Today I wanted to continue the series, looking at NFL tight ends receiving stats. The Pittsburgh Steelers added MyCole Pruitt this offseason, who has a rapport with new OC Arthur Smith in both of his prior coaching stops in Atlanta and Tennessee.
The stats in this study are from the 2023 season, focusing on Pruitt and current Steelers for comparison. The goal is to see how they stacked up against their peers across the NFL and what that could mean for 2024.
Let’s dive in, starting with on target catch percentage (total receptions/number of catchable targets) which highlights the quality of targets and connectivity, along with drop percentage (drops/catchable targets) to see who made the most of their expected catch situations:
Here we see Pruitt lands impressively on the most ideal plot point of the visual, tying for first with several players at the extreme top right with a 100-percent on target catch rate and zero percent drop rate.