Tight End Sleepers For Fantasy Football 2025: Dalton Kincaid, Tyler Warren, And More

The Rams had the Fearsome Foursome. Notre Dame the Four Horseman. The Beatles will forever be the Fab Four. Seems like good things come in quartets.

Our fourth installment in the fantasy football sleepers keeps it up that good things happen in fours. In the past few days we provided the players others might be sleeping on among the Quarterbacks, Running Backs, and Wide Receivers. Let's close things out with the Tight Ends. Yes, Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, and George Kittle are the headline-grabbers, but if you miss out on those players because you're targeting elite QBs or loading up at RB and WR, these players could pave the way to a fantasy title. Dwain McFarland, Kendall Valenzuela, Matthew Freedman, and Ian Hartitz dropped their sleeper tight ends for you to take advantage. Enjoy!

Fantasy Football 2025 Tight End Sleepers

Tucker Kraft | Packers

Consensus ADP: 109, TE11

Fantasy Life Consensus Rankings: 109, TE11

Kendall: OK, so Tucker Kraft gave fantasy managers an enjoyable TE10 finish last season, so maybe this is a second breakout coming? Kraft is a good pick at cost right now because it feels like there's a lot left on the bone for him heading into the 2025 season. The Packers drafted Matthew Golden with their 23rd overall pick, which made him the first receiver they've taken in the first round since 2002. But that shouldn't deter you from giving Kraft a look. He had eye-popping stats last season, like finishing first among qualifying tight ends in yards after the catch per reception. We just need Matt LaFleur to give Kraft a bit more—Green Bay is 24th in rate of targets to tight ends. But this is my plea to LaFleur to give more opportunities to Kraft. Right now he is 16th in projected targets among tight ends. GIVE US MORE KRAFT.

Dalton Kincaid | Bills

ADP: ESPN (TE14, 136.7), Sleeper (TE14, 118.3), Yahoo (TE11, 113.8)
Fantasy Life consensus rank: TE14, 124

Ian: Dalton Kincaid hasn't exactly fulfilled the first-round expectations during his first two seasons in the NFL. Last year's season-ending drop certainly didn't help public perception here.

But hey, let's look at things objectively here. Midseason shoulder and knee injuries didn't help matters, and Kincaid's underlying efficiency numbers weren't terrible—he actually demanded targets at an elite rate.

Kincaid among 31 TEs with 50+ targets in 2024:

PFF receiving grade: 76.0 (8th)
Yards per route run: 1.62 (9th)
Targets per route run: 27.2% (2nd)
Passer rating when targeted: 89.4 (23rd)

As weird as it is to criticize Josh Allen about pretty much anything, Kincaid's uncatchable target rate reflects the reality that it wasn't all his fault.

This brings us to 2025, where Dawson Knox still persists, but Kincaid still profiles as the Bills' second-highest projected target. Similar to Coleman, that fact alone inside an offense that hasn't finished worse than sixth in scoring over the past five seasons makes this late-round price tag worth investing in. Ultimately, Kincaid was being drafted as a top-6 option at the position this time last year; he's a dart worth throwing for drafters who largely declined to invest in the position during the first 10-plus rounds of the draft.

Tyler Warren | Colts

Consensus ADP: 109, TE10
Fantasy Life consensus rank: 102, TE10

Dwain: Tyler Warren, who is my TE6 in the Fantasy Life rankings. I have drafted this BAMF more than any other end, residing on 24% of my teams. Concerned about the Colts’ low passing volume and crowded depth chart? It’s fair, but talent can change everything. Just like many overlooked Brock Bowers due to his situation, don’t sleep on Warren. He may not be Bowers, but talent creates opportunity.

The Colts have rotated tight ends, but none were the No. 14 overall pick. Warren should earn a full-time role quickly. He’s a yards-after-catch machine who fits perfectly in Shane Steichen’s RPO-heavy system. Over the past two years, the Colts rank No. 1 in RPO rate (22%) and No. 4 in play action (28%), an excellent match for Warren’s skill set. Expect Indy to scheme him into space often.

Warren is the equivalent of my Jayden Daniels recommendation last year. He allows you to wait at the tight end position and still have a chance to offset the elites. Don't be surprised if you are drafting Warren in Round 4 next season.

Chig Okonkwo | Titans

Consensus ADP: 199, TE24
Fantasy Life consensus rank: 189, TE24

Dwain: Chig Okonkwo comes in just behind Warren with a 23% rostership across my 131 teams. The 2022 Round 4 NFL Draft pick flashed as a playmaker early in his career, but the Titans have always limited his reps.

However, to finish out the 2024 campaign, they gave him a full-time role for two games. With an 85% route participation, he posted 14 PPG with a 27% target share.

Zach Ertz | Commanders

Consensus ADP: TE18
Freedman Projection: TE10

Freedman: Dwain McFarland and I discussed Zach Ertz last month on an episode of the Fantasy Life Show: I'm significantly higher on him than Dwain is in our projections.

Here's what I like about him: He's tied to second-year OROY QB Jayden Daniels, and No. 1 WR Terry McLaurin is in the middle of a contract dispute, which could cause him to sit out part of the season—and that could result in more opportunities for Ertz.

And Ertz made the most of his opportunities last year. In his reunion with OC Kliff Kingsbury (for whom he played with the 2021-22 Cardinals), Ertz enjoyed a career renaissance with 66-654-7 receiving on 7.2 yards per target.

Once we get past the elite guys at the position, we're basically chasing TDs—and I at least expect the Commanders to continue to put up points, and last year Ertz ranked No. 1 at the position in targets in the end zone (12) and inside the 5-yard line (11) and 10-yard line (14).

He's unlikely to experience that kind of usage again this year, but he might. And even if he doesn't, he should still be a key contributor within the offense.