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Long-term TE rankings

Tight end position short on rookie talent

There’s unusual quality and depth with the rookie wide receivers – lots of them. But that’s not the case with the first-year tight ends, where the pickings are unusually slim.

You could make the argument that no rookie tight end should even be on a roster in a 12-team dynasty league with each club carrying 2-3 players at the position.

I’m not going that far. Cole Kmet and Adam Trautman have shown a little potential. Probably both (I think) will be starters next year. So while neither has any fantasy value right now, you could say that it makes sense to carry them with a reserve spot, hoping they develop into a top-10 tight end in the future.

I went with Kmet and Trautman just inside the top 20. And three other rookies at least make my top 50: Harrison Bryant, Albert Okwuegbunam and Devin Asiasi. (Okwuegbunam is out for the year with a torn ACL.)

On the chart below, rookies are tagged with black dots. Chart comes with current ages, as well as their ranking when I last looked at tight ends four weeks ago.

Travis Kelce, George Kittle and Darren Waller are very firm in my top 3. I had Kittle at No. 1 last time (he’s younger than Kelce) but with Kittle now having a serious injury, I dropped him to No. 2.

Hunter Henry (pictured) is the notable upward mover. With Justin Herbert coming on nicely, Henry is looking like a stable, solid player at this position. He’s been coming on recently.

DYNASTY TIGHT ENDS
RkTmPlayerAgePrev
1.KCTravis Kelce312
2.SFGeorge Kittle271
3.LVDarren Waller283
4.LACHunter Henry257
5.BALMark Andrews244
6.DETT.J. Hockenson 235
7.PHIDallas Goedert256
8.DENNoah Fant 238
9.NYGEvan Engram2610
10.TENJonnu Smith2511
11.ATLHayden Hurst279
12.MIAMike Gesicki2512
13.PHIZach Ertz3018
14.GBRobert Tonyan2614
15.PITEric Ebron2719
16.MINIrv Smith 2213
17.CLEAustin Hooper2616
18.CHI• Cole Kmet2115
19.SEAWill Dissly2440
20.NO• Adam Trautman2332
21.TBRob Gronkowski3117
22.CHIJimmy Graham3421
23.INDTrey Burton2924
24.LARTyler Higbee2723
25.WASLogan Thomas2926
26.NOJared Cook3320
27.MINKyle Rudolph3129
28.BUFDawson Knox 2425
29.CLE• Harrison Bryant2230
30.HOUJordan Akins2827
31.TBO.J. Howard2648
32.LARGerald Everett2631
33.DEN• Albert Okwuegbunam2222
34.DALDalton Schultz2444
35.NYJChris Herndon2438
36.INDMo Alie-Cox2747
37.CINDrew Sample 2428
38.CARIan Thomas2537
39.SEAJacob Hollister2761
40.CLEDavid Njoku2449
41.DALBlake Jarwin2634
42.NE• Devin Asiasi2343
43.HOUDarren Fells3441
44.INDJack Doyle3033
45.TENAnthony Firkser2557
46.ARIDan Arnold2545
47.GBJace Sternberger 2446
48.LACDonald Parham2339
49.TBTanner Hudson2636
50.SFJordan Reed3055

—Ian Allan

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