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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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Elijah HigginsTE · Cardinals · graded
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87
Davis AllenTE · Rams · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Elijah at SeahawksSeahawks allow the 4th-fewest TE points
Week 9 · Sunday · Davis at CommandersCommanders allow the 2nd-most TE points
Where they rank · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Elijah HigginsDavis Allen
Target shareof team targets
6%3rd
6%1st
Depth of targetair yards per target
2.76th
5.330th
After the catchyards per reception
6.990th
3.926th
Catch ratereceptions per target
89%99th
75%74th
EPA per target
+0.1534th
+0.4477th
First downsper target
44%74th
50%91st
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
0%80th
0%80th
Yards per game
18.917th
11.43rd

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
Elijah HigginsDavis Allen
ElijahNot the third-down optionNot the red-zone optionYards after the catch
DavisMotion manPlay-action targetNo screens
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
6%48th
6%57th
Screensshare of his targets
17%88th
0%12th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
11%8th
19%30th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
73%94th
52%59th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
1%3rd
6%22nd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
3%3rd
10%32nd
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
78%94th
81%97th
Play actiontargets off play action
44%90th
63%96th

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
Elijah Higgins
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Davis Allen
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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

Davis Allen gets the most from the ball in the air (−2.0 EPA), Elijah Higgins gets the most after the catch (+14.2 EPA), and Davis also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−2.3).

Elijah Higgins+2.7
Davis Allen+7.0
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartElijahDavis
Air yardson catches−4.9−0.27 a target · 8th−2.0−0.12 a target · 17th
After the catch+14.2+0.79 a target · 97th+11.2+0.70 a target · 92nd
Incompletionstargets not caught−0.4−0.02 a target · 99th−2.3−0.14 a target · 81st
Interceptionswhen targeted−6.1−0.34 a target · 8th0.00.00 a target · 76th
Total+2.718 targets+7.016 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

Elijah Higgins

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Davis Allen

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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 · E.Higgins and D.AllenSolid 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
Elijah HigginsDavis Allen

Targetslast 3 games

26
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Elijah 3.3Davis 2.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

1153
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Elijah 18.3Davis 9.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.31+0.66
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Elijah -0.51Davis +0.36

aDOTlast 3 games

3.48.5
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Elijah 1.1Davis 4.6

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
E.Higgins
0Wk 10Wk 220Wk 319Wk 457Wk 528Wk 617Wk 710Wk 8
19 ± 17
D.Allen
13Wk 17Wk 219Wk 30Wk 424Wk 50Wk 620Wk 78Wk 8
11 ± 9

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
StandardE.HigginsD.Allen
Points a game2.6TE422.6TE42
Season21.1TE3821.1TE38
Most weeks0.4–4.50.3–2.2
Booms · busts0 · 69+ · under 31 · 79+ · under 3
Half PPRE.HigginsD.Allen
Points a game3.6TE393.4TE44
Season29.1TE3727.1TE40
Most weeks0.8–6.00.5–3.2
Booms · busts0 · 512+ · under 41 · 712+ · under 4
PPRE.HigginsD.Allen
Points a game4.6TE404.1TE42
Season37.1TE3733.1TE41
Most weeks1.2–7.50.7–4.2
Booms · busts0 · 415+ · under 51 · 715+ · 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
WeekE.HigginsD.Allen
Wk 1·13
Wk 207
Wk 32019
Wk 4190
Wk 55724
Wk 6280
Wk 71720
Wk 8108
Season15191

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
SeasonE.HigginsD.Allen
Targets1816
Receptions1612
Yards15191
Touchdowns12
Target share6%44th6%45th
Depth of target2.743rd5.332nd
After the catch6.95th3.934th
Catch rate89%1st75%12th
EPA per target+0.1530th+0.4411th
First downs44%12th50%4th
Drop rate0%1st0%1st
Yards per game18.938th11.444th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Elijah HigginsDavis Allen
2023202420252026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Elijah Higgins2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons5080787415.72025: 30117.7 a game21.6above his career rate
Davis Allen2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons3752433611.72025: 20813.9 a game11.4below 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.