TE#86
Kylen Granson
gsis_id 00-0036876
TEN
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 3.29 yd
- Cushion
- 6.36 yd
- YAC above expectation
- -0.28
- Avg YAC
- 1.97
- Share of intended air yards
- 9.5%
- Catch rate
- 80.0%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 0
- Drops
- 1
- Drop rate
- 12.5%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 78.6
- 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 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 0 | -1.9 | 0.027 | 0.05 | 0 | 11.0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 182 | 0 | -8.4 | 0.066 | 0.14 | 0 | 32.2 |
| 2023 | 15 | 50 | 30 | 368 | 1 | 11.5 | 0.106 | 0.23 | 2 | 73.0 |
| 2022 | 13 | 40 | 31 | 302 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.088 | 0.19 | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2021 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 106 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.052 | 0.10 | 0 | 21.6 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 242 lb
- College
- SMU (American Athletic Conference)
- Draft
- 2021 · Rd 4 · Pk 127 · IND
- Rookie season
- 2021
- Experience
- 6 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 10 · no game status listed · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
69 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021).
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 Stats2023 · TE cohort of 29
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified TE in 2023; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Tyler HigbeeTE · LA · distance 0.62
- Separation
- 3.68
- Cushion
- 6.26
- YAC over expected
- 0.09
- Share of air yards
- 9.0
- Catch rate
- 67.1
Mike GesickiTE · NE · distance 0.76
- Separation
- 3.09
- Cushion
- 5.81
- YAC over expected
- -0.45
- Share of air yards
- 10.0
- Catch rate
- 64.4
Cade OttonTE · TB · distance 0.87
- Separation
- 3.44
- Cushion
- 6.50
- YAC over expected
- 0.36
- Share of air yards
- 9.2
- Catch rate
- 70.1
Logan ThomasTE · WAS · distance 0.93
- Separation
- 3.28
- Cushion
- 6.42
- YAC over expected
- 0.42
- Share of air yards
- 11.0
- Catch rate
- 70.5
Dalton SchultzTE · HOU · distance 0.93
- Separation
- 3.31
- Cushion
- 5.77
- YAC over expected
- 0.47
- Share of air yards
- 13.9
- Catch rate
- 67.0
Kylen Granson baseline
- Separation
- 3.50
- Cushion
- 6.39
- YAC over expected
- -0.09
- Share of air yards
- 9.7
- Catch rate
- 60.0