2026
2026 season · TE · #89 · 6th season
Hunter Long
Age 28 · 6'5" · 253 lb · Boston College · Pick 81 overall (2021). Listed TE5 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 32% across 4 games.
- How goodLong has +1.1 EPA on 2 targets; percentiles arrive once he reaches 15 targets.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+1.0).
- Fantasy0.4 standard points a game, TE77 of 109.0.6 half-PPR points a game, TE77 of 109.0.9 PPR points a game, TE76 of 109.
- How he's usedHunter 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 0.5 for the season.
- This weekA tough matchup: the Seahawks rank 6th vs TE, allowing +0.00 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 | 1% | |||
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 7.0 | |||
| After the catchyards per reception | 0.5 | |||
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 100% | |||
| EPA per target | +0.55 |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 50% | |||
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 0% | |||
| Yards per game | 3.8 | |||
| Success rate | 50% | |||
| Total EPA | +1.1 |
Graded once he reaches 15 targets. 45 tight ends qualify so far.
Long scores 0.4 standard points a game, TE77 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 0.7; 0 boom weeks (9+) and 4 busts (under 3). This week the Seahawks allow the 3rd-fewest standard points to TEs, 5.1 a game.
Long scores 0.6 half-PPR points a game, TE77 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 1.2; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 4 busts (under 4). This week the Seahawks allow the 4th-fewest half-PPR points to TEs, 7.6 a game.
Long scores 0.9 PPR points a game, TE76 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 1.7; 0 boom weeks (15+) and 4 busts (under 5). This week the Seahawks allow the 5th-fewest PPR points to TEs, 10.1 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
Hunter 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.
Long has +1.1 EPA on 2 targets; percentiles arrive once he reaches 15 targets. The biggest share comes in the air (+1.0).
career +0.46 over 2025 · the best of his 2 seasons so far
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 SeahawksLumen Field
SEA −11.5 · O/U 44.5
His history
Week 2 vs SEA: 0 catches, 0 yards
His status
A tough matchup: the Seahawks rank 6th vs TE, allowing +0.00 EPA per target to tight ends. He has averaged 5 yards a game against top-10 defenses this season, and he went 0 catches, 0 yards against them in Week 2.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-1415th D | 15th vs TE | 35% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-316th D | 6th vs TE | 30% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | at SF L 30-364th D | 4th vs TE | 34% | 1 | 1 | 5 | -0.2 | |
| 4 | at NYG L 24-368th D | 8th vs TE | 30% | 1 | 1 | 10 | +1.3 | |
| 5 | vs DET L 21-45Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | at LA W 18-16Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-30Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | at DAL W 33-30Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 4 games | 32% | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | +1.1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-1415th D | 15th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-316th D | 6th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 3 | at SF L 30-364th D | 4th vs TE | 2% | 2% | 5.0 | 0 | -0.18 | 0 | |
| 4 | at NYG L 24-368th D | 8th vs TE | 3% | 4% | 9.0 | 1 | +1.28 | 1 | |
| 5 | vs DET L 21-45Did not play | ||||||||
| 6 | at LA W 18-16Did not play | ||||||||
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-30Did not play | ||||||||
| 8 | at DAL W 33-30Did not play | ||||||||
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 4 games | 1% | 1% | 7.0 | 1 | +0.55 | 1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-1415th D | 15th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-316th D | 6th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 3 | at SF L 30-364th D | 4th vs TE | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| 4 | at NYG L 24-368th D | 8th vs TE | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | ||
| 5 | vs DET L 21-45Did not play | ||||||
| 6 | at LA W 18-16Did not play | ||||||
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-30Did not play | ||||||
| 8 | at DAL W 33-30Did not play | ||||||
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | Bye week | ||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 4 games | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
Targets are steady: 0.7 a game over his last three against 0.5 for the season. 4 straight games below a starter's median in targets. Week 4 was his season high in yards.
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 1st-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 8.3 of 32 on average (league middle 16.8). Ahead: 3 of his next 9 are top-10 vs TE and 2 are bottom-10, starting with the Seahawks (6th, 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 | 0.7 | 5 | +0.55 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | – | – | – | – |
| All games | 4 | 0.5 | 4 | +0.55 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.35); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 85 receiving yards in 7 games with JAX. This season's 3.8 a game puts him on pace for 64 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 2.7 | -2.34 |
| 2022 | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0 | – |
| 2023 | LA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0 | – |
| 2024 | LA | 11 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 8.6 | 5.5 | +0.25 |
| 2025 | JAX | 7 | 17 | 12 | 85 | 2 | 7.1 | 12.1 | +0.46 |
| 2026 | ARI | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 3.8 | +0.56 |
| Career | 4 tm | 27 | 31 | 22 | 168 | 2 | 7.6 | 6.2 | +0.13 |
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
- TE5 · 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 2 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Passer rating when targeted
- 97.9
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tyler AllgeierRB | 94 | 451 · 3 TD | -3.9 |
 Jeremiyah LoveRB | 90 | 304 · 2 TD | -12.9 |
 Trey McBrideTE | 86 | 544 · 5 TD | +25.2 |
 Michael WilsonWR | 84 | 514 · 2 TD | +1.0 |
 Kendrick BourneWR | 38 | 263 | +6.8 |
 Bam KnightRB | 37 | 211 | -8.2 |
 Jacoby BrissettQB | 30 | 94 · 1 TD | +16.2 |
 Elijah HigginsTE | 18 | 151 · 1 TD | +2.7 |