See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they turned the opportunity into a touchdown.
How do Jake Ferguson’s 2026 advanced stats compare to other tight ends?
This section compares his advanced stats to players in the same position. The bar represents the player’s percentile rank. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
How often does Jake Ferguson run a route when on the field for a pass play?
This data will allow you to see how Jake Ferguson and the other tight ends are being used for the Cowboys. Some tight ends may have a lot of snaps, but they aren’t as useful for fantasy purposes because they don’t actually run routes. This data will help you see if this is the case.
Jake Ferguson
186 routes 25 targets
See where Jake Ferguson lined up on the field and how he performed in each area.
How did the Cardinals pass defense compare to other NFL teams this season?
The bars represent the team’s percentile rank (based on QB Rating Against). The longer the bar, the better their pass defense. Team and position group ratings only include players currently on the roster and not on injured reserve. The list of players in the table only includes defenders with at least 3 attempts against them.
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Overall QB Rating Against
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Ferguson’s 2024 campaign was derailed by Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring injury, as the tight end had 38 catches for 334 yards on 52 targets in seven games with Prescott and just 21 catches for 160 yards on 34 targets in seven games after Prescott’s injury. The 6-foot-5 tight end didn’t score a touchdown all season, and his red-zone usage dropped to just six targets after he led all NFL TEs with 25 red-zone targets in 2023 (and produced five touchdowns along with 761 yards in a breakout sophomore season). He’ll likely land somewhere between those two extremes in 2025 even if he drops to third on the pass-catching totem pole behind CeeDee Lamb and newly acquired George Pickens. For all of Ferguson’s struggles last season, his 86 targets were still second-most on the team behind Lamb’s 152. Luke Schoonmaker filled in capably for a three-game stretch while Ferguson was sidelined with a concussion, but Ferguson is back in a clear starting role once healthy and should remain a top 2023 second-round draft pick this year.
Ferguson’s box score stats from 2023 don’t jump off the page, though he leads all tight ends in targets inside the 20-yard line (25), inside the 10 (12) and inside the five (nine). Taking over as Dallas’ starter after Dalton Schultz left in free agency, Ferguson played in all 17 games and finished ninth among TEs in catches (71), eighth in receiving yards (761), seventh in touchdowns (five) and seventh in targets (102). It was an impressive breakout, with a 93-yard, three-touchdown playoff game the icing on the cake, though his regular-season total of five TDs was disappointing relative to his wealth of volume near the end zone. The 25-year-old’s best football may still be ahead of her, and while CeeDee Lamb is the obvious No. 1 option of the Cowboys, Ferguson got 21 more targets than the No. 2 receiver Brandin Cooks last year. The tight end should play a similar role this upcoming season, and perhaps have better red-zone luck than last year.
Ferguson is the leading candidate to start at tight end for Dallas after the offseason departure of Dalton Schultz, though the 2022 fourth-round pick will compete with 2022 UDFA Peyton Hendershot and 2023 second-rounder Luke Schoonmaker. Even in the best-case scenario of Ferguson winning the starting job and avoiding a platoon, he won’t necessarily be a prolific pass catcher. His career high in receiving yards at Wisconsin was 456 his freshman year, and he ran just 105 routes for Dallas as a rookie. He did well in his chances, at least, avoiding any drops and finishing with a 19-174-1 receiving line on 22 targets. Ferguson’s reliable hands and competent blocking should help him get playing time, but he’s unlikely to be a big threat in the game with 4.81 speed and the uncertainty that Dallas’ tight ends are getting too many short targets now that Schultz is gone and the team has a new offensive coordinator (Brian Schottenheimer) and WR2 (Brandin Cooks).
Although he never posted big numbers in his four seasons at Wisconsin, Ferguson showed enough as a receiver to be selected in the fourth round in the Cowboys’ 2022 Draft. He seems like a strong fit for what the Dallas scheme asks of its tight ends, showing enough athleticism to break free from the line of scrimmage and make contested catches, and he could be the heir apparent to Dalton Schultz next season. Ferguson will spend his rookie year getting physical and improving as a blocker while learning the nuances of being a pro.