Tight End (TE) Snap Counts 2025-26

There a few archetypes of tight ends that can dictate how they are used in an offense. The versatile blocking and receiving tight ends tend to play the most snaps of the group. Blocking tight ends will be used heavily on run heavy teams, while receiving tight ends can get less work if their blocking skills lack. Teams tend to have both available for their weekly game plan, which can vary. There are a handful of tight ends that can play over 80%, like Darren Waller and Travis Kelce. Teams that run more pass heavy offenses, like the Los Angeles Rams, will lean on their receiving tight ends, like Tyler Higbee. Tight ends are not as volatile as some of the other positions, but game plans do have more stake into how many snaps they see on a weekly basis. Snaps don’t necessarily transition into fantasy points at this position, so knowing the difference between receiving and blocking tight ends is key.

There a few archetypes of tight ends that can dictate how they are used in an offense. The versatile blocking and receiving tight ends tend to play the most snaps of the group. Blocking tight ends will be used heavily on run heavy teams, while receiving tight ends can get less work if their blocking skills lack. Teams tend to have both available for their weekly game plan, which can vary. There are a handful of tight ends that can play over 80%, like Darren Waller and Travis Kelce. Teams that run more pass heavy offenses, like the Los Angeles Rams, will lean on their receiving tight ends, like Tyler Higbee. Tight ends are not as volatile as some of the other positions, but game plans do have more stake into how many snaps they see on a weekly basis. Snaps don’t necessarily transition into fantasy points at this position, so knowing the difference between receiving and blocking tight ends is key.

NAME TEAM Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Total Avg TM SNAP % TD
Daniel Bellinger NYG 15 19 16 24 38 39 52 21 53 34 51 20 18 24 62 69 555 34 48.4 2
Cade Otton TB 50 73 66 69 56 53 67 56 67 68 60 59 60 60 65 64 993 62 87.6 1
Colby Parkinson LAR 29 21 21 25 33 45 39 35 35 35 48 62 79 51 63 621 41 54.7 8
Michael Mayer LV 40 24 5 56 33 53 37 46 13 8 36 55 59 465 35 46.8 1
Kyle Pitts Sr. ATL 59 53 54 48 65 53 46 53 58 55 53 63 59 68 67 49 58 961 56 87.7 5
Davis Allen LAR 22 25 25 22 41 21 36 47 35 19 28 20 50 54 60 27 53 585 34 51.5 3
Tyler Warren IND 53 66 39 54 47 52 55 39 66 68 44 47 65 49 53 49 53 899 52 83.9 5
Pat Freiermuth PIT 28 31 38 15 21 37 27 29 26 30 34 17 31 28 32 46 52 522 30 50.6 4
Trey McBride ARI 64 50 58 64 61 66 66 59 64 70 74 54 60 61 55 55 52 1033 60 91.3 11
Anthony Firkser DET 3 15 35 22 26 35 51 187 26 40
Juwan Johnson NO 74 68 66 60 56 40 40 55 29 34 62 52 31 42 51 39 51 850 50 75.6 3
Keleki Latu BUF 6 8 4 16 51 85 17 24.5
Travis Kelce KC 51 46 53 48 51 45 50 58 55 55 84 60 58 60 35 42 51 902 53 81 5
Colston Loveland CHI 38 36 6 27 46 51 65 42 56 42 51 41 43 53 54 50 701 43 60.7 6
Cole Kmet CHI 60 61 55 68 33 28 21 45 59 41 58 53 48 49 40 49 768 48 66.6 2
Drew Sample CIN 36 28 38 22 27 22 39 32 31 30 34 49 27 41 40 50 49 595 35 53.6 1
Kylen Granson PHI 17 34 2 4 22 13 17 9 17 15 5 2 2 18 8 10 49 244 14 23.2
Eric Saubert SEA 9 24 26 26 17 22 22 22 26 34 48 276 25 39.9
Tyler Higbee LAR 35 46 36 41 35 26 42 37 20 48 366 36 50.3 3
Tommy Tremble CAR 29 35 33 52 53 49 47 28 32 36 46 22 36 28 23 41 46 636 37 59.9 2
Drake Dabney GB 7 45 52 26 53.1
Chig Okonkwo TEN 50 50 46 35 42 35 32 44 32 40 48 36 32 30 33 38 43 666 39 63.1 2
AJ Barner SEA 44 58 31 57 49 43 62 43 23 73 38 57 41 50 64 52 42 827 48 77.7 7
John Bates WAS 37 9 30 30 29 29 32 38 38 46 32 42 27 19 41 479 31 45.4 1
George Kittle SF 21 54 43 57 57 48 64 58 71 41 40 554 50 72.3 7
Ben Sinnott WAS 8 3 33 27 19 17 20 11 17 21 15 13 35 37 27 38 341 21 32.4 1
Brenton Strange JAX 52 64 58 50 22 44 53 51 51 52 56 38 591 49 75.4 3
Dalton Schultz HOU 34 29 50 60 41 57 49 58 58 48 48 55 52 53 46 51 38 827 48 71.3 3
Josh Whyle GB 6 20 27 32 22 2 30 37 176 22 32.5 1
Noah Gray KC 25 39 49 41 36 48 48 38 22 36 31 29 23 23 21 36 545 34 49
Adam Trautman DEN 44 36 19 42 31 23 25 40 46 42 41 41 55 42 38 52 34 651 38 57.1 1
Blake Whiteheart CLE 3 4 2 12 7 22 35 8 9 7 7 29 10 24 32 34 245 14 22.6
Hunter Henry NE 66 51 60 37 52 53 44 52 51 53 63 56 49 45 60 43 34 869 51 79.4 7
Julian Hill MIA 28 29 34 40 29 38 35 26 33 33 21 28 33 34 441 31 44.9
Cade Stover HOU 36 14 20 31 20 41 33 35 33 263 29 43.6
Elijah Higgins ARI 20 22 10 9 20 33 32 27 28 28 31 25 41 46 36 34 33 475 27 42
Jake Ferguson DAL 47 65 42 54 33 37 44 44 60 42 51 51 66 50 40 27 33 786 46 66.3 8
Jonnu Smith PIT 37 35 45 13 41 40 38 25 35 35 35 23 27 19 28 27 33 536 31 52 3
Oronde Gadsden LAC 22 30 36 48 60 56 52 38 42 47 46 34 38 46 33 628 41 54.9 3
Josh Oliver MIN 27 14 21 21 29 32 4 19 24 22 40 34 32 50 31 400 26 40 4
Will Dissly LAC 37 23 26 3 27 21 14 7 31 189 21 16.5
Mark Andrews BAL 38 45 46 30 25 61 37 28 44 37 42 41 54 17 24 31 30 630 37 62.1 6
Stone Smartt NYJ 1 2 2 3 11 20 16 30 85 5 8.1
Shane Zylstra DET 6 37 49 42 30 164 27 40.9
Greg Dulcich MIA 19 23 31 30 22 35 19 17 20 29 245 24 41.7 1
Jeremy Ruckert NYJ 29 17 28 25 28 22 17 37 26 25 20 28 31 50 44 38 29 494 29 47.2 1
Grant Calcaterra PHI 37 53 13 28 7 36 25 34 15 12 15 37 21 19 28 380 25 36.1 1
Mo Alie-Cox IND 33 25 28 19 35 37 18 16 29 35 25 22 19 14 13 24 27 419 24 39.1 1
Ben Yurosek MIN 10 4 13 1 15 17 11 2 1 2 14 26 116 9 11.6
Mike Gesicki CIN 16 36 17 27 31 2 28 23 25 43 29 18 26 321 24 38.1 2

There a few archetypes of tight ends that can dictate how they are used in an offense. The versatile blocking and receiving tight ends tend to play the most snaps of the group. Blocking tight ends will be used heavily on run heavy teams, while receiving tight ends can get less work if their blocking skills lack. Teams tend to have both available for their weekly game plan, which can vary. There are a handful of tight ends that can play over 80%, like Darren Waller and Travis Kelce. Teams that run more pass heavy offenses, like the Los Angeles Rams, will lean on their receiving tight ends, like Tyler Higbee. Tight ends are not as volatile as some of the other positions, but game plans do have more stake into how many snaps they see on a weekly basis. Snaps don’t necessarily transition into fantasy points at this position, so knowing the difference between receiving and blocking tight ends is key.