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Blake Whiteheart
TE · CLE · 2024–2026
Born March 22, 2000 · College Wake Forest · Undrafted · 6-4, 250 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CLE | 7 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 66.7 | −0.417 | +0.104−0.082 to +0.290 | 3.4 | 9.0 | −3.8 | +0.05 |
| 2025 | CLE | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.3 | −0.621 | +0.128−0.060 to +0.316 | 2.2 | 7.2 | −3.7 | −0.05 |
| 2026 | CLE | 6 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 66.7 | +0.215 | +0.162−0.026 to +0.350 | 3.4 | 5.3 | +1.3 | +0.22 |
| Career | CLE | 22 | 21 | 12 | 103 | 2 | 57.1 | −0.295 | 2.9 | 7.4 | −6.2 | +0.22 |
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 9 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | CLE | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | CLE | 22 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ARI | 1 | 2 | 3.3 | – | – |
| 2024 | CLE | 11 | 204 | 27.7 | – | – |
| 2025 | CLE | 16 | 241 | 23.7 | – | – |
Hands and contested catches
Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Targets charted | Catchable % | Drops | Drop % of catchable | Contested targets | Contested catch % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2026 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Game logs
2026 game log (6 games)
2026 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-13 | @ JAX | L 10–34 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | +1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2026-09-20 | @ TB | W 23–19 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | +2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2026-10-01 | vs PIT | W 27–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2026-10-18 | vs BAL | W 13–10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | +0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2026-11-01 | @ PIT | L 6–27 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | −2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2026-11-08 | @ NO | L 22–23 OT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 game log (9 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | vs GB | W 13–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2025-09-28 | @ DET | L 10–34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | @ PIT | L 9–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | vs MIA | W 31–6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | −1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | @ NYJ | L 20–27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-11-30 | vs SF | L 8–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2025-12-07 | vs TEN | L 29–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | vs PIT | W 13–6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2026-01-04 | @ CIN | W 20–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |