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

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Drew SampleTE · CIN
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Drew Sample
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Drew Sample

TEpos#89jersey30age6'5"height260lbs8seasons

Washington · 2019 draft, round 2, pick 52

VS2of 8 shown metrics led6
George Kittle
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George Kittle

TEpos#85jersey33age6'4"height250lbs10seasons

Iowa · 2017 draft, round 5, pick 146

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

Usage

SampleKittle

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

52.0%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played77.5%86th

Receiving

SampleKittle

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

2.0Targets per game6.689th
1.8Receptions per game4.889th
12.0Receiving yards per game60.494th
0.3Receiving TD per game0.692nd
6.2%Target share · of team targets in his games23.1%89th
+0.363EPA per target+0.28163rd
6.7YAC per catch6.482nd
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Usage

4Games with stats8
2.0Plays with EPA per game6.694th
+0.73Total EPA per game+1.8683rd

Receiving

87.5%Catch rate71.7%57th
0.8%Air yards share23.1%96th
0.9aDOT8.282nd

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Drew SampleGeorge Kittle
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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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top passers · most targeted

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.