Is T.J. Hockenson playing this week?
No injury designationT.J. Hockenson has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Miami Dolphins.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:05 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:36 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. Projected 4.6 points, 0.0 behind #16, the last one we'd start.
Why we say bench
- Projected 4.6 points, #17 among TEs this week, 0.0 points behind #16, the last one we'd start.
- Upside: MIA's defense has allowed 25% more points to TEs than the league average.
- Averaging 4.3 targets a game.
- Played 85% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 3.6 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~24 pts
- Vegas line
- MIN favored by 10
- Game total
- 38.5
- MIA vs TEs
- 25% more points
- Last game snaps
- 85%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
29
Height
6'5"
Weight
248 lb
College
Iowa
Experience
7 seasons
Draft
2019 · Pick #8 (DET)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 52.1?
Hockenson sits right around the middle of qualifying tight ends, and his expected points per target is what keeps him slightly above average. Everything else was close to average. This rests on only 13 targets over 3 games, so it can swing quickly.
Lifting the grade
- Expected points per target of +0.394 ranks 11th of 24 tight ends, which lifted the grade.
- Week 1 vs GB, Q3 3rd and 8: a 16-yard touchdown from Wentz down the deep middle, worth +3.1 expected points.
- Week 2 vs CHI, Q4 2nd and 10: a 19-yard catch from Wentz, worth +1.7 expected points.
Holding it back
- Week 3 vs TB, Q3 2nd and 11: a deep left incompletion from Murray, costing 0.8 expected points.
- Week 1 vs GB, Q1 3rd and 17: a 7-yard catch from Murray well short of the sticks, costing 0.8 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 4. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.403
Success rate
46%
WPA (sum)
0.12
Opponent adj.
-0.009
Plays graded
13
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 1 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.