Ben Ellefson

Overall rank

TE101

2022

Minnesota Vikings

ADP

FFPC

350.0

Height

6' 3"
Weight

249 lbs
Arm Length

32 3/8"

Draft Pick

Undrafted 2020
College

North Dakota State
Age

26.7

Overall rank

TE101

2022

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4.87 25th

Pro Day 4.82

86.9 16th

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Ben Ellefson Season Stats

Year Year	Games Played Games	Targets Tgts	Receptions Rec	Receiving Yards Rec Yds	Yards Per Reception YPR	Air Yards Air Yds	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game
2022	4	3	3	26	8.7	15	1.4
2021	5	1	0	0	0.0	7	0.0
2020	7	4	1	10	10.0	42	0.6

College Dominator

15.3% (44th)
College YPR

13.6 (63rd)
Breakout Age

-
SPARQ-x

-

Ben Ellefson Advanced Stats & Metrics

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
3 (0.8 p/g)	2.1% (3.7% rz)	33.3%	15.7%	0 (0.0% rate)	9 (2.3 p/g)	5.7%
#104	-	-	#102	-	#116	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
15 (3.8 p/g)	1.4%	5.0	0 (0.0 p/g)	1 (1 rec)	6.50	100.0% (3 tgts)
-	-	-	-	#79	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
3 (0.8 p/g)	26 (6.5 p/g)	11 (3.7 p/tgt)	0 (0.0 p/tgt)	0 (0.0% rate)	1.4	1.2 (+0.18 diff)
#96	#97	#97	-	-	-	#88

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
10.0	2.89	-	8.7	8.7	0.17	100.0% (100.0% actual)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
2.67	0.00	+3.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0 (0.0% rate)	0.0% (0 tgts)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+22.9	+0.9	102.8	0.0 (0.0 p/g)	0.62	1.87	5.60
-	#79	-	-	-	-	#101

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
1 (0.2 p/g)	0.6% (0.0% rz)	7.7%	25.0%	0 (0.0% rate)	13 (2.6 p/g)	7.9%
#118	-	-	#82	-	#109	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
7 (1.4 p/g)	0.6%	7.0	0 (0.0 p/g)	0 (0 rec)	6.50	100.0% (1 tgts)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
0 (0.0 p/g)	0 (0.0 p/g)	0 (0.0 p/tgt)	7 (7.0 p/tgt)	0	0.0	0.1 (-0.05 diff)
-	-	-	#97	-	-	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
7.5	0.00	-	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.0% (0.0% actual)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.00	0.00	-100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1 (100.0% rate)	0.0% (0 tgts)
-	-	-	-	-	#45	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
-100.0	-0.7	2.1	0.0 (0.0 p/g)	0.00	0.00	0.00
-	#157	-	-	-	-	#121

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
4 (0.6 p/g)	1.8% (0.0% rz)	18.2%	21.0%	7 (7.7% rate)	22 (3.1 p/g)	9.3%
#92	-	-	#93	#101	#98	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
42 (6.0 p/g)	3.2%	10.5	1 (0.1 p/g)	0 (0 rec)	2.00	50.0% (2 tgts)
-	-	-	#52	#98	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
1 (0.1 p/g)	10 (1.4 p/g)	3 (0.8 p/tgt)	35 (8.8 p/tgt)	0 (0.0% rate)	0.6	1.9 (-1.18 diff)
#100	#105	#103	#71	#79	-	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
8.0	0.45	-	2.5	10.0	0.04	50.0% (25.0% actual)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.75	1.27	-39.6%	0.0%	-	1 (25.0% rate)	0.0% (1 tgts)
-	-	#102	-	-	#43	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
-57.9	-8.0	-70.8	0.0 (0.0 p/g)	0.18	1.00	4.00
#132	#141	-	#60	-	-	#103

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	GB	24.1%	1 (3.0% rate)	1 (1 rz)	1	2 (1 air)	1.2 (#52)
2	PHI	3.4%	0	0	0	0	0.0 (#55)
3	DET	17.9%	6 (14.3% rate)	2	2	24 (14 air)	4.4 (#34)
4	NO	16.9%	2 (4.9% rate)	0	0	0	0.0 (#59)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
2	ARI	26.7%	3	0	0	0.0 (#59)
3	SEA	38.4%	4	0	0	0.0 (#54)
4	CLE	22.6%	2	0	0	0.0 (#58)
5	DET	18.8%	1	1	0 (7 air)	0.0 (#62)
18	CHI	14.3%	3	0	0	0.0 (#53)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	IND	20.0%	1	0	0	0	0.0 (#58)
2	TEN	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.0 (#53)
7	LAC	22.6%	2	0	0	0	2.0 (#41)
9	HOU	38.2%	3	0	0	0	0.0 (#54)
10	GB	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.0 (#47)
11	PIT	48.2%	11	3	1	10 (30 air)	2.0 (#42)
12	CLE	22.6%	5	1	0	0 (12 air)	0.0 (#52)

Value Over Stream

(VOS)

-4.2

(#407)

Value Over Stream: Valuation scheme calculates a player’s fantasy pts/game over the average waiver wire replacement in standard fantasy league formats during either the current season (or previous year during the offseason) and adjusts for positional bust rates. VOS rank in parenthesis spans all positions, enabling player comparisons across QB's, RB's, WR's, and TE's.

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Ben Ellefson Injury History

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Groin strain

Week 12 (2022)

Knee injury

Week 5 (2021)

Foot injury

Week 5 (2021)

Knee sprain

Week 12 (2020)