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2026 season · TE · #88 · 6th season

88Pat Freiermuth

Age 28 · 6'5" · 258 lb · Penn State · Pick 55 overall (2021). Listed TE2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 65% across 8 games.

No injury listingTE2Steelers players
PITSteelers offense65% of snaps
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Targets
35
4.4 per game
T-16th of 45
Receptions
25
71% catch rate
21st of 45
Yards
235
29 per game
22nd of 45
Touchdowns
4
12 first downs
T-6th of 45
Target share
13%
17% of air yards
25th of 45
aDOT
8.5
air yards per target
5th of 45
EPA / target
+0.23
+8.0 total
21st of 45
YAC / catch
4.3
107 after the catch
30th of 45
The short version
  • How goodFreiermuth's +8.0 EPA is 21st of 45 tight ends.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+16.0, 61st percentile per target).
  • Fantasy6.8 standard points a game, TE12 of 109.8.3 half-PPR points a game, TE14 of 109.9.9 PPR points a game, TE14 of 109.
  • How he's usedPat is a downfield target: 17% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 6% for the league's receivers.
  • LatelyTargets are steady: 3 a game over his last three against 4.4 for the season.
  • This weekA soft matchup: the Bengals rank 26th vs TE, allowing +0.36 EPA per target to tight ends.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Target shareof team targets13%25th of 45
46th
Depth of targetair yards per target8.55th of 45
90th
After the catchyards per reception4.330th of 45
34th
Catch ratereceptions per target71%19th of 45
58th
EPA per target+0.2321st of 45
54th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
First downsper target34%27th of 45
40th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better6%34th of 45
24th
Yards per game29.425th of 45
46th
Success rate54%T-20th of 45
56th
Total EPA+8.021st of 45
54th
How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Freiermuth scores 6.8 standard points a game, TE12 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.4 and 10.2; 3 boom weeks (9+) and 2 busts (under 3). Next up, in Week 10, the Bengals allow the 10th-most standard points to TEs, 9.5 a game.

Points a game6.8TE12 of 109
Season54.0TE8 · 8 games
Most weeks2.4–10.2his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts3 · 29+ · under 3

Freiermuth scores 8.3 half-PPR points a game, TE14 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 3.4 and 12.1; 2 boom weeks (12+) and 2 busts (under 4). Next up, in Week 10, the Bengals allow the 8th-most half-PPR points to TEs, 13.0 a game.

Points a game8.3TE14 of 109
Season66.5TE10 · 8 games
Most weeks3.4–12.1his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts2 · 212+ · under 4

Freiermuth scores 9.9 PPR points a game, TE14 of 109 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.4 and 14.0; 2 boom weeks (15+) and 2 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 10, the Bengals allow the 8th-most PPR points to TEs, 16.5 a game.

Points a game9.9TE14 of 109
Season79.0TE10 · 8 games
Most weeks4.4–14.0his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts2 · 215+ · under 5
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

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 45 tight ends

Pat is a downfield target: 17% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 6% for the league's receivers. He rarely moves before the snap: 29% of his targets come with motion (league 53%). His share of the team's targets is 13%: on third down it holds at 15%; inside the 20 it climbs to 17%. He is a straight-dropback target: 14% of his targets come off play action (league 22%).

DownfieldDeep share 17% · 97th pctlStaticMotion 29% · 6th pctlRed-zone guy17% inside the 20 · 13% overallDropback targetPlay action 14% · 17th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
17%
97th
Screensshare of his targets
3%
31st
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
26%
49th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
46%
46th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
15%
68th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
17%
59th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
29%
6th
Play actiontargets off play action
14%
17th
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.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Next upWeek 10 · at BengalsSun Nov 15 · 8:20 PM EST
The game
CINat Bengals
Sun Nov 15 · 8:20 PM EST
Paycor Stadium
The defense vs TE
26th vs TE
allow +0.36 EPA per target to tight ends, league +0.21
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 2 games, 4.0 targets a game, 25 yards a game
Week 3 vs CIN: 2 catches, 30 yards
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 59%

A soft matchup: the Bengals rank 26th vs TE, allowing +0.36 EPA per target to tight ends. He has averaged 25 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season, and he went 2 catches, 30 yards against them in Week 3.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season6 seasons
82Games
391Targets
286Receptions
2,911Yards
26TD
2021 to 2026 · 6 seasons · 1 team

His best year was 2022, 732 receiving yards in 15 games. This season's 29.4 a game puts him on pace for 499 over 17, short of it.

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SeasonTeamGTgtRecYdsTDY/RYds/gEPA/tgt
2021PIT16796049778.331.1+0.33
2022PIT159863732211.648.8+0.09
2023PIT11473230829.628.0+0.20
2024PIT177865653710.038.4+0.46
2025PIT155441486411.932.4+0.43
2026PIT8352523549.429.4+0.23
Career1 tm823912862,9112610.235.5+0.28
Career highsYards 732 · 2022TD 7 · 2021Receptions 65 · 2024
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

IntelWeek 8
Depth chart
TE2 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
2 on 35 targets
Broken tackles
1
Passer rating when targeted
97.7
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    30Jaylen WarrenRB155998 · 3 TD+14.1
    4DK MetcalfWR65389 · 1 TD-1.0
    13Rico DowdleRB63256 · 1 TD-5.2
    17Germie BernardWR43288 · 1 TD-1.3
    80Darnell WashingtonTE28254 · 3 TD+8.3
    14Roman WilsonWR25188 · 2 TD+6.3
    8Aaron RodgersQB1223-4.3
    11Michael PittmanWR1289+2.4