2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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AJ BarnerTE · SEA

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Colston LovelandTE · CHI

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AJ BarnerTE · SEA

Colston LovelandTE · CHI

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per opportunity): Loveland leads in 6 and Barner leads in 2. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

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Percentile chips: vs 75 TEs who played half the games, 2026 season

87.1%94thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played86.2%91st

Receiving

BarnerLoveland

Percentile chips: vs 42 TEs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

4.242ndTargets per game6.387th

0.6055thReceptions per target0.64911th

5.5313thReceiving yards per target6.3737th

0.02625thReceiving TD per target0.03537th

13.6%42ndTarget share · of team targets in his games19.5%85th

-0.3664thEPA per target-0.01727th

7.292ndYAC per catch4.644th

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Usage

9Games with stats9

5.078thPlays with EPA per game6.393rd

-1.3162ndTotal EPA per game-0.11020th

Rushing

0.8Carries per game · official rush attempts0.0

0.8Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out0.0

1.14Rush yards per carry–

1.1Yards per carry–

0.286Rush TD per carry–

+0.296EPA per designed run–

71.4%Success rate–

0.00010+ yard runs per carry–

Receiving

60.5%5thCatch rate64.9%11th

5.0%13thAir yards share18.0%85th

2.64thaDOT6.965th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)AJ BarnerColston Loveland

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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.