O.J. Howard

Overall rank

TE51

2021

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

ADP

Underdog

213.5

Height

6' 6"
Weight

251 lbs
Arm Length

33 3/4" (78th)

Draft Pick

1.19 2017
College

Alabama
Age

26.9

Overall rank

TE51

2021

ADP

Underdog

213.5

Workout Metrics

4.51 96th

123.9 99th

113.0 31st

11.01 96th

10.23 88th

40-Yard Dash

Speed Score

Burst Score

Agility Score

Catch Radius

Season Stats

Year Year	Games Played Games	Targets Tgts	Receptions Rec	Receiving Yards Rec Yds	Yards Per Reception YPR	Air Yards Air Yds	Receiving TDs Rec TD	Fantasy Points Per Game FPts/G
2021	6	13	10	100	10.0	78	1	4.3 (#54)
2020	4	19	11	146	13.3	253	2	9.4 (-)
2019	14	54	34	459	13.5	566	1	6.0 (#30)
2018	10	48	34	565	16.6	567	5	12.1 (#5)
2017	13	39	26	432	16.6	474	6	7.8 (#17)

Start Drafting

College Dominator

15.2 (42nd)
College YPR

13.2 (57th)
Breakout Age

-
SPARQ-x

123.1 (90th)

Multimedia

Why O.J. Howard should the top tight end target in fantasy football leagues

Jun 18, 2019

OJ Howard is the best-value tight end in fantasy football

Jun 11, 2019

O.J. Howard Fantasy Football Preview via PlayerProfiler's "World Famous" Draft Kit 2019

May 31, 2019

Tampa Bay's offense is set to explode under Bruce Arians

Apr 19, 2019

OJ Howard Fantasy Football Preview via PlayerProfiler's "World Famous" Draft Kit

Jun 19, 2018

Advanced Metrics

Snap Share Snap Share	Slot Snaps Slot Snaps	Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Routes Run Routes	Route Participation Route %	Targets Targets	Target Share Tgt Share
39.1%	7 (4.4% rate)	45.0 (2.46 pace)	49 (8.2 p/g)	18.1%	13 (2.2 p/g)	5.0% (2.2% rz)
#71	#85	#1	#66	#58	#56	#58

Air Yards Air Yards	Air Yards Share Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance Average Target Distance	Deep Targets Deep Tgts	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Targets	Hog Rate Hog Rate	Target Rate Tgt Rate
78 (13.0 p/g)	3.4%	6.0	1 (0.2 p/g)	1 (1 rec)	8.1%	26.5%
#56	#58	#49	#25	#61	#46	#6

Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Completed Air Yards Comp Air Yards	Unrealized Air Yards Unrealized Air Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Total TDs Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
10 (1.7 p/g)	100 (16.7 p/g)	38 (2.9 p/tgt)	40 (3.1 p/tgt)	62 (4.8 p/tgt)	1 (10.0% rate)	4.3
#49	#53	#63	#51	#42	#22	#54

Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Route Run Yards/Route	Catchable Target Rate Catchable %	Target Quality Rating Tgt Quality	Catch Rate Catch Rate	True Catch Rate True Catch Rate
10.0	7.7	2.04	69.2% (9 tgts)	4.08	76.9%	111.1%
#39	#36	#9	#51	#52	#14	#2

Target Premium Tgt Prem	Target Accuracy Target Accuracy	Average Cushion Cushion	Target Separation Target Separate	Drops Drops	Drop Rate Drop Rate	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
+0.8%	7.31	0.76	1.15	0 (0.0 p/g)	0.0%	0.0% (1 tgts)
#38	#39	#57	#51	-	#1	-

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	Dominator Rating Dom Rating	QB Rating When Targeted QB Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Pts/Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Pts/Tgt
-5.5	2.3	5.3%	123.9	6.2 (1.0 p/g)	0.53	2.00
#73	#40	#47	#11	#22	#9	#15

Snap Share Snap Share	Slot Snaps Slot Snaps	Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Routes Run Routes	Route Participation Route %	Targets Targets	Target Share Tgt Share
45.8%	6 (5.0% rate)	39.1 (2.18 pace)	59 (14.8 p/g)	38.1%	19 (4.8 p/g)	12.7% (12.5% rz)
#48	#103	#21	#80	-	#58	-

Air Yards Air Yards	Air Yards Share Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance Average Target Distance	Deep Targets Deep Tgts	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Targets	Hog Rate Hog Rate	Target Rate Tgt Rate
253 (63.3 p/g)	18.7%	13.3	4 (1.0 p/g)	3 (2 rec)	16.0%	32.2%
-	-	-	#25	#56	-	-

Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Completed Air Yards Comp Air Yards	Unrealized Air Yards Unrealized Air Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Total TDs Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
11 (2.8 p/g)	146 (36.5 p/g)	137 (7.2 p/tgt)	116 (6.1 p/tgt)	9 (0.5 p/tgt)	2 (18.2% rate)	9.4
#63	#55	#41	#37	#95	#34	-

Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Route Run Yards/Route	Catchable Target Rate Catchable %	Target Quality Rating Tgt Quality	Catch Rate Catch Rate	True Catch Rate True Catch Rate
13.3	7.7	2.47	68.4% (13 tgts)	5.08	57.9%	84.6%
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Premium Tgt Prem	Target Accuracy Target Accuracy	Average Cushion Cushion	Target Separation Target Separate	Drops Drops	Drop Rate Drop Rate	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
-2.9%	50.00	0.73	1.68	2 (0.5 p/g)	10.5%	60.0% (5 tgts)
#56	-	-	-	#28	-	-

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	Dominator Rating Dom Rating	QB Rating When Targeted QB Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Pts/Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Pts/Tgt
+9.3	2.6	15.6%	117.4	6.0 (1.5 p/g)	0.64	1.98
#25	#60	-	-	#33	-	-

Snap Share Snap Share	Slot Snaps Slot Snaps	Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Routes Run Routes	Route Participation Route %	Targets Targets	Target Share Tgt Share
79.6%	89 (12.5% rate)	42.3 (2.32 pace)	333 (23.8 p/g)	61.3%	54 (3.9 p/g)	10.3% (14.3% rz)
#12	#25	#3	#8	#14	#25	#32

Air Yards Air Yards	Air Yards Share Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance Average Target Distance	Deep Targets Deep Tgts	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Targets	Hog Rate Hog Rate	Target Rate Tgt Rate
566 (40.4 p/g)	10.0%	10.5	12 (0.9 p/g)	8 (4 rec)	7.6%	16.2%
#15	#29	#4	#4	#27	#32	#98

Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Completed Air Yards Comp Air Yards	Unrealized Air Yards Unrealized Air Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Total TDs Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
34 (2.4 p/g)	459 (32.8 p/g)	311 (5.8 p/tgt)	255 (4.7 p/tgt)	148 (2.7 p/tgt)	1 (0.0% rate)	6.0
#27	#16	#14	#16	#27	#46	#30

Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Route Run Yards/Route	Catchable Target Rate Catchable %	Target Quality Rating Tgt Quality	Catch Rate Catch Rate	True Catch Rate True Catch Rate
13.5	8.5	1.38	74.1% (40 tgts)	5.45	63.0%	85.0%
#4	#10	#32	#36	#19	#31	#18

Target Premium Tgt Prem	Target Accuracy Target Accuracy	Average Cushion Cushion	Target Separation Target Separate	Drops Drops	Drop Rate Drop Rate	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
-20.3%	7.31	1.10	1.28	6 (0.4 p/g)	11.1%	66.7% (6 tgts)
#38	#24	#36	#33	#4	#2	-

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	Dominator Rating Dom Rating	QB Rating When Targeted QB Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Pts/Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Pts/Tgt
-8.7	7.8	6.8%	80.7	3.4 (0.2 p/g)	0.25	1.55
#19	#33	#67	#36	#42	#38	#32

Snap Share Snap Share	Slot Snaps Slot Snaps	Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Routes Run Routes	Route Participation Route %	Targets Targets	Target Share Tgt Share
63.4%	135 (32.5% rate)	41.6 (2.28 pace)	182 (18.2 p/g)	44.3%	48 (4.8 p/g)	11.7% (11.9% rz)
#29	#20	#3	#31	#27	#23	#20

Air Yards Air Yards	Air Yards Share Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance Average Target Distance	Deep Targets Deep Tgts	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Targets	Hog Rate Hog Rate	Target Rate Tgt Rate
567 (56.7 p/g)	12.8%	11.8	- (0.0 p/g)	7 (5 rec)	11.5%	26.4%
#14	#17	#2	-	#21	#14	#52

Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Completed Air Yards Comp Air Yards	Unrealized Air Yards Unrealized Air Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Total TDs Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
34 (3.4 p/g)	565 (56.5 p/g)	354 (7.4 p/tgt)	213 (4.4 p/tgt)	211 (4.4 p/tgt)	5 (0.2% rate)	12.1
#19	#14	#12	#14	#11	#7	#5

Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Route Run Yards/Route	Catchable Target Rate Catchable %	Target Quality Rating Tgt Quality	Catch Rate Catch Rate	True Catch Rate True Catch Rate
16.6	11.8	3.10	83.3% (40 tgts)	6.91	70.8%	85.0%
#1	#1	#2	#8	#1	#11	#20

Target Premium Tgt Prem	Target Accuracy Target Accuracy	Average Cushion Cushion	Target Separation Target Separate	Drops Drops	Drop Rate Drop Rate	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
+29.8%	7.45	2.18	0.76	2 (0.2 p/g)	4.2%	66.7% (12 tgts)
#2	#11	#18	#38	#21	#22	#4

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	Dominator Rating Dom Rating	QB Rating When Targeted QB Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Pts/Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Pts/Tgt
+40.0	36.2	17.5%	110.1	35.0 (3.5 p/g)	0.66	2.51
-	#11	#12	#10	#13	#1	#1

Snap Share Snap Share	Slot Snaps Slot Snaps	Team Pass Plays Per Game Pass Plays P/G	Routes Run Routes	Route Participation Route %	Targets Targets	Target Share Tgt Share
64.8%	42 (8.1% rate)	40.2 (2.30 pace)	169 (13.0 p/g)	34.3%	39 (3.0 p/g)	8.0% (10.0% rz)
#34	#31	#3	#34	#38	#33	#36

Air Yards Air Yards	Air Yards Share Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance Average Target Distance	Deep Targets Deep Tgts	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Targets	Hog Rate Hog Rate	Target Rate Tgt Rate
474 (36.5 p/g)	8.7%	12.2	- (0.0 p/g)	6 (4 rec)	7.5%	23.1%
#24	#38	#1	-	#34	#34	#62

Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Completed Air Yards Comp Air Yards	Unrealized Air Yards Unrealized Air Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Total TDs Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy PTS/G
26 (2.0 p/g)	432 (33.2 p/g)	286 (7.3 p/tgt)	188 (4.8 p/tgt)	146 (3.7 p/tgt)	6 (0.2% rate)	7.8
#31	#20	#17	#30	#27	#7	#17

Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Route Run Yards/Route	Catchable Target Rate Catchable %	Target Quality Rating Tgt Quality	Catch Rate Catch Rate	True Catch Rate True Catch Rate
16.6	11.1	2.56	76.9% (30 tgts)	0.00	66.7%	86.7%
#1	#1	#2	#24	-	#17	#10

Target Premium Tgt Prem	Target Accuracy Target Accuracy	Average Cushion Cushion	Target Separation Target Separate	Drops Drops	Drop Rate Drop Rate	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
+42.4%	0.00	1.08	2.13	1 (0.1 p/g)	2.6%	33.3% (3 tgts)
#1	-	#16	#1	#54	#36	-

Production Premium Prod Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	Dominator Rating Dom Rating	QB Rating When Targeted QB Rating	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Points	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Pts/Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Pts/Tgt
+56.3	19.6	18.9%	132.7	27.3 (2.1 p/g)	0.60	2.59
-	#16	#16	#1	#14	#1	#1

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	DAL	7.8%	2	0	0	0	0 (#52)
2	ATL	16.9%	3	1	1	21 (19 air)	3.1 (#36)
3	LAR	18.3%	3	1	1	11 (4 air)	2.1 (#37)
4	NE	62.2%	12	1	0	0 (4 air)	0 (#58)
5	MIA	61.8%	12	3	2	19 (24 air)	3.9 (#37)
6	PHI	60.3%	17	7 (1 rz)	6 (1 tds)	49 (27 air)	16.9 (#5)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	NO	50.0%	19	6 (2 rz)	4 (1 tds)	36 (70 air)	13.6 (#8)
2	CAR	56.1%	13	3 (1 rz)	1	11 (30 air)	2.1 (#40)
3	DEN	40.6%	11	4	3	49 (52 air)	7.9 (#23)
4	LAC	38.4%	16	6	3 (1 tds)	50 (101 air)	14 (#7)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	SF	77.4%	23	5 (1 rz)	4	32	5.2 (##27)
2	CAR	92.9%	15	0	0	0	0.0 (##60)
3	NYG	76.8%	22	4	3	66	9.6 (##15)
4	LA	87.3%	32	3 (1 rz)	3	33	6.3 (##23)
5	NO	89.8%	20	2	1	10	2.0 (##40)
6	CAR	83.8%	35	4	2	35	5.5 (##23)
10	ARI	100.0%	28	7 (3 rz)	4 (1 tds)	47	14.7 (##7)
11	NO	25.4%	10	1	0	0	0.0 (##50)
12	ATL	75.8%	19	2 (1 rz)	1	10	2.0 (##30)
13	JAC	81.2%	23	6	5	61	11.1 (##13)
14	IND	72.7%	23	5 (1 rz)	4	73	11.3 (##13)
15	DET	84.5%	34	8	4	46	8.6 (##16)
16	HOU	81.2%	35	7 (1 rz)	3	46	7.6 (##18)
17	ATL	77.8%	14	0	0	0	0.0 (##59)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	NO	66.1%	11	2	2	54	7.4 (##13)
2	PHI	78.6%	12	4	3 (1 tds)	96	18.6 (##5)
3	PIT	68.2%	27	8	6	72	13.2 (##6)
4	CHI	25.0%	6	3 (1 rz)	0	0	0.0 (##55)
6	ATL	45.9%	18	4 (2 rz)	4 (1 tds)	62	16.2 (##5)
7	CLE	70.2%	31	9	5	67	11.7 (##9)
8	CIN	71.4%	13	4 (1 rz)	4 (1 tds)	68	16.8 (##5)
9	CAR	58.1%	22	6 (3 rz)	4 (2 tds)	53	21.3 (##3)
10	WAS	66.2%	21	2	1	15	2.5 (##37)
11	NYG	76.1%	21	6	5	78	12.8 (##5)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
2	CHI	63.1%	0	3	1	17	2.7 (##39)
3	MIN	71.4%	21	1	1	12	2.2 (##37)
4	NYG	63.9%	14	4	2 (1 tds)	63	14.3 (##6)
5	NE	57.6%	14	1 (1 rz)	0	0	0.0 (##51)
6	ARI	66.7%	19	3 (1 rz)	1	15	2.5 (##37)
7	BUF	63.8%	16	6 (1 rz)	6 (2 tds)	98	27.8 (##1)
8	CAR	51.7%	8	2	2	16	3.6 (##28)
9	NO	67.9%	3	2	1	6	0.6 (##43)
11	MIA	67.2%	12	4 (1 rz)	3 (1 tds)	52	14.2 (##5)
12	ATL	74.6%	26	4 (1 rz)	3	52	8.2 (##15)
13	GB	77.6%	13	2	1	17	2.7 (##45)
14	DET	86.4%	8	6 (1 rz)	4 (1 tds)	54	14.4 (##6)
15	ATL	22.6%	5	1	1 (1 tds)	30	10.0 (##14)

2021

Snap Share

2021

Target Share

2021

Fantasy Points

2021

Snap Share

2021

Target Share

2021

Fantasy Points

Value Over Stream

(VOS)

-2.4

(#220)

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.

News & Analysis

Popularity Index

#181

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Injury Tracker

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Games Missed

Injury Reports

Achilles tendon rupture

Week 4 (2020)

Hamstring strain

Week 8 (2019)

Ankle sprain

Week 11 (2018)

ADP

213.50 213.50

Average Draft Position

18.10 Pick

TE33 Rank

College Performance

School School	Age Age	Games Games	Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yds	Target Share Tgt Share	Catch Rate Catch Rate	Receiving Touchdowns Rec TDs
Alabama (2013)	18	10 (TE)	14 (25 tgts)	269 (19.2 ypr)	6.80%	56.00%	2
Alabama (2014)	19	9 (TE)	17 (26 tgts)	260 (15.3 ypr)	5.8%	65.4%	0
Alabama (2015)	20	12 (TE)	38 (47 tgts)	602 (15.8 ypr)	10.5%	80.9%	2
Alabama (2016)	21★	15 (TE)	45 (- tgts)	595 (13.2 ypr)	-	-	3

O.J. Howard

Workout Metrics

Best Comparable to Greg Olsen

Multimedia

Why O.J. Howard should the top tight end target in fantasy football leagues

OJ Howard is the best-value tight end in fantasy football

O.J. Howard Fantasy Football Preview via PlayerProfiler's "World Famous" Draft Kit 2019

Tampa Bay's offense is set to explode under Bruce Arians

OJ Howard Fantasy Football Preview via PlayerProfiler's "World Famous" Draft Kit

Advanced Metrics

Snap Share

Target Share

Fantasy Points

Snap Share

Target Share

Fantasy Points

Value Over Stream

News & Analysis

Recent News

O.J. Howard Misses Practice Wednesday

O.J. Howard Has Best Game Of Season

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