Tyler Kroft

TE · CIN/BUF/NYJ/SF · 2015–2022

Born October 15, 1992 · College Rutgers · Drafted 2015, round 3, pick 85 (CIN) · 6-6, 252 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)
2015	CIN	11	15	11	129	1	73.3	+0.352	+0.115−0.067 to +0.298	4.3	5.9	+5.3	+0.05
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.434		2.6	4.0	−0.4	−0.01
2016	CIN	9	12	10	92	0	83.3	+0.053	+0.122−0.063 to +0.306	3.8	7.7	+0.6	−0.05
2017	CIN	15	62	42	404	7	67.7	+0.277	+0.191+0.031 to +0.352	13.6	7.5	+17.2	+0.28
2018	CIN	5	6	4	36	0	66.7	−0.740	+0.107−0.081 to +0.295	3.2	7.2	−4.4	−0.22
2019	BUF	8	14	6	71	1	42.9	+0.031	+0.130−0.053 to +0.314	6.1	7.3	+0.4	+0.09
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	−0.516		4.7	9.5	−1.0	−0.01
2020	BUF	6	16	12	119	3	75.0	+0.534	+0.170−0.012 to +0.352	8.6	7.6	+8.5	+0.42
2021	NYJ	9	25	16	173	1	64.0	+0.216	+0.115−0.063 to +0.292	8.4	5.8	+5.4	+0.25
2022	SF	5	5	4	57	0	80.0	+0.545	+0.107−0.082 to +0.296	3.6	14.0	+2.7	+0.03
Career	SF	68	155	105	1,081	13	67.7	+0.231		7.2	7.3	+35.8	+0.85

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
2015	CIN	11	10
2016	CIN	9	8
2017	CIN	15	4
2018	CIN	5	1
2020	BUF	6	1
2021	NYJ	9	3
2022	SF	5	1
Career	SF	68	28

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
2016	CIN	14	368	38.8	–	–
2017	CIN	16	806	85.5	–	–
2018	CIN	5	116	35.5	–	–
2019	BUF	11	244	34.9	–	–
2019 playoffs	BUF	1	20	24.4	–	–
2020	BUF	10	277	42.7	–	–
2021	NYJ	9	354	62.8	–	–
2022	SF	11	230	32.5	–	–
2022 playoffs	SF	2	16	14.7	–	–
2023	MIA	4	33	12.8	–	–

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 %
2022	5	80.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2022 game log (5 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ CHI	L 10–19	2	1	9	−0.3	0
8	2022-10-30	@ LA	W 31–14	1	1	6	+0.2	0
13	2022-12-04	vs MIA	W 33–17	1	1	14	+1.0	0
15	2022-12-15	@ SEA	W 21–13	1	1	28	+1.9	0
16	2022-12-24	vs WAS	W 37–20	0	0	0	0.0	1

2021 game log (9 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ CAR	L 14–19	5	3	26	0	−0.2	0
2	2021-09-19	vs NE	L 6–25	2	1	8	0	−0.3	1
3	2021-09-26	@ DEN	L 0–26	2	2	12	0	+1.4	0
4	2021-10-03	vs TEN	W 27–24 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.7	1
8	2021-10-31	vs CIN	W 34–31	2	2	20	1	+2.9	0
9	2021-11-04	@ IND	L 30–45	3	2	38	0	+2.3	0
15	2021-12-19	@ MIA	L 24–31	2	2	35	0	+2.6	0
16	2021-12-26	vs JAX	W 26–21	5	3	29	0	−1.4	0
18	2022-01-09	@ BUF	L 10–27	3	1	5	0	−1.3	1

2020 game log (6 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2020-09-27	vs LA	W 35–32	5	4	24	2	+3.7	1
4	2020-10-04	@ LV	W 30–23	3	1	12	0	−0.2	0
6	2020-10-19	vs KC	L 17–26	2	1	7	0	−0.1	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NYJ	W 18–10	4	4	64	0	+4.0	0
8	2020-11-01	vs NE	W 24–21	1	1	11	0	+0.7	0
9	2020-11-08	vs SEA	W 44–34	1	1	1	1	+0.5	0

2019 game log (9 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
8	2019-10-27	vs PHI	L 13–31	4	2	32	0	+0.6
9	2019-11-03	vs WAS	W 24–9	1	0	0	0	−0.7
11	2019-11-17	@ MIA	W 37–20	1	1	6	0	+0.3
12	2019-11-24	vs DEN	W 20–3	1	1	14	0	+0.8
14	2019-12-08	vs BAL	L 17–24	1	0	0	0	−0.2
15	2019-12-15	@ PIT	W 17–10	1	1	14	1	+3.5
16	2019-12-21	@ NE	L 17–24	1	0	0	0	−0.5
17	2019-12-29	vs NYJ	L 6–13	4	1	5	0	−3.3
P18	2020-01-04	@ HOU	L 19–22 OT	2	0	0	0	−1.0

2018 game log (5 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ IND	W 34–23	1	1	9	+0.5	0
2	2018-09-13	vs BAL	W 34–23	2	2	11	+0.9	0
3	2018-09-23	@ CAR	L 21–31	1	1	16	+1.0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ ATL	W 37–36	1	0	0	−6.3	0
5	2018-10-07	vs MIA	W 27–17	1	0	0	−0.4	1

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	vs BAL	L 0–20	1	1	5	0	+0.4	1
3	2017-09-24	@ GB	L 24–27 OT	4	3	28	0	+1.3	0
4	2017-10-01	@ CLE	W 31–7	7	6	68	2	+8.1	0
5	2017-10-08	vs BUF	W 20–16	5	4	38	0	+1.7	0
7	2017-10-22	@ PIT	L 14–29	4	4	23	1	+1.9	2
8	2017-10-29	vs IND	W 24–23	6	5	46	0	+2.0	0
9	2017-11-05	@ JAX	L 7–23	2	2	79	0	+5.6	0
10	2017-11-12	@ TEN	L 20–24	6	1	4	0	−4.0	0
11	2017-11-19	@ DEN	W 20–17	3	2	12	1	+1.3	0
12	2017-11-26	vs CLE	W 30–16	4	3	14	1	−0.8	0
13	2017-12-04	vs PIT	L 20–23	2	2	30	0	+2.3	0
14	2017-12-10	vs CHI	L 7–33	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
15	2017-12-17	@ MIN	L 7–34	4	2	1	0	−2.7	0
16	2017-12-24	vs DET	W 26–17	5	1	3	0	−2.5	0
17	2017-12-31	@ BAL	W 31–27	8	6	53	2	+4.0	1

2016 game log (9 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	@ PIT	L 16–24	4	3	35	+1.3	1
5	2016-10-09	@ DAL	L 14–28	3	3	29	+1.3	0
6	2016-10-16	@ NE	L 17–35	2	2	19	+1.3	1
7	2016-10-23	vs CLE	W 31–17	1	1	3	−0.3	0
8	2016-10-30	vs WAS	T 27–27 OT	1	1	6	+0.3	0
10	2016-11-14	@ NYG	L 20–21	1	0	0	−3.3	3
12	2016-11-27	@ BAL	L 14–19	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2016-12-11	@ CLE	W 23–10	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2016-12-18	vs PIT	L 20–24	0	0	0	0.0	1

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2015-10-04	vs KC	W 36–21	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2015-10-11	vs SEA	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2015-11-01	@ PIT	W 16–10	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2015-11-16	vs HOU	L 6–10	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2015-11-22	@ ARI	L 31–34	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
12	2015-11-29	vs LA	W 31–7	1	1	4	0	−1.0	3
13	2015-12-06	@ CLE	W 37–3	1	1	17	0	+1.0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs PIT	L 20–33	3	2	31	0	+2.0	1
15	2015-12-20	@ SF	W 24–14	3	3	31	1	+1.8	0
16	2015-12-28	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	6	4	46	0	+2.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs BAL	W 24–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
P18	2016-01-09	vs PIT	L 16–18	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0