Jacksonville JaguarsNate Boerkircher
TEJacksonville Jaguars

Nate Boerkircher

Rookie · 6'6", 245 lb · Texas A&M · 2026 R2 #56
Week 8TE462.9 proj · Bench
ROS rank—Not on our board
Dynasty—No market value
01

Overview

2026 so far6 games

Points a game
4.0
TE45 of 111
Target share
5.4%
59th of 62 TEs
Targets a game
1.5
7 catches, 83 yds
Expected PPR a game
2.7
+1.8 a game vs usage
Role: low-volume tight end
  • +0.71 EPA a target (4th of 62 TEs)
  • 9.2 yards a target (11th of 62 TEs)
  • 78% catch rate (15th of 62 TEs)
  • 5.4% target share (59th of 62 TEs)
  • 1.5 targets a game (62nd of 62 TEs)

Ranked among 62 qualified TEs this season.

02

Week 8

Live lines
JAX
VS
Sun · Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
IND
LineJAX -10Total45.5JAX implied27.8Rest14 days (IND 7)

Final: JAX 42, IND 7

Our Week 8 projection
2.9pts
TE46
Bench
1.7tgt1.3rec16yds0.12TD

Built on a JAX team total of 27.5. Rank is among every TE we project this week.

Indianapolis Colts defense vs TEs
#20of 32 in fantasy points allowed to TEs (1 = stingiest)
StingiestSoftest
PPR a game
14.4
targets
6.8
rec yds
51
TD
0.8

Allowed to TEs per game across 8 games. Best games against them: Travis Kelce (W2, 25.1 PPR, 9/11 101 yds); Pat Freiermuth (W5, 21.5 PPR, 5/7 44 yds); T.J. Hockenson (W7, 13.5 PPR, 4/5 35 yds).

EPA ranks entering Week 8: #16 against the pass, #27 against the run (1 = best defense).

Where IND gives up receiving fantasy points to TEs
#23
IND's average rank in the zones where Boerkircher gets his targets, weighted by his share there (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest).
Left
Middle
Right
Deep 20+
11%1.2#28
0.0#1
0.0#1
Middle 10–19
0.2#4
11%0.3#4
1.5#25
Short 0–9
33%3.1#27
2.1#24
44%3.1#24
Behind line
0.1#6
0.0#1
0.3#13
StingySoft

Big number: receiving fantasy points IND allows a game to TEs in that zone. # = its rank of 32. Green tag = Nate Boerkircher's share of his targets in that zone this season. Depth is air yards at the catch point; 8 games, through Week 8. Tap a zone for the detail.

Do defensive matchups actually matter? Our study ›

03

Field

2026 · through W8

Every target Nate Boerkircher has, on the field: where it went, what came of it, and the situation, with filters for down, distance, field position, score and clock.

  • 2026: 9 targets (7 caught): 1 at 20+ air yards, 7 under 10; 4 to the left, 1 over the middle, 4 to the right; +0.71 EPA a target.

Spots are the play-by-play’s side and depth, not tracking. Open the full-screen Field Explorer.

04

Game log

2026 · through W8
Fantasy pointsBest weekOur projection that weekSeason average 4.0
051011.92—30.042.554.068.87BYE810.1051011.42—30.042.053.067.87BYE89.6051010.92—30.041.552.066.87BYE89.1

Every gametap a game for the detail

W2
@ DEN L 13-20
No catch, carry or pass recorded
—
W7
Bye week
—

D# = the opponent's rank against TEs entering that week (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest). Finish = his rank at TE that week.

05

Usage

Snap shareTarget shareAir-yard share
0%25%50%75%100%W1W3W4W5W6W855%14%6%

What changedlast 3 full games vs. before

W1, W3, W4W5, W6, W8Change
Snap share48.7%52.0%+3.3
Target share5.7%5.4%−0.3
Air-yard share29.3%7.2%−22.1
Targets a game1.31.7+0.4

Games he left injured are left out of both sides.

JAX target treeshare of team targets, 2026

Nate Boerkircher
5.5%

Season to date, games each player played.

Role details2026, through Week 8

Red-zone tgt share
6%
2 red-zone targets
First-read share
3%
of targets as the QB’s first read
Air yards a game
10
aDOT 6.6
Snap share
48.2%
Play-action targets
25%
of his targets
Targets with motion
50%
of his targets
Screen targets
0%
of his targets
06

Advanced

PoorAverageGreat
Fantasy points a game2+ games
4.0
35
39
49
Target share2+ games
5.5%
16
Air-yard share2+ games
5.0%
40
WOPR2+ games
0.12
26
First-read target shareneeds 15+ targets
2.9%
Red-zone target share2+ games
6.1%
21
Yards per targetneeds 15+ targets
9.2
EPA per targetneeds 15+ targets
0.71
Catchable-target rateneeds 15+ targets
87.5%
Drop rateneeds 15+ targets
0.0%
Average depth of targetneeds 15+ targets
6.6
Expected points a game2+ games
2.7
10

Percentile against the TEs on our charts (each stat's minimum is next to it), 2026 through Week 8. 50 is the middle of the pack. Tap a bubble for his rank.

Expected vs. actualPPR, from this season's play-by-play

Expected PPR a game
2.7
what his targets and carries are usually worth
Actual PPR a game
4.6
Over expected
+1.8
points a game
TDs vs. expected
2/ 0.7
+1.27

2 TDs on 0.73 expected. Expected points price every target by depth and field position and every carry by field position. Do touchdowns regress? ›

07

Splits

As a receiver2026 charted plays, through Week 8

SituationTgtRec-Yds-TDYds/tgtEPA/tgt
All targets97-83-29.27.20.710.22
Red zone22% of targets21-1-10.54.40.090.46
Inside the 1022% of targets21-1-10.52.90.090.55
Score within 778% of targets75-73-110.46.90.700.19
Trailing by 8+11% of targets11-1-11.07.40.620.22
Leading by 8+11% of targets11-9-09.08.60.930.39
Vs. the blitz11% of targets11-1-11.06.80.620.21
No blitz78% of targets75-51-07.37.20.370.24
Play action22% of targets21-9-04.57.20.250.26
With motion44% of targets43-32-08.07.30.450.25

Small grey number = every TE in that situation. Green or red = a clear gap either way. 7 of his 8 charted targets were catchable; 0 drops, 0 of 1 contested caught.

08

Team

JAX
Points a game
28.0
5th of 32
Plays a game
58.3
26th of 32
EPA per play
0.161
3rd of 32
Pass rate over exp.
−7.2%
22nd of 32
Red-zone plays a game
9.7
17th of 32
Motion rate
50%
8th of 32
Play-action rate
10%
20th of 32
No-huddle rate
3%
25th of 32

Jacksonville Jaguars offense, 2026 through Week 8. Rank 1 = most. Scheme rates from FTN charting through Week 7.

Game by gamescore, implied total, pass rate (over expected), QB

WeekScoreImpliedPass rateQB
W1vs CLE34-1024.545%−4.7Lawrence23 att
W2vs DEN13-2021.556%−7.1Lawrence29 att
W3vs NE35-624.849%−5.2Lawrence29 att
W4vs CIN22-1724.553%−6.0Lawrence23 att
W5vs PHI19-1724.560%−8.9Lawrence39 att
W6vs HOU31-3422.561%−1.0Lawrence41 att
W8vs IND42-727.838%−19.1Lawrence14 att

Depth chartTE

TE2
Nate Boerkircher
TE4
Quintin Morris

Scheduleeach defense's current rank vs TEs

W8
IND
#20
W9
@BAL
#14
W10
@TEN
#8
W11
@NYG
#13
W12
TEN
#8
W13
@CHI
#17
W14
PIT
#9
W15
@HOU
#4
W16
@DAL
#15
W17
WAS
#31
W18
@IND
#20
Next 4
#14
average rank
Playoffs W15–17
#17
average rank
Bye
W7

Green = soft, red = stingy (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest), ranked on fantasy points allowed to TEs so far. Gold underline = fantasy playoffs. Does strength of schedule matter? ›

Head coach: Liam Coen. QB: Trevor Lawrence (most pass attempts, Week 8).

09

Charts

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10

Career

Points a game by season
’264.6
’264.0
’263.4

Season by season

YearGRec-Yds-TDPts/gxFP/g
2026JAX67-83-29 tgt, 5.5% share4.0TE452.7+10.9

Under points a game: his rank at TE in points a game (8+ games; 2026: 2+ games). xFP = expected PPR a game from his usage; under it, the season's points over expected. Routes = share of team dropbacks he ran a route (through 2025).

11

Health

2026 injury reportofficial, week by week

W1
✓
W3
✓
W4
FP
W5
✓
W6
LP
W7
BYE
W8
✓

✓ = not listed. Letters = game status (Q, D, O) or worst practice that week (LP limited, DNP did not practice). Tap a week for the detail.

Teammates on the report

Our current notes first, then Sleeper designations. What happens when a starter is ruled out? ›

12

Value

13

Profile

Draft
R2 #56
2026 · 3rd TE · JAX
Size
6'6"
245 lb
College
Texas A&M

Athletic profilepercentile vs TEs at the combine since 2010

Height
6'6"
88
Weight
245 lb
24
Shuttle
4.4s
45

College production

YearGRec-Yds-TDYds shareDominator
2025Texas A&M1018-171-36.6%11.2
2024Nebraska56-102-010.0%5.0
2023Nebraska55-51-08.5%4.3
2022Nebraska56-52-15.8%10.1
2021Nebraska22-14-02.7%1.4

Share = his share of his team's receiving yards. Dominator = average of his share of receiving yards and TDs.

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Sources: nflverse play-by-play, weekly stats, Next Gen Stats and FTN charting (free public data); official NFL injury reports; Sleeper; GWTTKB rankings, projections and market data. Built 2026-11-02. Every number on this page comes from those files; where a stat is not on file it is left blank, never zero. Nothing here is betting advice.