Rookie tight ends have been about as productive in fantasy football as The Dude, Jeff Bridges’s lazy character, in the film “The Big Lebowski.” Historically, it’s just not a position that’s thrived in the stat sheets among the youngsters. I chronicled this in my look back at the top rookie fantasy tight ends over the last 23 NFL seasons.
There wasn’t much to like, unfortunately.
Last season, not a single first-year tight end scored over 100 fantasy points. The best of the bunch, Chigoziem Okonkwo, scored 97.2 points and finished as the TE25. Just one player, Greg Dulcich, averaged more than eight points per game, and he missed seven contests due to injuries. As you can tell, rookie tight ends just aren’t big targets in fantasy redrafts. And while this year’s class has some real talent between the white lines, the results are quite likely to remain the same.
