Updated Fantasy Football TE Rankings 2024: Best tight ends, top sleepers, and breakouts in PPR drafts

2024-08-28
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When it comes to drafting tight ends in fantasy football, there surely isn't a singular, universally accepted strategy. You can ask three different people how they attack the position, and you'll likely get three different answers.

In recent years, you usually either had to draft a tight end very early or just punt the position until the last few rounds. But this year is a little different. While the position is still top heavy with Sam LaPorta and Travis Kelce clearly in a tier all to themselves, the position in general has more serviceable options than in recent memory. 

Whether you're drafting in 10, 12, 14, or even 16-team leagues, the fist 15 tight ends in these rankings all have established roles as the team's primary tight end and have a track record, or at least shown flashes of, being a reliable starting fantasy tight end. Brock Bowers is the one name that may give a little bit of pause since he's a rookie, and the Raiders drafted another talented tight end last season in Michael Mayer. But that's how it goes with most promising rookies - the risk is there, but the reward could lead you to a championship. 

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While Sam LaPorta is ranked as the top tight end this year after his historic rookie campaign in 2023, as Michael O'Hara adeptly points out, the Draft Day price may be too high. Mark Andrews has been an elite TE for several years, but he was limited again by an injury last year, and Isaiah Likely could eat into some of his opportunities as well. Kyle Pitts has been a bust the last two seasons, but the switch from Art Smith to Zac Robinson (a Sean McVay disciple) could unlock his tantalizing potential. 

2024 PPR RANKINGS
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These tight end rankings are based on scoring systems that award four points per TDs thrown and six points per rushing TD and have been adjusted to reflect teams cutting down to 53 players.

RANK TIER PLAYER NAME TEAM BYE
1 1 Sam LaPorta DET 5
2 1 Travis Kelce KC 6
3 2 Trey McBride ARI 11
4 2 Dalton Kincaid BUF 12
5 2 Kyle Pitts ATL 12
6 2 Mark Andrews BAL 14
7 3 Evan Engram JAC 12
8 3 George Kittle SF 9
9 3 Jake Ferguson DAL 7
10 3 David Njoku CLE 10
11 3 Brock Bowers LV 10
12 3 Dallas Goedert PHI 5
13 4 Pat Freiermuth PIT 9
14 4 Dalton Schultz HOU 14
15 4 Taysom Hill NO 12
16 4 T.J. Hockenson MIN 6
17 4 Tyler Conklin NYJ 12
18 4 Noah Fant SEA 10
19 4 Hunter Henry NE 14
20 5 Ben Sinnott WAS 14
21 5 Cade Otton TB 11
22 5 Chigoziem Okonkwo TEN 5
23 5 Cole Kmet CHI 7
24 5 Luke Musgrave GB 10
25 5 Isaiah Likely BAL 14
26 6 Colby Parkinson LAR 6
27 6 Mike Gesicki CIN 12
28 6 Jonnu Smith MIA 6
29 6 Juwan Johnson NO 12
30 6 Adam Trautman DEN 14
31 6 Will Dissly LAC 5
32 7 Kylen Granson IND 14
33 7 Tucker Kraft GB 10
34 7 Michael Mayer LV 10
35 7 Greg Dulcich DEN 14
36 7 Dawson Knox BUF 12
37 7 Hayden Hurst LAC 5
38 7 Gerald Everett CHI 7
39 7 Zach Ertz WAS 14
40 7 Daniel Bellinger NYG 11

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