
How he's usedHe rarely moves before the snap: 33% of his targets come with motion (league 56%).
LatelyTargets are steady: 4.7 a game over his last three against 3.2 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	11%	35th of 72	52nd
Depth of targetair yards per target	6.0	34th of 72	53rd
After the catchyards per reception	6.2	14th of 72	81st
Catch ratereceptions per target	76%	24th of 72	67th
EPA per target	+0.43	18th of 72	76th

Stat	Value	Rank	Pctl
First downsper target	39%	28th of 72	62nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better	0%	1st of 72	91st
Yards per game	28.6	28th of 72	62nd
Success rate	56%	39th of 72	47th
Total EPA	+23.3	17th of 72	77th

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

Freiermuth scores 4.3 standard points a game, TE26 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.9 and 6.1; 1 boom week (9+) and 9 busts (under 3).

Points a game4.3TE26 of 108

Season72.6TE22 · 17 games

Most weeks0.9–6.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts1 · 99+ · under 3

TE12 · 6.71471013161922

Freiermuth scores 5.5 half-PPR points a game, TE29 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.7 and 7.6; 1 boom week (12+) and 7 busts (under 4).

Points a game5.5TE29 of 108

Season93.1TE24 · 17 games

Most weeks1.7–7.6his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts1 · 712+ · under 4

TE12 · 8.71471013161922

Freiermuth scores 6.7 PPR points a game, TE30 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.3 and 9.1; 1 boom week (15+) and 7 busts (under 5).

Points a game6.7TE30 of 108

Season113.6TE25 · 17 games

Most weeks2.3–9.1his middle 60% of games

Booms · busts1 · 715+ · 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 rarely moves before the snap: 33% of his targets come with motion (league 56%). He is a straight-dropback target: 9% of his targets come off play action (league 32%). His share of the team's targets is 10%: on third down it holds at 12%; inside the 20 it holds at 11%. The screen game runs through him: 12% of his targets are screens (league 5%).

StaticMotion 33% · 4th pctlDropback targetPlay action 9% · 6th pctlScreen gameScreens 12% · 92nd pctl

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield

73rd

Screensshare of his targets

12%

92nd

Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers

30%

75th

After the catchshare of his yards after the catch

51%

53rd

TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl

Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down

12%

73rd

Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20

11%

56th

Motiontargets with pre-snap motion

33%

4th

Play actiontargets off play action

6th

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 NYJ W 34-3228th D	28th vs TE	50%	3	3	28		+2.1
2	vs SEA L 17-3122nd D	22nd vs TE	50%	4	3	31		-3.4
3	at NE W 21-1415th D	15th vs TE	70%	3	1	6		-3.0
4	vs MIN W 24-216th D	6th vs TE	28%	0	0	0		0.0
5	Bye week
6	vs CLE W 23-98th D	8th vs TE	36%	1	1	11		+0.7
7	at CIN L 31-3329th D	29th vs TE	65%	6	5	111	2	+9.4
8	vs GB L 25-3513th D	13th vs TE	43%	4	3	13		-1.8
9	vs IND W 27-2025th D	25th vs TE	47%	4	3	27	1	+3.4
10	at LAC L 10-2527th D	27th vs TE	50%	3	3	33		+2.5
11	vs CIN W 34-1229th D	29th vs TE	46%	1	1	19		+1.8
12	at CHI L 28-3111th D	11th vs TE	47%	3	3	19	1	+2.2
13	vs BUF L 7-263rd D	3rd vs TE	40%	0	0	0		0.0
14	at BAL W 27-2210th D	10th vs TE	60%	3	2	9		-1.4
15	vs MIA W 28-1518th D	18th vs TE	42%	5	3	45		+5.2
16	at DET W 29-245th D	5th vs TE	43%	4	4	20		-0.2
17	at CLE L 6-138th D	8th vs TE	70%	5	3	63		+2.3
18	vs BAL W 26-2410th D	10th vs TE	69%	5	3	51		+3.6
19	vs HOU L 6-30Stats not posted yet
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		50%	54	41	486	4	+23.3

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Tgt share	Air share	aDOT	YAC	EPA/tgt	1D
1	at NYJ W 34-3228th D	28th vs TE	10%	14%	6.7	8	+0.69	2
2	vs SEA L 17-3122nd D	22nd vs TE	13%	16%	7.5	5	-0.86	1
3	at NE W 21-1415th D	15th vs TE	14%	20%	7.7	2	-0.99	0
4	vs MIN W 24-216th D	6th vs TE	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
5	Bye week
6	vs CLE W 23-98th D	8th vs TE	3%	2%	4.0	7	+0.74	0
7	at CIN L 31-3329th D	29th vs TE	18%	18%	9.3	60	+1.56	3
8	vs GB L 25-3513th D	13th vs TE	13%	6%	3.8	2	-0.45	0
9	vs IND W 27-2025th D	25th vs TE	11%	20%	5.3	7	+0.84	2
10	at LAC L 10-2527th D	27th vs TE	11%	0%	0.3	32	+0.85	1
11	vs CIN W 34-1229th D	29th vs TE	3%	1%	1.0	18	+1.79	1
12	at CHI L 28-3111th D	11th vs TE	10%	5%	3.0	10	+0.72	2
13	vs BUF L 7-263rd D	3rd vs TE	0%	0%	-	0	-	0
14	at BAL W 27-2210th D	10th vs TE	9%	3%	2.0	8	-0.45	0
15	vs MIA W 28-1518th D	18th vs TE	19%	49%	9.0	35	+1.04	2
16	at DET W 29-245th D	5th vs TE	11%	1%	1.3	15	-0.06	1
17	at CLE L 6-138th D	8th vs TE	14%	19%	8.6	21	+0.46	3
18	vs BAL W 26-2410th D	10th vs TE	11%	14%	8.8	25	+0.71	3
19	vs HOU L 6-30Stats not posted yet
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		10%	11%	6.0	255	+0.43	21

Wk	Opponent	Defense	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	20+
1	at NYJ W 34-3228th D	28th vs TE	3	28	9.3
2	vs SEA L 17-3122nd D	22nd vs TE	3	31	10.3		1
3	at NE W 21-1415th D	15th vs TE	1	6	6.0
4	vs MIN W 24-216th D	6th vs TE	0	0	-
5	Bye week
6	vs CLE W 23-98th D	8th vs TE	1	11	11.0
7	at CIN L 31-3329th D	29th vs TE	5	111	22.2	2	1
8	vs GB L 25-3513th D	13th vs TE	3	13	4.3
9	vs IND W 27-2025th D	25th vs TE	3	27	9.0	1
10	at LAC L 10-2527th D	27th vs TE	3	33	11.0
11	vs CIN W 34-1229th D	29th vs TE	1	19	19.0
12	at CHI L 28-3111th D	11th vs TE	3	19	6.3	1
13	vs BUF L 7-263rd D	3rd vs TE	0	0	-
14	at BAL W 27-2210th D	10th vs TE	2	9	4.5
15	vs MIA W 28-1518th D	18th vs TE	3	45	15.0		1
16	at DET W 29-245th D	5th vs TE	4	20	5.0
17	at CLE L 6-138th D	8th vs TE	3	63	21.0		2
18	vs BAL W 26-2410th D	10th vs TE	3	51	17.0		1
19	vs HOU L 6-30Stats not posted yet
20	Bye week
21	Bye week
22	Bye week
	17 games		41	486	11.9	4	6

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

He has faced the 13th-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 15.7 of 32 on average (league middle 16.3).

The slate · played solid, ahead dashed

AT NYJ28vs TE

VS SEA22vs TE

AT NE15vs TE

VS MIN6vs TE

WK 5—bye

VS CLE8vs TE

AT CIN29vs TE

VS GB13vs TE

VS IND25vs TE

AT LAC27vs TE

VS CIN29vs TE

AT CHI11vs TE

VS BUF3vs TE

AT BAL10vs TE

VS MIA18vs TE

AT DET5vs TE

AT CLE8vs TE

VS BAL10vs TE

VS HOU2vs TE

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	7	2.6	22	+0.28
11 to 22Middle	5	3.8	23	-0.04
23 to 32Bottom-10	5	3.4	44	+1.13
All games	17	3.2	29	+0.43

Yards against the rank of the defense

How this is measured

His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.43): the schedule has been doing some of the work.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season5 seasons

74Games

356Targets

261Receptions

2,676Yards

22TD

2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2022, 732 receiving yards in 15 games. This season's 32.4 a game puts him on pace for 551 over 17, short of it.

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R	Yds/g	EPA/tgt
2021	PIT	16	79	60	497	7	8.3	31.1	+0.33
2022	PIT	15	98	63	732	2	11.6	48.8	+0.09
2023	PIT	11	47	32	308	2	9.6	28.0	+0.20
2024	PIT	17	78	65	653	7	10.0	38.4	+0.46
2025	PIT	15	54	41	486	4	11.9	32.4	+0.43
Career	1 tm	74	356	261	2,676	22	10.3	36.2	+0.29

Career highsYards 732 · 2022TD 7 · 2021Receptions 65 · 2024

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 54 targets
Broken tackles: 3
Passer rating when targeted: 94.5
Play action: …
Contested: …

Best plays · by EPA

Teammates · share of the ball

Player	Touches	Yds	EPA
Jaylen WarrenRB	256	1291 · 8 TD	+10.1
Kenneth GainwellRB	199	1023 · 8 TD	+3.3
DK MetcalfWR	101	862 · 7 TD	+34.6
Jonnu SmithTE	63	292 · 3 TD	+4.4
Calvin Austin IIIWR	55	372 · 3 TD	-4.1
Darnell WashingtonTE	43	364 · 1 TD	+14.6
Adam ThielenWR	35	186	+5.2
Kaleb JohnsonRB	30	78	-7.5

Pat Freiermuth

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

88Pat Freiermuth

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

Pat Freiermuth