The 2025 NFL Draft has now come and gone. While the NFL season is still a ways away, this was the last major shakeup of NFL rosters. With the landscape no longer subject to significant changes, it’s full steam ahead toward preparing for the upcoming fantasy football year. Here are our latest tight end rankings for 2025 redraft leagues.
Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
1) Brock Bowers | Las Vegas Raiders
2) Trey McBride | Arizona Cardinals
3) George Kittle | San Francisco 49ers
4) Sam LaPorta | Detroit Lions
5) T.J. Hockenson | Minnesota Vikings
6) Jonnu Smith | Miami Dolphins
7) Evan Engram | Denver Broncos
8) Mark Andrews | Baltimore Ravens
9) David Njoku | Cleveland Browns
10) Travis Kelce | Kansas City Chiefs
11) Brenton Strange | Jacksonville Jaguars
12) Tucker Kraft | Green Bay Packers
13) Colston Loveland | Chicago Bears
14) Tyler Warren | Indianapolis Colts
15) Jake Ferguson | Dallas Cowboys
16) Dalton Kincaid | Buffalo Bills
17) Dallas Goedert | Philadelphia Eagles
18) Hunter Henry | New England Patriots
19) Pat Freiermuth | Pittsburgh Steelers
20) Isaiah Likely | Baltimore Ravens
21) Zach Ertz | Washington Commanders
22) Kyle Pitts | Atlanta Falcons
23) Dalton Schultz | Houston Texans
24) Cade Otton | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
25) Chigoziem Okonkwo | Tennessee Titans
26) Mason Taylor | New York Jets
27) Tyler Higbee | Los Angeles Rams
28) Noah Fant | Seattle Seahawks
29) Ja’Tavion Sanders | Carolina Panthers
30) Juwan Johnson | New Orleans Saints
Tight Ends To Target In Fantasy Football Drafts
George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers
For the better part of the past eight years, George Kittle has been the best tight end in football. The only reason you probably think it was Travis Kelce is because Kittle never posted the gaudy receiving numbers because he’s too good at blocking.
But when the 49ers need to call upon Kittle to step up as a receiver, he delivers — every time.
After his fantasy points per game dropped for five consecutive seasons, Kittle bounced back to almost match his career-best 2018 season, averaging 15.8 ppg, just 0.2 shy of his breakout sophomore year. Why? The 49ers needed him to.
For much of Kittle’s career, the 49ers have had an abundance of offensive weapons. When Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, and Christian McCaffrey are all on the field, Kittle is better used as a blocker.
Last year, Samuel, Aiyuk, and McCaffrey played a total of zero games together. There were many games where at least two, if not all three of them were out. What happened? Kittle smashed.
This year, Samuel is gone. Aiyuk is recovering from an ACL tear that will very likely keep him out to start the season. McCaffrey is healthy right now, but he’s also 29 years old. The stage is set for Kittle to once again be Brock Purdy’s rock.
You can spend a second or third-round pick on Brock Bowers or Trey McBride. Or, you can draft Kittle a couple of rounds later and get similar production.
T.J. Hockenson, Minnesota Vikings
Fantasy managers are a fickle bunch. What have you done for me lately runs rampant. The last time we saw T.J. Hockenson, he averaged a paltry 8.7 fantasy points per game across 10 games. Of course, Hockenson was returning from a torn ACL and clearly not 100%.
Now, Hockenson is another year removed from the injury. He is fully healthy and will have a full training camp and normal offseason.
While he’s still competing with Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison for targets, JJ McCarthy should be more than capable of supporting all three, as the Vikings have a very consolidated target tree.
Despite his dismal fantasy efforts last year, Hockenson was still earning targets. He saw a respectable 18.4% target share. But more importantly, he was targeted on 35.6% of his routes run. That was the highest rate in the league.
It’s clear Hockenson remains a highly regarded member of this passing attack. At just 28 years old, he’s firmly in his prime. We should see a strong rebound from Hock this season.