2026
2026 season · TE · #88 · 8th season
Stephen Carlson
Age 29 · 6'4" · 248 lb · Princeton · Undrafted (2019). Listed TE3 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 14% across 1 game.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | - | |||
| Depth of targetair yards per target | - | |||
| After the catchyards per reception | - | |||
| Catch ratereceptions per target | - |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per target | - | |||
| First downsper target | - | |||
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | - | |||
| Yards per game | 0.0 |
Graded once he reaches 15 targets. 45 tight ends qualify so far.
Carlson scores 0.0 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (9+) and 1 bust (under 3). This week the Buccaneers allow the 12th-most standard points to TEs, 9.4 a game.
Carlson scores 0.0 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (12+) and 1 bust (under 4). This week the Buccaneers allow the 11th-most half-PPR points to TEs, 12.1 a game.
Carlson scores 0.0 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (15+) and 1 bust (under 5). This week the Buccaneers allow the 11th-most PPR points to TEs, 14.8 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
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
vs BuccaneersSoldier Field
CHI −6 · O/U 46.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A tough matchup: the Buccaneers rank 9th vs TE, allowing +0.05 EPA per target to tight ends. He has averaged 0 yards a game against top-10 defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CAR W 59-37Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs MIN L 3-9Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs PHI W 27-7Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs NYJ W 23-12Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at GB L 7-31Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | at ATL W 31-23Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | vs NE W 30-24Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | at SEA W 34-176th D | 6th vs TE | 14% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | vs TBSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | vs NOSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at DETThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | vs JAXSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at MIASun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | at BUFSat Dec 19 | |||||||
| 16 | vs GBFri Dec 25 | |||||||
| 17 | vs DETSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at MINSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 1 games | 14% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CAR W 59-37Did not play | ||||||||
| 2 | vs MIN L 3-9Did not play | ||||||||
| 3 | vs PHI W 27-7Did not play | ||||||||
| 4 | vs NYJ W 23-12Did not play | ||||||||
| 5 | at GB L 7-31Did not play | ||||||||
| 6 | at ATL W 31-23Did not play | ||||||||
| 7 | vs NE W 30-24Did not play | ||||||||
| 8 | at SEA W 34-176th D | 6th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 9 | vs TBSun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||||
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 11 | vs NOSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | at DETThu Nov 26 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs JAXSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | at MIASun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | at BUFSat Dec 19 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs GBFri Dec 25 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs DETSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at MINSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 1 games | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CAR W 59-37Did not play | ||||||
| 2 | vs MIN L 3-9Did not play | ||||||
| 3 | vs PHI W 27-7Did not play | ||||||
| 4 | vs NYJ W 23-12Did not play | ||||||
| 5 | at GB L 7-31Did not play | ||||||
| 6 | at ATL W 31-23Did not play | ||||||
| 7 | vs NE W 30-24Did not play | ||||||
| 8 | at SEA W 34-176th D | 6th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 9 | vs TBSun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||
| 11 | vs NOSun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | at DETThu Nov 26 | ||||||
| 13 | vs JAXSun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | at MIASun Dec 13 | ||||||
| 15 | at BUFSat Dec 19 | ||||||
| 16 | vs GBFri Dec 25 | ||||||
| 17 | vs DETSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | at MINSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 1 games | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Too few games for a trend yet: 1 played.
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 6.0 of 32 on average (league middle 16.8). Ahead: 3 of his next 9 are top-10 vs TE and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Buccaneers (9th) 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 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | – | – | – | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | – | – | – | – |
| All games | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2019, 51 receiving yards in 6 games.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | CLE | 6 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 10.2 | 8.5 | +0.50 |
| 2020 | CLE | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 1.6 | -0.50 |
| Career | 1 tm | 13 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 10.3 | 4.8 | +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
- TE3 · 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 0 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 D'Andre SwiftRB | 171 | 707 · 10 TD | -1.2 |
 Kyle MonangaiRB | 65 | 363 · 3 TD | +6.3 |
 Luther Burden IIIWR | 64 | 576 · 3 TD | +15.8 |
 Colston LovelandTE | 51 | 309 · 2 TD | -2.9 |
 Rome OdunzeWR | 44 | 468 | +22.9 |
 Roschon JohnsonRB | 40 | 189 · 1 TD | -0.2 |
 Kalif RaymondWR | 36 | 295 · 1 TD | +17.7 |
 Caleb WilliamsQB | 26 | 129 · 2 TD | -2.7 |