2026
2026 season · TE · #86 · 4th season
Blake Whiteheart
Age 26 · 6'4" · 250 lb · Wake Forest · Undrafted (2023). Listed TE2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 34% across 8 games.
- How goodWhiteheart has +2.1 EPA on 5 targets; percentiles arrive once he reaches 15 targets.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+3.4).
- Fantasy1.4 standard points a game, TE59 of 109.1.6 half-PPR points a game, TE62 of 109.1.9 PPR points a game, TE64 of 109.
- How he's usedBlake gets a fingerprint once he reaches 15 targets; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
- LatelyTargets are steady: 0.7 a game over his last three against 0.6 for the season.
- This weekA soft matchup: the Saints rank 28th vs TE, allowing +0.40 EPA per target to tight ends.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 4% | |||
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 5.0 | |||
| After the catchyards per reception | 6.5 | |||
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 80% | |||
| EPA per target | +0.43 |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 40% | |||
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 0% | |||
| Yards per game | 6.0 | |||
| Success rate | 60% | |||
| Total EPA | +2.1 |
Graded once he reaches 15 targets. 45 tight ends qualify so far.
Whiteheart scores 1.4 standard points a game, TE59 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 1.2; 0 boom weeks (9+) and 7 busts (under 3). Next up, in Week 9, the Saints allow the 6th-most standard points to TEs, 10.6 a game.
Whiteheart scores 1.6 half-PPR points a game, TE62 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 1.7; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 7 busts (under 4). Next up, in Week 9, the Saints allow the 6th-most half-PPR points to TEs, 13.8 a game.
Whiteheart scores 1.9 PPR points a game, TE64 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 2.2; 0 boom weeks (15+) and 7 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Saints allow the 6th-most PPR points to TEs, 17.0 a game.
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
Blake gets a fingerprint once he reaches 15 targets; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
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.
Whiteheart has +2.1 EPA on 5 targets; percentiles arrive once he reaches 15 targets. The biggest share comes after the catch (+3.4).
How this is measured
Every target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. The percentile is him among the qualifying tight ends, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 15 targets.
His targets spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
How this is measured
Every target with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three targets show no EPA.
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 game
at SaintsCaesars Superdome
NO −2.5 · O/U 43.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A soft matchup: the Saints rank 28th vs TE, allowing +0.40 EPA per target to tight ends. He has averaged 3 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-342nd D | 2nd vs TE | 39% | 1 | 1 | 14 | +1.0 | |
| 2 | at TB W 23-199th D | 9th vs TE | 47% | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | +2.5 |
| 3 | vs CAR W 21-1829th D | 29th vs TE | 39% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | vs PIT W 27-2425th D | 25th vs TE | 34% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 5 | at NYJ L 12-1720th D | 20th vs TE | 19% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 | vs BAL W 13-1016th D | 16th vs TE | 27% | 1 | 1 | 8 | +0.6 | |
| 7 | at TEN W 27-245th D | 5th vs TE | 31% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | at PIT L 6-2725th D | 25th vs TE | 36% | 1 | 1 | 9 | -2.0 | |
| 9 | at NOSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs HOUSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | Bye week | |||||||
| 12 | vs LVSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs CINSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs ATLSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at NYGSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at BALSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs INDSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at CINSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 8 games | 34% | 5 | 4 | 48 | 1 | +2.1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-342nd D | 2nd vs TE | 5% | 3% | 6.0 | 8 | +1.05 | 1 | |
| 2 | at TB W 23-199th D | 9th vs TE | 7% | 6% | 3.0 | 14 | +1.26 | 1 | |
| 3 | vs CAR W 21-1829th D | 29th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 4 | vs PIT W 27-2425th D | 25th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 5 | at NYJ L 12-1720th D | 20th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 6 | vs BAL W 13-1016th D | 16th vs TE | 4% | 3% | 7.0 | 1 | +0.58 | 0 | |
| 7 | at TEN W 27-245th D | 5th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 8 | at PIT L 6-2725th D | 25th vs TE | 3% | 3% | 6.0 | 3 | -2.02 | 0 | |
| 9 | at NOSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | vs HOUSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 12 | vs LVSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs CINSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | vs ATLSun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | at NYGSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | at BALSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs INDSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at CINSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 8 games | 2% | 2% | 5.0 | 26 | +0.43 | 2 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-342nd D | 2nd vs TE | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | ||
| 2 | at TB W 23-199th D | 9th vs TE | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| 3 | vs CAR W 21-1829th D | 29th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 4 | vs PIT W 27-2425th D | 25th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 5 | at NYJ L 12-1720th D | 20th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 6 | vs BAL W 13-1016th D | 16th vs TE | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| 7 | at TEN W 27-245th D | 5th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 8 | at PIT L 6-2725th D | 25th vs TE | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||
| 9 | at NOSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||
| 10 | vs HOUSun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | Bye week | ||||||
| 12 | vs LVSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | vs CINSun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | vs ATLSun Dec 13 | ||||||
| 15 | at NYGSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | at BALSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs INDSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | at CINSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 8 games | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
Targets are steady: 0.7 a game over his last three against 0.6 for the season. 8 straight games below a starter's median in targets. EPA / target is falling too: -0.72 over the last three.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 14th-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 16.4 of 32 on average (league middle 17.0). Ahead: 2 of his next 9 are top-10 vs TE and 3 are bottom-10, starting with the Saints (28th, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Tgt/g | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 3 | 1.0 | 10 | +1.19 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | +0.58 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | -2.02 |
| All games | 8 | 0.6 | 6 | +0.43 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
He has done more against the better defenses (r = -0.51).
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 51 receiving yards in 7 games. This season's 9.6 a game puts him on pace for 163 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CLE | 7 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 8.5 | 7.3 | -0.42 |
| 2025 | CLE | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | -0.62 |
| 2026 | CLE | 5 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 12.0 | 9.6 | +0.43 |
| Career | 1 tm | 21 | 20 | 12 | 103 | 2 | 8.6 | 4.9 | -0.27 |
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
- Depth chart
- TE2 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 0 on 5 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Passer rating when targeted
- 112.5
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Quinshon JudkinsRB | 124 | 476 · 3 TD | -18.5 |
 KC ConcepcionWR | 58 | 386 | +6.8 |
 Denzel BostonWR | 53 | 409 · 3 TD | +5.9 |
 Deshaun WatsonQB | 51 | 217 · 1 TD | +2.4 |
 Harold Fannin Jr.TE | 51 | 411 · 3 TD | +13.5 |
 Jerry JeudyWR | 24 | 171 | -0.6 |
 Raheim SandersRB | 21 | 117 | -1.0 |
 Dylan SampsonRB | 18 | 146 | +5.9 |