As we roll along this offseason, we are laying the groundwork for early best ball drafts, new dynasty startups, and everything else under the fantasy sun as we gear up for the next NFL season.

My full 2024 fantasy football rankings are already available as part of the Sharp Fantasy Football Draft Kit, but we also wanted to add some notes to those rankings for each position.

These rankings will move and be updated throughout the offseason as the landscape changes.

While these rankings will only have a short blurb for each player, there will be more in-detail player writeups coming with the full tiers later in June after our 2024 NFL Preview book drops.

This list will be based on full-PPR settings, but check out the full rankings to see how the deck gets shuffled under other scoring settings that do not weigh receptions as heavily.

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Fantasy TE Rankings 2024:

  1. Sam LaPorta, Lions
  2. Travis Kelce, Chiefs
  3. Mark Andrews, Ravens
  4. Trey McBride, Cardinals
  5. Kyle Pitts, Falcons

2024 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings:

1. Sam LaPorta: Was fourth among all tight ends in receptions, fifth in yards, and first in touchdowns as a rookie. No rookie tight end in the 2000s had a higher target rate per route (23.8%). Younger than the next couple of players at the position. Detroit is also soft at WR2, and he plays only three games outdoors all season.

2. Travis Kelce: Still a stud as seen in the postseason. Was the TE1 in points per game in PPR formats (14.6) and matched LaPorta’s 11.5 points per game in 0.5-PPR formats despite a down season marred by injuries. Is also going to be 35 in October and has played a lower rate of snaps than the season prior five seasons in a row.

3. Mark Andrews: Was third among all tight ends in yards per route run (1.96) and ranked ninth in target rate per route (22.0%) when on the field last season. Has been a top-five tight end in points per game in each of his past five seasons.

4. Trey McBride: Was second among all tight ends in receptions (69) and third in receiving yards (684) with three touchdowns over the final 11 games of the season. Led the position in team target share (25.9%) over that period while ranking second in target rate per route run (27.2%).

5. Kyle Pitts: Healthy and playing with a real quarterback in a new offense under Zac Robinson. No more excuses based on injury, an archaic offense, or quarterback attachment. Still will not even turn 24 until October.

6. George Kittle: Set career highs with 15.7 yards per reception and 11.3 yards per target in 2023. Led all NFL tight ends in yards per route run (2.26) despite ranking 13th in target rate per route run (20.0%). For fantasy, still comes with more volatility than the elite options, but the closing numbers have made him the TE6 or better in six consecutive seasons.

7. Dalton Kincaid: Saw more diverse usage to close his rookie season while Buffalo completely revamped their wide receiver room with question marks.

8. Evan Engram: Taking advantage of an injured receiver room, set career highs in catches (114), targets (143), and receiving yards (963) to go along with four touchdowns. Better in full PPR since he has not had more than four touchdowns in a season since his rookie season in 2017.

9. Jake Ferguson: Was second on the team with 102 targets. Dallas does not have a true WR2 on their roster to threaten him being the second-best target in this passing game. Also showed a strong red zone presence, accounting for 23.5% of the Dallas red zone targets, which was good for TE4 in 2023.

10. David Njoku: Finished fifth among all tight ends last season in receptions (81), sixth in receiving yards (882), and tied for second with six touchdowns. Added target competition and small-sample results with Deshaun Watson are threads pulling at his floor.

11. Dallas Goedert: Has been the TE12 or better in points per game in each of the past five seasons but has been higher than TE10 in just one of those years. Has now not played a full season since his rookie year in 2018.

12. Brock Bowers: Arguably the best prospect at his position entering the league where the current defensive meta aligns with where he wins. Questions for 2024 surround placing faith in Antonio Pierce, Luke Getsy, and this quarterback room.

13. Pat Freiermuth: After he was the TE11 in points per game in 2022, was the TE28 in points per game last season. Now enters the final season of his rookie contract and will be playing in a system under Arthur Smith that has limited fantasy output for a more talented tight end.

14. Taysom Hill: Has been the TE12 and TE15 in points per game in full-PPR formats in each of the past two seasons and the TE7 and TE12 in per-game output in 0.5-PPR leagues. Ended the 2023 season by setting career-highs with 114 touches and 692 total yards, tacking on six touchdowns. Also had 83 yards passing with another score through the air as a passer.

15. T.J. Hockenson: Has been the TE2 in PPR scoring per game in his one-and-a-half seasons with the Vikings. Now getting attachment to a rookie quarterback and an unknown return to the lineup after ACL surgery in late January. Looks like an end-of-season investment.

16. Cole Kmet: Has increased his fantasy points per game every year of his career, closing last season as the TE9. The questions entering this season are the changes in this offense overall paired with the acquisition of a major target earner in Keenan Allen and the addition of Rome Odunze. Was the TE7 last season with 18.9% of the Chicago targets, a rate surely compromised.

17. Dalton Schultz: Has been a TE1 in points per game in each of the past three seasons. Ranked 13th among tight ends in target rate per route (20.4%) in 2023, which dipped to 18.8% when both Nico Collins and Tank Dell were on the field. Could see his targets dip further with the addition of Stefon Diggs, which would make him more touchdown-dependent for fantasy.

18. Tyler Conklin: Getting Aaron Rodgers back but must continue to fend off Jeremy Ruckert. Over the past three seasons, tied for eighth among all tight ends in receptions and is 11th in receiving yards.

19. Ben Sinnott: Productive, athletic, and versatile. A Swiss Army knife that can break tackles in Kliff Kingsbury’s offense. Just needs to get ahead of the ghost of Zach Ertz, who has road-blocked several young tight ends to open their careers.

20. Chigoziem Okonkwo: Did not make the jump in his second season as many had hoped and now has added target competition based on the additions of Calvin Ridley, Tyler Boyd, and Tony Pollard.

21. Jonnu Smith: Coming off career-highs of 50 receptions and 582 yards with Atlanta last season. Has never been a high-target earner in the NFL, but he does fit what the Dolphins want to do in the passing game, which is create yards after the catch.

22. Hunter Henry: Some touchdown upside still exists, but will turn 30 this December, failing to average more than 35.5 yards receiving per game in a season during his tenure in New England.

23. Cade Otton: Played the most snaps in the league at tight end last season but only caught 47 passes for 455 yards and four touchdowns.

24. Luke Musgrave: Edged out teammate Tucker Kraft in usage rates when he was on the field if placing a bet on a Green Bay tight end, but the Packers also have a tough projection for target dispersal with so many moving parts in the offense. Just an upside dart throw.

25. Juwan Johnson: After a breakout season in 2022, took a step back last season. Caught 37 passes for 368 yards and four touchdowns over 13 games played, seeing his yards per catch go from 12.1 yards in 2022 down to 9.9 yards per grab last season. Caught more than four passes in just two of his 13 games, topping 50 yards receiving just once.

26. Noah Fant: Receiving yardage has gone down from the year prior in each of his past three NFL seasons, but with the new offense and departure of both Will Dissly and Colby Parkinson, is looking for added opportunity.

27. Greg Dulcich: Still an unknown in Sean Payton’s offense. After a solid rookie season, only appeared in two games, playing 32 total offensive snaps.

28. Tucker Kraft: Contributed late last season with Luke Musgrave hobbled, but on a per-route basis, Musgrave was the better player as a rookie. Ran 336 pass routes, averaging 1.13 yards per route run. Musgrave ran 295 pass routes, averaging 1.42 yards per route run. Musgrave was targeted on 18.0% of his routes compared to a 14.6% rate for Kraft.

29. Zach Ertz: More of a potential thorn for Ben Sinnott than a target for gamers. Will turn 34 years old this November. He has averaged only 8.6 and 6.9 yards per reception over the past two seasons. He has not caught more than five touchdowns in a season since 2019.

30. Hayden Hurst: Has familiarity with this scheme and Greg Roman after being drafted by Baltimore in the first round in 2018, but has never lived up to that investment, averaging just 24.1 receiving yards per game for his career.

31. Mike Gesicki: Could be the glorified slot receiver in this offense with Tyler Boyd no longer returning to the roster. Has not done anything outside of when an offense was forced to throw him the football for one season in Miami. After seeing 112 targets come his way in 2021, has 61 catches on 97 targets over the past two seasons.

32. Colby Parkinson: Not as sexy of a pick for snaps as Davis Allen, but a veteran presence on a win-now roster who is going to play. Through four seasons with the Seahawks, caught 57 passes for 618 yards and four touchdowns.

33. Ja’Tavion Sanders: The youngest tight end in this draft class will be looking to fit in a scheme that was bottom of the league in tight end targets under Dave Canales in Tampa Bay while the Panthers themselves were 23rd in the NFL in target rate to the position.

34. Isaiah Likely: Would be a TE1 if not for Mark Andrews but is only a contingency bet with Andrews in his way. Over his two years in the league, is averaging 1.72 yards per route run with a target on 17.8% of his routes with Andrews on the sideline. Also has seven touchdowns on those snaps.

35. Dawson Knox: Took a major hit with the selection of Dalton Kincaid last season, catching 22 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns over 12 games in 2023.

35. Davis Allen: Will compete for passing snaps with Colby Parkinson under the premise that Tyler Higbee will miss most if not all of the 2024 season. When Higbee missed Week 14 last season, played 71% of the snaps, catching 4-of-5 targets for 50 yards and a touchdown against the Ravens.