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Updated Week 12 Tight End Rankings

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Our updated Week 12 fantasy football tight end rankings for 2020. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his TE ranks.

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick MarianoPierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 12.

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:

 

Week 12 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings

You can also see our full Week 12 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 11/29 at 9:45 am ET:

TE Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Darren Waller TE 16
2 Travis Kelce TE 24
3 T.J. Hockenson TE 49
4 Hunter Henry TE 78
5 Dallas Goedert TE 83
6 Noah Fant TE 90
7 Evan Engram TE 91
8 Rob Gronkowski TE 99
9 Austin Hooper TE 106
10 Jonnu Smith TE 109
11 Jordan Reed TE 113
12 Logan Thomas TE 116
13 Eric Ebron TE 117
14 Hayden Hurst TE 119
15 Dalton Schultz TE 122
16 Mike Gesicki TE 127
17 Jimmy Graham TE 130
18 Jordan Akins TE 131
19 Kyle Rudolph TE 132
20 Robert Tonyan TE 134
21 Trey Burton TE 146
22 Jared Cook TE 154
23 Richard Rodgers TE 161
24 Jacob Hollister TE 162
25 Will Dissly TE 166
26 Gerald Everett TE 169
27 Tyler Higbee TE 170
28 Mo Alie-Cox TE 177
29 Drew Sample TE 183
30 Chris Herndon IV TE 185
31 Tyler Eifert TE 186
32 Jack Doyle TE 190
33 Anthony Firkser TE 192
34 Cameron Brate TE 201
35 Darren Fells TE 202
36 Ian Thomas TE 206
37 Dan Arnold TE 207
38 Jason Witten TE 211
39 Dawson Knox TE 213
40 Harrison Bryant TE 215
41 Cole Kmet TE 217
42 Ross Dwelley TE 218
43 Jace Sternberger TE 220
44 Durham Smythe TE 223
45 David Njoku TE 224
46 Ryan Izzo TE 226
47 Jesse James TE 234
48 Maxx Williams TE 239
49 Pharaoh Brown TE 240
50 Adam Shaheen TE 255
51 Nick Keizer TE 266
52 Nick Vannett TE 271
53 Donald Parham Jr. TE 278
54 Foster Moreau TE 283
55 Adam Trautman TE 284
56 Troy Fumagalli TE 294
57 Ryan Griffin TE 300
58 Marcedes Lewis TE 305
59 Blake Bell TE 306
60 Chris Manhertz TE 307
61 Vance McDonald TE 310
62 Tyler Kroft TE 319


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William Byron

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Denny Hamlin

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Alex Bowman

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