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Chris Manhertz New York Giants · #85

Tight End · 6' 6", 235 lbs · Bronx, NY · Age 34

Chris Manhertz is a Tight End for the New York Giants, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 1 passes for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Tight EndUndrafted10-yr veteran
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New York Giants · #85 · Tight End
Chris Manhertz
Season avg1 rec · 7 yds · 0 td
Career avg30 rec · 308 yds · 3 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
1rec
7yds
0td
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Scouting report

Chris Manhertz — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Chris Manhertz is a Tight End for the New York Giants, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 1 passes for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
Average · offense
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Volume
Average · offense
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Big-play
Solid · offense
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Target share
Average · offense
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Act II

Where Chris Manhertz stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1343 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
43Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Chris Manhertz — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
7 YDS
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C+
Volume
1 REC
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Big-play
7.0 Y/R
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Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Chris Manhertz

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
2
rec
1–2
13
rec yds
4–22
0
td
0–1
2
targets
2–3
17
games
16–18
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 1 → projected 2 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+0.8
Age curve
-0.3
Net vs last season+0.5 rec
Everything it reads
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10 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
auto
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 34 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 16 / 17 / 17
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Chris Manhertz career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
201641100110.0
201716217048.5
2018162521526.0
2019151110111.0
202016652088.7
2021176711911.8
202217642087.0
202316216048.0
2024173301410.0
20251717027.0
Career15130308346
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the New York Giants built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
97off index
65def index
+28net
76%playoff odds
60roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A+ (97), defense C (65) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 96, pass rush 30, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Chris Manhertz

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1992-04-10

The beginning

Chris Manhertz is a Tight End for the New York Giants, in his 11th NFL season.

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Chris Manhertz is a New York Giants tight end, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 10 seasons (2016–2025) he has caught 30 passes for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 1 pass for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Manhertz goes from here.

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Manhertz's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
235 lbs
Born
Bronx, NY
Age
34
Jersey
#85
Background

Chris Manhertz is from Bronx, NY and is 34 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays tight end at 6' 6", 235 lbs.

Over 10 seasons (2016–2025) he has caught 30 passes for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns. Manhertz is currently on the New York Giants roster.

The person

Chris Manhertz is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 30 passes for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns across 10 seasons (2016–2025).

Receiving30 career receptions for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Best season6 catches for 71 yards in 2021.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
Durability151 career games played.
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ

Chris Manhertz — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Chris Manhertz, answered.

What position does Chris Manhertz play?
Chris Manhertz is a Tight End for the New York Giants.
When was Chris Manhertz drafted?
Chris Manhertz entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Chris Manhertz played?
10 (2016–2025).
What are Chris Manhertz's career stats?
He has caught 30 passes for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Chris Manhertz career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Snap share
41%
of offensive snaps
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs DAL
Week 1 · Neutral
Season outlook
51
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
4 / 6
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
76
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs DALW2 @ LAW3 vs TENW4 vs ARIW5 @ WASW6 vs NOW7 @ HOUW8 · BYEW9 @ PHIW10 vs WASW11 vs JAXW12 @ INDW13 vs SFW14 @ SEAW15 vs CLEW16 @ DETW17 @ DALW18 vs PHI

Each week grades Chris Manhertz's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
13
since 2016
Games missed
2
listed Out
Lower-body
4
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
2
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk9 · Illness2024 Wk16 · Ankle2023 Wk18 · Illness (Out)2023 Wk1 · Chest2021 Wk16 · Shoulder2020 Wk11 · Shoulder (Questionable)

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 9 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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