TE · Carolina Panthers · #88

Darren Waller

TE1

College: Georgia Tech
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 245 lb
Experience: 12th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.41▼ 0.45 vs '25

6th of 22 TEs

Catch rate

60.9%▼ 9.7 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Yards / target

8.6▲ 0.3 vs '25

5th of 22 TEs

Target share

10.4%▼ 4.2 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Receiving

198 yds+0.41 EPA/TGT

14 rec · 23 tgt · 3 td

Ranks compare against the 21 qualifying tight ends on the 2026 leaderboard plus Waller.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+9.5

Rushing0.0

Net+9.5

Best game · Wk 2 @ ATL

3/3

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+5.6

Rec EPA

+1.86

EPA/target

11.0

Yds/rec

2026 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 vs CHIL	2	2	28	14.0	0	100.0	4.0	+1.2	+0.62	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ ATLW	3	3	33	11.0	2	100.0	8.7	+5.6	+1.86	0	0	0
Wk 3 @ CLEL	8	5	51	10.2	0	62.5	7.0	−2.0	−0.25	0	0	0
Wk 4 vs DETW	6	3	36	12.0	0	50.0	8.5	+3.6	+0.61	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ PHIW	2	0	0	–	0	0.0	21.5	−2.8	−1.42	0	0	0
Wk 7 vs TBL	2	1	50	50.0	1	50.0	22.5	+3.9	+1.96	0	0	0
Season	23	14	198	14.1	3	60.9	10.0	+9.5	+0.41	0	0	0

How he compares

2026 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Panthers

$1.3Mover 1 year

Avg. per year: $1.3M
Guaranteed: $0 0%
2026 cap hit: $1.1M 0.3% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2026

2026 · now

Year 1 of 1 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2026	6	+9.5	23	14	198	3	60.9	14.1	8.6	10.4	+0.41	0	0	0
2025	9	+28.6	34	24	283	6	70.6	11.8	8.3	14.6	+0.86	1	4	0
2023	12	+15.3	74	52	552	1	70.3	10.6	7.5	20.6	+0.21	0	0	0
2022	9	+4.9	43	28	388	3	65.1	13.9	9.0	15.7	+0.14	0	0	0
2021	11	+12.2	93	55	665	2	59.1	12.1	7.2	23.1	+0.13	0	0	0
2020	16	+57.4	145	107	1,196	9	73.8	11.2	8.2	27.8	+0.39	0	0	0
2019	16	+46.3	117	90	1,145	3	76.9	12.7	9.8	23.8	+0.40	2	5	0
2018	4	+7.3	6	6	75	0	100.0	12.5	12.5	5.0	+0.98	1	21	0
2016	12	−3.5	17	10	85	2	58.8	8.5	5.0	4.4	−0.21	0	0	0
2015	4	−1.7	6	2	18	0	33.3	9.0	3.0	4.1	−0.29	0	0	0
Career	99	+176.2	558	388	4,605	29	69.5	11.9	8.3	18.0	+0.31	4	30	0