10 Fantasy Football Draft Sleepers the Experts Love: Tight Ends (2023)

What makes a fantasy football sleeper? It’s a term that has been thrown around over the year. We’ve done our best to quantify the phrase fantasy football sleeper. To us, sleepers are players that have a strong chance to exceed expectations to become surprise difference-makers for fantasy managers. We’ve put together some ranking parameters for these sleepers and asked our experts to share their top draft values and potential difference-makers. You can find all of our fantasy football sleeper rankings here. Let’s take a look at our expert sleeper rankings.

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Fantasy Football Draft Sleepers the Experts Target

Here are how experts rank 2023 fantasy football sleeper targets.

Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers

Our TE sleepers are based on a poll of experts that selected their favorite TEs with high upside. Each TE has a consensus draft rank below #15.

Dalton Kincaid (BUF)

Rookie Dalton Kincaid is an intriguing option after the Buffalo Bills selected him in the first round of this year’s draft. Kincaid projects as a hybrid slot receiver in the Bills’ offense. Dawson Knox led all tight ends last season in passer rating generated (137.5) from the slot last season.

The rookie tight end spent his first two college seasons at San Diego playing a limited role. But he made the most of every touch he got, averaging nearly 19 yards per reception. His 21.0 yards per reception in 2019 ranked second among all TEs in both the FCS and FBS. After the impressive showing, Kincaid transferred to Utah in 2020 but missed the majority of the season due to COVID implications. It wasn’t until 2021 that Kincaid truly got his shot, and he absolutely dominated. Kincaid posted a 25% dominator rating as the 11th-highest-graded tight end in the nation per PFF. Kincaid followed up his impressive 2021 campaign nicely in 2022 with another eight-touchdown season. His dominator rating jumped to 26% as he led the nation in PFF receiving grade and finished 3rd in yards per route run. Kincaid led Utah with 70 receptions (5.8 receptions per game, 22% target share), the most by any tight end in the nation. At 246 pounds, Kincaid is on the smaller side of the tight end spectrum, making him perfect for the slot in the NFL. He ran 55% of his routes from the slot in 2022.

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