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2026

2026 season · compare · tight ends

Compare players

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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T.J. HockensonTE · Vikings · graded
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88
Jake TongesTE · 49ers · not yet qualified
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Monday · T.J. vs BillsBills allow the 16th-most TE points
Week 9 · Sunday · Jake vs RaidersRaiders allow the 4th-most TE points
Where they rank · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges
Target shareof team targets
20%88th
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Depth of targetair yards per target
7.474th
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After the catchyards per reception
2.912th
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Catch ratereceptions per target
84%92nd
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EPA per target
+0.6794th
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First downsper target
49%88th
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Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
0%80th
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Yards per game
42.170th
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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
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges
T.J.Red-zone guyStaticWins before the catch
Jakenot graded yet
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
5%46th
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Screensshare of his targets
5%48th
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Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
27%66th
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After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
31%12th
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Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
22%86th
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Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
30%92nd
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Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
41%8th
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Play actiontargets off play action
22%32nd
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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

Jake Tonges is not graded yet, so no shape.

Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
T.J. Hockenson
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Jake Tonges
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

T.J. Hockenson

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Jake Tonges

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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 · T.Hockenson and J.TongesSolid 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
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges

Targetslast 3 games

26
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T.J. 3.7Jake 0

Rec yardslast 3 games

1153
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T.J. 33.3Jake 0

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.31+0.66
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T.J. +0.77

aDOTlast 3 games

3.48.5
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T.J. 8.7

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
T.Hockenson
36Wk 129Wk 211Wk 3119Wk 47Wk 56Wk 635Wk 758Wk 8
42 ± 35
J.Tonges
0Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 8
0 ± 0

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
StandardT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Points a game6.8TE110.0
Season47.5TE120.0TE109
Most weeks1.5–11.4–
Booms · busts4 · 39+ · under 30 · 19+ · under 3
Half PPRT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Points a game9.0TE110.0
Season63.0TE120.0TE109
Most weeks2.6–13.4–
Booms · busts2 · 212+ · under 40 · 112+ · under 4
PPRT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Points a game11.2TE100.0
Season78.5TE110.0TE109
Most weeks3.7–15.4–
Booms · busts2 · 215+ · under 50 · 115+ · 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
WeekT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Wk 136·
Wk 229·
Wk 311·
Wk 4119·
Wk 57·
Wk 735·
Wk 858·
Season2950

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
SeasonT.HockensonJ.Tonges
Targets370
Receptions310
Yards2950
Touchdowns30
Target share20%6th-
Depth of target7.412th-
After the catch2.940th-
Catch rate84%4th-
EPA per target+0.673rd-
First downs49%6th-
Drop rate0%1st-
Yards per game42.114th-
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
T.J. HockensonJake Tonges
2550
2019202120232026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
T.J. Hockenson2019 to 2026 · 8 seasons1044644,7352945.52023: 96064.0 a game42.1below his career rate
Jake Tonges2022 to 2025 · 3 seasons1334293522.52025: 29329.3 a game–

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.