Fantasy Football Tight End Premium Rankings (2025) - Tucker Kraft, Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren, Jonnu Smith, Isaiah Likely, Elijah Arroyo, Dalton Kincaid

August 2, 2025

RotoBaller's 2025 fantasy football tight end premium rankings. These are updated TEP rankings and include QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs, rookie, and more for redraft leagues.

If you are unfamiliar with tight-end premium scoring in fantasy football, these leagues reward extra points for tight-end receptions and/or receiving yards. The goal of these leagues is to have more fantasy-relevant tight ends, as the position is traditionally shallow after the top seven or eight TEs. To help you with your draft-day efforts, check out our updated 2025 fantasy football tight end premium rankings. Below, you will see where key TEs like Tucker Kraft, Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren, Jonnu Smith, Isaiah Likely, Elijah Arroyo, and Dalton Kincaid stand among all others with boosted scoring.

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RotoBaller analysts Scott Engel and Dave Ventresca have put together these updated 2025 TEP rankings, which will be updated regularly throughout the NFL offseason. As injuries happen and depth charts shake up, be sure to check back in.

2025 Fantasy Football Tight End Premium Rankings

Tight End Fantasy Football Outlooks

Tyler Warren, Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts rookie tight end Tyler Warren was selected with the team's 14th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. The first thing that will frustrate fantasy managers about him won't be his talent, but the play of the team's current starting quarterback, Anthony Richardson. Richardson is unique in that he's actually pretty accurate on deep throws, but struggles at times in the short-passing game. The Colts also have a crowded WR room, and distributed targets frustratingly thin for fantasy managers last season.

Warren had elite rushing upside in college for a tight end, though. There's been speculation that he could be good for six or more rushing touchdowns in his first season. He's a bulldozer with the ball in his hands, and that's good for something. Warren might be a sneaky stud in standard (non-PPR) leagues, where his rushing value is more even with his receiving value, considering that zero points are awarded for receptions. It's hard to have much faith in Richardson or his backup, Daniel Jones, though the latter would probably be better for Warren's value, unironically.

Colston Loveland, Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland (shoulder) was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, giving him elite draft capital. Despite his lack of college production, he had suspect QB play last season, so his statistics were misleading. He's an elite route-runner for a tight end and is 6-foot-6, so he has an elite catch radius. The 21-year-old is still recovering from a shoulder injury he played through in 2024 that he had surgery to address in the offseason.

Loveland being thought of so highly by new Bears head coach Ben Johnson says a lot. While the team already has wide receivers DJ Moore and Rome Odunze, and drafted wideout Luther Burden III in the second round of the 2025 draft, Loveland can immediately become the team's TE1 and take over a solid share of the passing game. Tight end Cole Kmet figures to be Loveland's backup. Still, it's a crowded pass-catcher room, making it hard to project Loveland's volume.

His ADP in redraft leagues is very low, so it shouldn't be hard to draft him in the later rounds. He's immensely talented and will be in the hands of an immensely talented offensive mind in Johnson. So, Loveland has a ton of upside for not being very expensive. He's absolutely worth drafting and should finish as a top-8 TE this season.

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