Usage comparison · Tight ends

Colston Loveland vs T.J. Hockenson

T.J. Hockenson gets more of his team's passes (21% vs 15%) and more of the deep throws (19% of its air yards vs 13%). In total, though, Colston Loveland has more targets (30 vs 27). Colston Loveland has played 6 games and T.J. Hockenson 5 games. Near the end zone, Colston Loveland has had more chances (9 vs 5 plays within 20 yards), but T.J. Hockenson gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (14% vs 9%). T.J. Hockenson is scoring more fantasy points a game (9.8 vs 7.1, PPR), but the chances Colston Loveland gets usually score more: 9.1 vs 9.0 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–6 · Updated Oct 19, 2026

TECHI

Colston Loveland

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 7.1
Expected points per gameEst.: 9.1

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

TEMIN

T.J. Hockenson

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 9.8
Expected points per gameEst.: 9.0

5 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 5. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

Colston Loveland and T.J. Hockenson, season usage side by side
Stat	Colston Loveland	T.J. Hockenson
Games	6	5
Passes thrown to him
Targets	30	27
Target share	15%	21%
Air-yards share	13%	19%
Catches	19	23
Receiving yards	175	202
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	9	5
Red-zone share	9%	14%
End-zone targets	4	1
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	1	1
Expected touchdownsEst.	2.6	1.1
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	7.1	9.8
Fantasy points (PPR)	42.5	49.2
Expected points per gameEst.	9.1	9.0
Points vs expectedEst.	−2.1	+0.8

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

Colston Loveland
T.J. Hockenson

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
Week	Colston Loveland	T.J. Hockenson
1	8%against CAR	22%against GB
2	10%against MIN	21%against CHI
3	12%against PHI	16%against TB
4	29%against NYJ	39%against MIA
5	13%against GB	3%against NO
6	21%against ATL	— no game with a target, carry or dropback

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for Colston Loveland and T.J. Hockenson
Leaderboard	Colston Loveland	T.J. Hockenson
Target share leaders	#19of 47 tight ends	#5of 47 tight ends
Air-yards share leaders	#16of 47 tight ends	#5of 47 tight ends
Red-zone share leaders	#20of 35 tight ends	#4of 35 tight ends
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#2of 104 tight ends	#19of 104 tight ends
End-zone target leaders	#6of 104 tight ends	#47of 104 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#15of 104 tight ends	#17of 104 tight ends

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.