Mark Andrews is entering his ninth season with the Baltimore Ravens. His draft price has fallen considerably since last summer. There is quite a bit to sort through with the veteran tight end. Should fantasy managers be drafting Andrews in 2026?
Should I Draft Mark Andrews in Fantasy Football?
When I first did my rankings and buried Andrews, I was on a bit of an island. The market has since moved down with me, and rightfully so.
Andrews was a fantasy cheat code for years. The 2025 version looked done. Andrews finished as the TE23 with a career-worst 8.8 yards per catch and a meager 422 receiving yards, and he did all of that across a fully healthy 17-game season. When a player regresses that far with no injury to point to, it is hard to write off as a fluke.
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The touchdown dependence is the scariest part of the profile. Andrews propped up his fantasy value with scores for years, to the point that roughly 35% of his 2024 production came from touchdowns alone. Even an 11-touchdown campaign that year netted only 11.1 PPG. His 1.3 yards per route run last season shows how little he generates between the 20s. That kind of reliance on finding the end zone is not something anyone can safely bank on repeating.
There is a bull case, and it is purely situational. Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar are both gone, which should push Andrews past the modest 63% snap share he ran last season. Behind Zay Flowers, Baltimore does not have another dependable pass catcher. In theory, the targets funnel his way.
Theories are nice. The data raises a fair question: does a clear path to volume matter if Andrews cannot get open anymore?
The camp reports have not helped answer that question favorably. Word out of Baltimore is that Andrews cannot separate and has been dropping everything in sight. That is precisely the wrong news for a player whose entire remaining case rests on inheriting vacated targets.
Meanwhile, the competition is stiffer than the departures suggest. Ja’Kobi Lane has drawn positive reviews throughout camp, which increases the odds that Andrews sees even less work than expected. Rookie tight end Matt Hibner has also looked good in both camp and the preseason.
If I were to make a truly bold prediction, it would be that Hibner overtakes Andrews as Baltimore’s top pass-catching tight end at some point this season.
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Andrews is my TE15 and the TE15 by ADP, which means the market has arrived at roughly where I have had him all offseason.
There is no reason to be the one drafting this profile.
Katz’s TE Fantasy Rankings 2026
- Brock Bowers | LV
- Trey McBride | ARI
- Colston Loveland | CHI
- Tyler Warren | IND
- Sam LaPorta | DET
- Tucker Kraft | GB
- Harold Fannin Jr. | CLE
- George Kittle | SF
- Kyle Pitts Sr. | ATL
- Dalton Kincaid | BUF
- Travis Kelce | KC
- Dallas Goedert | PHI
- Brenton Strange | JAX
- Isaiah Likely | NYG
- Mark Andrews | BAL
- Jake Ferguson | DAL
- Chig Okonkwo | WAS
- Juwan Johnson | NO
- Hunter Henry | NE
- T.J. Hockenson | MIN
- AJ Barner | SEA
- Greg Dulcich | MIA
- Kenyon Sadiq | NYJ
- Oronde Gadsden II | LAC
- Gunnar Helm | TEN
- Dalton Schultz | HOU
- Pat Freiermuth | PIT
- Colby Parkinson | LAR
- Terrance Ferguson | LAR
- Cade Otton | TB
