TE · Houston Texans · #86

Dalton Schultz

TE1

College: Stanford
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 242 lb
Experience: 9th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.23▼ 0.13 vs '25

12th of 21 TEs

Catch rate

76.7%▼ 0.6 vs '25

7th of 21 TEs

Yards / target

7.5▲ 0.2 vs '25

9th of 21 TEs

Target share

17.4%▼ 1.7 vs '25

13th of 21 TEs

Receiving

322 yds+0.23 EPA/TGT

33 rec · 43 tgt · 0 td

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

Week-by-week

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

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+9.8

Rushing0.0

Net+9.8

Best game · Wk 2 vs CIN

12/14

Rec/Tgt

140

Rec yds

+7.5

Rec EPA

+0.54

EPA/target

11.7

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 BUFL	8	4	35	8.8	0	50.0	3.3	−2.5	−0.32	0	0	0
Wk 2 vs CINL	14	12	140	11.7	0	85.7	7.4	+7.5	+0.54	0	0	0
Wk 3 @ INDL	3	3	30	10.0	0	100.0	9.0	−1.0	−0.32	0	0	0
Wk 4 vs DALL	2	2	9	4.5	0	100.0	2.0	+3.1	+1.57	0	0	0
Wk 5 @ TENW	4	3	30	10.0	0	75.0	10.5	+2.2	+0.55	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ JAXW	6	4	33	8.3	0	66.7	4.0	−1.0	−0.17	0	0	0
Wk 7 vs NYGL	6	5	45	9.0	0	83.3	2.5	+1.5	+0.25	0	0	0
Season	43	33	322	9.8	0	76.7	5.6	+9.8	+0.23	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 Texans

$12.6Mover 1 year

Avg. per year: $12.6M
Guaranteed: $17.6M 140%
2026 cap hit: $9.5M 3.1% 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	7	+9.8	43	33	322	0	76.7	9.8	7.5	17.4	+0.23	0	0	0
2025	17	+36.7	106	82	777	3	77.4	9.5	7.3	19.1	+0.36	0	0	0
2024	17	+3.3	85	53	532	2	62.4	10.0	6.3	15.5	+0.04	0	0	0
2023	15	+24.4	88	59	635	5	67.0	10.8	7.2	17.6	+0.29	0	0	0
2022	15	−0.3	89	57	577	5	64.0	10.1	6.5	17.9	0.00	0	0	0
2021	17	+46.3	104	78	808	8	75.0	10.4	7.8	17.1	+0.44	0	0	0
2020	16	+13.1	89	63	615	4	70.8	9.8	6.9	14.6	+0.15	0	0	0
2019	16	−0.4	2	1	6	0	50.0	6.0	3.0	0.8	−0.18	0	0	0
2018	11	+3.7	17	12	116	0	70.6	9.7	6.8	5.7	+0.22	0	0	0
Career	131	+136.7	623	438	4,388	27	70.3	10.0	7.0	15.4	+0.22	0	0	0