2019 Early Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings: Top 30

I’m going to make these rankings short and sweet. There are the top 3 and then the rest. Tight Ends are a mish mosh of players that if you do not draft right in the beginning, you have a chance to make it up on waivers. See my overall Tight End rankings as well as how they are separated into tier’s. If you are unsure about tiers, I have an explanation in my article https://bellyupsports.com/2019/07/early-fantasy-football-quarterback-rankings/. Now the top 30 tight ends.

Rank	Name	Tm	ADP
1	Travis Kelce	KC	1
2	Zach Ertz	PHI	2
3	George Kittle	SF	3
4	Evan Engram	NYG	5
5	Hunter Henry	LAC	6
6	O.J. Howard	TB	4
7	Eric Ebron	IND	8
8	Delanie Walker	TEN	12
9	Jared Cook	NO	7
10	David Njoku	CLE	10
11	Vance McDonald	PIT	9
12	Austin Hooper	ATL	11
13	Greg Olsen	CAR	16
14	Jack Doyle	IND	23
15	Trey Burton	CHI	13
16	Jordan Reed	WAS	18
17	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	14
18	Jimmy Graham	GB	17
19	Chris Herndon	NYJ	21
20	Mark Andrews	BAL	20
21	Dallas Goedert	PHI	22
22	T.J. Hockenson	DET	15
23	Noah Fant	DEN	19
24	Mike Gesicki	MIA	26
25	Tyler Eifert	CIN	24
26	Jason Witten	DAL	25
27	Gerald Everett	LA	28
28	Will Dissly	SEA	38
29	Cameron Brate	TB	29
30	Benjamin Watson	NE	39

Tier One

Rank	Name	Tm	ADP
1	Travis Kelce	KC	1
2	Zach Ertz	PHI	2
3	George Kittle	SF	3

It is these 3 guys and then the rest. I was big on Kittle last year and was surprised how he emerged into the top 3. Ertz is a target monster and Kelce is being drafted as high as the 3rd round. I have seen some guys take one of these 3 guys instead of taking a wide receiver first. Should be interesting to see how this plays out, if that can be a strategy moving forward.

Tier Two

Rank	Name	Tm	ADP
4	Evan Engram	NYG	5
5	Hunter Henry	LAC	6
6	O.J. Howard	TB	4
7	Eric Ebron	IND	8
8	Delanie Walker	TEN	12
9	Jared Cook	NO	7
10	David Njoku	CLE	10

Like the top tier, this group is really hard to separate from one another. I think once the run starts, this will be the group that will be heavily targeted. My guy is Hunter Henry in this group. He will be who I am targeting. Check out my piece on Henry https://bellyupsports.com/2019/07/2019-fantasy-football-sleepers-bounce-back-candidates/ and see why I think he is a bounce back candate in 2019. I noticed Delanie Walker is getting no love this year. Even though he was out all of 2018 , you cant forget he has been a top 5 Tight End the previous 2 years.

Tier Three

Rank	Name	Tm	ADP
11	Vance McDonald	PIT	9
12	Austin Hooper	ATL	11
13	Greg Olsen	CAR	16
14	Jack Doyle	IND	23
15	Trey Burton	CHI	13
16	Jordan Reed	WAS	18
17	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	14
18	Jimmy Graham	GB	17
19	Chris Herndon	NYJ	21
20	Mark Andrews	BAL	20
21	Dallas Goedert	PHI	22

If you are like me, I like to wait for a tight end, although looking at this mess I may have to jump up this year into the previous tier. So many questions with this group. Mcdonald and Hooper seem the safest, but I have drafted those 2 guys before with mediocre outcome. Olsen, Dole, Burton, Reed, Rudolph and Graham, remember when they were all top tight end picks? Now, with health issues you have to carry a second tight end if you grab one of them. Herndon is suspended 4 games maybe back him up with a player like Graham. Andrews has gotten some love out of OTA’s as well as Goedert. Going to be interesting for these guys that’s for sure.

Tier 4

Rank	Name	Tm	ADP
22	T.J. Hockenson	DET	15
23	Noah Fant	DEN	19
24	Mike Gesicki	MIA	26
25	Tyler Eifert	CIN	24
26	Jason Witten	DAL	25
27	Gerald Everett	LA	28
28	Will Dissly	SEA	38
29	Cameron Brate	TB	29
30	Benjamin Watson	NE	39

If you want one of these rookies, you are going to have to grab them early. Hockenson and Fant seem to be the guys. Their ADP is higher than where I have them ranked. I would like to take a late flier on Mike Gesicki. I think Fitzpatrick will look for him as he did with his tight ends in Tampa Bay. No thanks on Eifert and Witten. Have no idea why the guy even came back, I would have stayed in the booth like Romo.