Ranking 2024’s top 12 free-agent tight ends
Even after last year’s signing of Hayden Hurst, could the Carolina Panthers be in the market for a new tight end?
If so, here are some of the best that free agency has to offer:
1. Dalton Schultz (Age: 27)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 15 (8)
Receptions: 59
Receiving yards: 635
Receiving touchdowns: 5
Yards per reception: 10.8
2. Hunter Henry (Age: 29)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 14 (10)
Receptions: 42
Receiving yards: 419
Receiving touchdowns: 6
Yards per reception: 10.0
3. Noah Fant (Age: 26)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (17)
Receptions: 32
Receiving yards: 414
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Yards per reception: 12.9
4. Mike Gesicki (Age: 28)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (10)
Receptions: 29
Receiving yards: 244
Receiving touchdowns: 2
Yards per reception: 8.4
5. Gerald Everett (Age: 29)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 15 (12)
Receptions: 51
Receiving yards: 411
Receiving touchdowns: 3
Yards per reception: 8.1
6. Austin Hooper (Age: 29)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (9)
Receptions: 31
Receiving yards: 234
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Yards per reception: 9.4
7. Adam Trautman (Age: 27)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (12)
Receptions: 22
Receiving yards: 204
Receiving touchdowns: 3
Yards per reception: 9.3
8. Robert Tonyan (Age: 29)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (6)
Receptions: 11
Receiving yards: 112
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Yards per reception: 10.2
9. Harrison Bryant (Age: 25)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (9)
Receptions: 13
Receiving yards: 81
Receiving touchdowns: 3
Yards per reception: 6.2
10. Irv Smith Jr. (Age: 25)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 12 (6)
Receptions: 18
Receiving yards: 115
Receiving touchdowns: 1
Yards per reception: 6.4
11. MyCole Pruitt (Age: 31)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (8)
Receptions: 9
Receiving yards: 110
Receiving touchdowns: 1
Yards per reception: 12.2
12. Colby Parkinson (Age: 25)
2023 stats
Games (starts): 17 (1)
Receptions: 25
Receiving yards: 247
Receiving touchdowns: 2
Yards per reception: 9.9
Best of the rest
Jimmy Graham (39)
Tanner Hudson (29)
Tyler Kroft (31)
Marcedes Lewis (39)
Johnny Mundt (29)
Drew Sample (27)
Geoff Swaim (30)
Brock Wright (25)*
*Restricted Free Agent
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