Usage comparison · Tight ends

Elijah Higgins vs Zach Ertz

Zach Ertz gets more of his team's passes (12% vs 6%) and more of the deep throws (9% of its air yards vs 2%). Near the end zone, they have had the same number of chances (1 play within 20 yards), but Zach Ertz gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (5% vs 3%). Elijah Higgins is scoring more fantasy points a game (7.5 vs 2.6, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 4.7 vs 4.6 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

TEARI

Elijah Higgins
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
7.5
Expected points per gameEst.
4.7

2 games with a target, carry or dropback

TEPHI

Zach Ertz
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
2.6
Expected points per gameEst.
4.6

2 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. 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.
Elijah Higgins and Zach Ertz, season usage side by side
StatElijah HigginsZach Ertz
Games22
Passes thrown to him
Targets56
Target share6%12%
Air-yards share2%9%
Catches53
Receiving yards3922
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances11
Red-zone share3%5%
End-zone targets10
Touchdowns
Touchdowns10
Expected touchdownsEst.0.50.1
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)7.52.6
Fantasy points (PPR)14.95.2
Expected points per gameEst.4.74.6
Points vs expectedEst.+2.7−2.0

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.

  • Elijah Higgins
  • Zach Ertz

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

Target share by week
WeekElijah HigginsZach Ertz
1— no game with a target, carry or dropback— no game with a target, carry or dropback
2— no game with a target, carry or dropback— no game with a target, carry or dropback
36%against SF8%against CHI
46%against NYG16%against LA

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 Elijah Higgins and Zach Ertz
LeaderboardElijah HigginsZach Ertz
Target share leadersBelow the minimum (at least 10 targets in at least 2 games)Below the minimum (at least 10 targets in at least 2 games)
Air-yards share leadersBelow the minimum (at least 10 targets in at least 2 games)Below the minimum (at least 10 targets in at least 2 games)
Red-zone share leadersBelow the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)Below the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)
Red-zone opportunity leaders#46of 96 tight ends#60of 96 tight ends
End-zone target leaders#26of 96 tight ends#96of 96 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#40of 96 tight ends#42of 96 tight ends

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