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Tucker Kraft Fantasy Outlook 2026: TE4 Per Game Before The ACL Tear
Kraft was the fourth-best tight end on a per-game basis through eight weeks in 2025 before tearing his ACL in Week 9, and the market has him priced 25 picks later than our projection suggests he is worth if healthy.
What the eight healthy games showed
Tucker Kraft tore his ACL in Week 9 of 2025 after posting 117.2 PPR points across eight games, a 14.7 per-game average that ranked fourth among tight ends. The sportsbooks had posted him at 51.73 receptions, 625.5 receiving yards, and 3.5 receiving touchdowns before the season. Over eight games he caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and six touchdowns, tracking 137 yards ahead of the full-season line when prorated.
Two of those eight weeks cleared 20 PPR points, including a 33.3-point ceiling in Week 8. Three weeks came in under 10, so the floor was not stable, but a tight end posting TE4 per-game scoring through the season's first half is exactly the profile you draft in the sixth or seventh round hoping to find.
He was TE4 on a per-game basis through eight weeks before the ACL tear, and the market is betting the knee recovers in time rather than the skill declining.
The skills that survived three seasons
Kraft has led all tight ends in yards after catch in each of his three NFL seasons, a metric that measures what happens after the throw rather than the accuracy of the quarterback. In 2024, his last healthy full season, he caught 73% of his targets across all 17 games. The catch rate held in 2025 before the injury, at 73% again on 44 targets.
The profile is a player who converts when targeted and creates additional yardage on his own, which is the exact combination that holds value when a tight end changes quarterbacks or offensive coordinators. The concern the market is pricing is not his ability when healthy. It is whether the knee comes back at full function in time for Week 1.