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Our updated Week 1 fantasy football tight end rankings for 2021. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his TE ranks.
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:
- Kyle Rudolph Good To Go For Week 1
- Adam Trautman Is Healthy For Week 1
- Maxx Williams Ready For Season-Opener
- Evan Engram Won't Practice Wednesday
- O.J. Howard Likely To Play In The Opener
- Hunter Henry Not On The Injury Report
These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 1.
And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!
Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:- 2025 fantasy football rankings
- Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings
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- Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings
- Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
- NFL rookie fantasy football rankings
- Best ball fantasy football rankings
- Superflex fantasy football rankings
- Dynasty fantasy football rankings
Week 1 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
You can also see our full Week 1 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.
Last updated on Sunday 9/12 at 10:30 am ET:
| TE Rank | Player Name | Pos | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Travis Kelce | TE | 7 |
| 4 | George Kittle | TE | 31 |
| 2 | Mark Andrews | TE | 46 |
| 3 | Darren Waller | TE | 49 |
| 5 | T.J. Hockenson | TE | 73 |
| 6 | Logan Thomas | TE | 86 |
| 7 | Kyle Pitts | TE | 87 |
| 8 | Dallas Goedert | TE | 94 |
| 9 | Noah Fant | TE | 96 |
| 11 | Jonnu Smith | TE | 102 |
| 10 | Tyler Higbee | TE | 106 |
| 12 | Robert Tonyan | TE | 107 |
| 13 | Mike Gesicki | TE | 111 |
| 14 | Austin Hooper | TE | 117 |
| 15 | Rob Gronkowski | TE | 121 |
| 16 | Hunter Henry | TE | 126 |
| 17 | Gerald Everett | TE | 128 |
| 18 | Zach Ertz | TE | 139 |
| 19 | Anthony Firkser | TE | 144 |
| 20 | Jared Cook | TE | 146 |
| 21 | Tyler Conklin | TE | 147 |
| 22 | Cole Kmet | TE | 149 |
| 23 | Blake Jarwin | TE | 151 |
| 24 | Eric Ebron | TE | 154 |
| 25 | Kyle Rudolph | TE | 161 |
| 26 | Dawson Knox | TE | 166 |
| 27 | Hayden Hurst | TE | 168 |
| 28 | Tyler Kroft | TE | 170 |
| 29 | Dan Arnold | TE | 172 |
| 30 | C.J. Uzomah | TE | 185 |
| 31 | Jack Doyle | TE | 191 |
| 32 | Jordan Akins | TE | 192 |
| 33 | Dalton Schultz | TE | 196 |
| 34 | Jimmy Graham | TE | 202 |
| 35 | Adam Trautman | TE | 204 |
| 36 | O.J. Howard | TE | 206 |
| 37 | Donald Parham Jr. | TE | 207 |
| 38 | Mo Alie-Cox | TE | 212 |
| 39 | Chris Herndon IV | TE | 215 |
| 40 | Pharaoh Brown | TE | 218 |
| 41 | Pat Freiermuth | TE | 219 |
| 42 | Will Dissly | TE | 226 |
| 43 | Jacob Harris | TE | 228 |
| 44 | David Njoku | TE | 232 |
| 45 | James O'Shaughnessy | TE | 235 |
| 46 | Kylen Granson | TE | 237 |
| 47 | Albert Okwuegbunam | TE | 240 |
| 48 | Harrison Bryant | TE | 242 |
| 49 | Brevin Jordan | TE | 243 |
| 50 | Maxx Williams | TE | 249 |
| 51 | Geoff Swaim | TE | 259 |
| 52 | Cameron Brate | TE | 260 |
| 53 | Darren Fells | TE | 263 |
| 54 | Drew Sample | TE | 264 |
| 55 | Kaden Smith | TE | 269 |
| 56 | Ian Thomas | TE | 272 |
| 57 | Hunter Bryant | TE | 278 |
| 58 | Noah Gray | TE | 282 |
| 59 | Foster Moreau | TE | 285 |
| 60 | Darrell Daniels | TE | 292 |
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