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2026

2026 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.

45 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Brevyn Spann-FordTE · Cowboys · graded
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Elijah HigginsTE · Cardinals · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Brevyn at ColtsColts allow the 12th-most TE points
Week 9 · Sunday · Elijah at SeahawksSeahawks allow the 4th-fewest TE points
Where they rank · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Brevyn Spann-FordElijah Higgins
Target shareof team targets
6%10th
6%3rd
Depth of targetair yards per target
3.28th
2.76th
After the catchyards per reception
5.050th
6.990th
Catch ratereceptions per target
72%61st
89%99th
EPA per target
+0.1943rd
+0.1534th
First downsper target
28%17th
44%74th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
0%84th
6%28th
Yards per game
13.86th
18.917th

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 45 tight ends
Brevyn Spann-FordElijah Higgins
BrevynNot the third-down optionNot the red-zone optionPlay-action target
ElijahNot the third-down optionNot the red-zone optionYards after the catch
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%9th
6%48th
Screensshare of his targets
0%12th
17%88th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
17%23rd
11%8th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
59%77th
73%94th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
0%1st
1%3rd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
4%7th
3%3rd
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
61%54th
78%94th
Play actiontargets off play action
56%92nd
44%90th

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
Brevyn Spann-Ford
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Elijah Higgins
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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

Brevyn Spann-Ford gets the most from the ball in the air (−3.4 EPA), Elijah Higgins gets the most after the catch (+14.2 EPA), and Brevyn also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−2.2).

Brevyn Spann-Ford+3.3
Elijah Higgins+2.7
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartBrevynElijah
Air yardson catches−3.4−0.19 a target · 14th−4.9−0.27 a target · 8th
After the catch+9.0+0.50 a target · 66th+14.2+0.79 a target · 97th
Incompletionstargets not caught−2.2−0.12 a target · 90th−0.4−0.02 a target · 99th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 76th−6.1−0.34 a target · 8th
Total+3.318 targets+2.718 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

Brevyn Spann-Ford

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Elijah Higgins

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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 · B.Spann-Ford and E.HigginsSolid 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 8
Brevyn Spann-FordElijah Higgins

Targetslast 3 games

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Brevyn 4Elijah 3.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

1153
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Brevyn 25.7Elijah 18.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.31+0.66
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Brevyn +0.28Elijah -0.51

aDOTlast 3 games

3.48.5
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Brevyn 4.9Elijah 1.1

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 53+ · dud under 11
B.Spann-Ford
14Wk 10Wk 219Wk 30Wk 40Wk 535Wk 611Wk 731Wk 8
14 ± 13
E.Higgins
0Wk 10Wk 220Wk 319Wk 457Wk 528Wk 617Wk 710Wk 8
19 ± 17

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (326 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardB.Spann-FordE.Higgins
Points a game1.4TE582.6TE42
Season11.0TE5521.1TE38
Most weeks0.0–2.60.4–4.5
Booms · busts0 · 69+ · under 30 · 69+ · under 3
Half PPRB.Spann-FordE.Higgins
Points a game2.2TE553.6TE39
Season17.5TE5029.1TE37
Most weeks0.0–4.00.8–6.0
Booms · busts0 · 612+ · under 40 · 512+ · under 4
PPRB.Spann-FordE.Higgins
Points a game3.0TE534.6TE40
Season24.0TE4837.1TE37
Most weeks0.0–5.61.2–7.5
Booms · busts0 · 615+ · under 50 · 415+ · 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
WeekB.Spann-FordE.Higgins
Wk 114·
Wk 200
Wk 31920
Wk 4019
Wk 5057
Wk 63528
Wk 71117
Wk 83110
Season110151

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
SeasonB.Spann-FordE.Higgins
Targets1818
Receptions1316
Yards110151
Touchdowns01
Target share6%41st6%44th
Depth of target3.242nd2.743rd
After the catch5.023rd6.95th
Catch rate72%18th89%1st
EPA per target+0.1926th+0.1530th
First downs28%38th44%12th
Drop rate0%1st6%33rd
Yards per game13.843rd18.938th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Brevyn Spann-FordElijah Higgins
2023202420252026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Brevyn Spann-Ford2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons353128818.22025: 905.6 a game13.8above his career rate
Elijah Higgins2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons5080787415.72025: 30117.7 a game21.6above his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2026 is through Week 8; 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.