TE
Anthony Firkser
gsis_id 00-0033455
DET
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2021 weekly average
- Separation
- 2.94 yd
- Cushion
- 7.35 yd
- YAC above expectation
- 0.10
- Avg YAC
- 2.44
- Share of intended air yards
- 12.0%
- Catch rate
- 70.5%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 0
- Drops
- 0
- Drop rate
- 0.0%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 79.4
- Interceptions on targets
- 0
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.053 | 0.10 | 0 | 13.3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.025 | 0.05 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.061 | 0.13 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 44 | 34 | 291 | 2 | 9.7 | 0.090 | 0.18 | 0 | 73.1 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 246 lb
- College
- Harvard (Ivy League)
- Draft
- 2018
- Rookie season
- 2017
- Experience
- 7 yr
- Status
- ACT
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
50 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2020 · TE cohort of 34
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified TE in 2020; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Dallas GoedertTE · PHI · distance 0.42
- Separation
- 2.85
- Cushion
- 6.41
- YAC over expected
- 0.35
- Share of air yards
- 10.9
- Catch rate
- 70.8
Dalton SchultzTE · DAL · distance 0.68
- Separation
- 3.07
- Cushion
- 6.65
- YAC over expected
- 0.95
- Share of air yards
- 12.8
- Catch rate
- 70.8
Tyler EifertTE · JAX · distance 0.86
- Separation
- 2.48
- Cushion
- 6.29
- YAC over expected
- 0.15
- Share of air yards
- 10.6
- Catch rate
- 60.0
Jimmy GrahamTE · CHI · distance 0.93
- Separation
- 3.04
- Cushion
- 5.76
- YAC over expected
- 0.16
- Share of air yards
- 11.5
- Catch rate
- 65.8
Eric EbronTE · PIT · distance 1.01
- Separation
- 3.00
- Cushion
- 6.50
- YAC over expected
- -0.03
- Share of air yards
- 14.6
- Catch rate
- 61.5
Anthony Firkser baseline
- Separation
- 2.42
- Cushion
- 6.37
- YAC over expected
- 0.60
- Share of air yards
- 9.7
- Catch rate
- 73.6