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

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Marlin KleinTE · HOU
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Marlin Klein
Texans logoHouston Texans

Marlin Klein

TEpos#83jersey24age6'6"height250lbsRrookie

Michigan · 2026 draft, round 2, pick 59

VS3of 8 shown metrics led5
Isaiah Likely
Giants logoNew York Giants

Isaiah Likely

TEpos#9jersey26age6'4"height241lbs5seasons

Coastal Carolina · 2022 draft, round 4, pick 139

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per opportunity): Likely leads in 5 and Klein leads in 3. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

KleinLikely

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

14.0%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played75.0%81st

Receiving

KleinLikely

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

1.0Targets per game8.694th
1.000Receptions per target0.66724th
16.00Receiving yards per target6.4942nd
0.000Receiving TD per target0.08775th
2.7%Target share · of team targets in his games26.6%94th
+1.046EPA per target+0.26058th
2.0YAC per catch3.315th
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Usage

1Games with stats8
1.0Plays with EPA per game8.897th
+1.046Total EPA per game+2.27989th

Receiving

100.0%Catch rate66.7%24th
4.7%Air yards share20.9%89th
14.0aDOT7.677th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Marlin KleinIsaiah Likely
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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
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

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.