TE · Cleveland · 2026 outlook
Harold Fannin Jr. saw 107 targets as a rookie, the most of any tight end in this group, and turned them into 72 catches for 731 yards.
A hundred and seven targets from a rookie tight end is the standout number in this file, and it is worth more than the yardage that came from it. Seventy-two catches in full PPR is a real weekly floor, and a 20.5 percent target share means Cleveland was throwing to him on purpose rather than as a checkdown. What is missing is the yardage: 731 yards on 72 catches is 10.2 a reception, which is short-area work almost exclusively. He is a volume tight end, not a downfield one, and in half-PPR or standard scoring that distinction costs him a lot.
The 2026 case is that the volume is the hard part and he already has it. Tight ends who see 100 targets as rookies rarely lose the role, and the yards per catch is the number most likely to improve as the offense trusts him further downfield. Cleveland's schedule is neutral at 3 out of 5 with a week 11 bye. The bear case is a quarterback situation that keeps the throws short and a six-touchdown rate that is average rather than improving. In full PPR he is one of the safer picks at a position with almost no safe picks, and that is worth something.
In full PPR he has the best case of anyone in this group outside the top two, because 107 targets is the most reliable input at the position. In standard scoring he falls, since 10.2 yards a catch means the receptions are not carrying much yardage with them.
Cleveland used him underneath. Seventy-two catches for 731 yards is short-area, high-volume work rather than downfield production. It is the number most likely to improve in year two, and the one that would move him up a tier if it did.
About as safe as tight end gets. A rookie who commands a 20.5 percent target share has demonstrated the thing that is hardest to demonstrate at this position, and roles like that usually hold. What is not settled is how much that role is worth.
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