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Eli Raridon New England Patriots · #82

Tight End · 6' 6", 245 lbs · Des Moines, IA · Age 22

Eli Raridon is a Tight End for the New England Patriots, drafted 95th overall, 2026.

Tight EndDrafted 95th overallRookie
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New England Patriots · #82 · Tight End
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Season avg— · no seasons on record yet
Career avg— · career line pending
Live win probabilitySeason
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Scouting report

Eli Raridon — 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
Eli Raridon is a Tight End for the New England Patriots, drafted 95th overall, 2026.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Eli Raridon 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%
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Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
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Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1579 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
0Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Eli Raridon — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
0.0 PPG
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Playmaking
0.0 APG
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
— 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Eli Raridon

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 next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.
What moves the production line vs last season
Everything it reads
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0 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 22 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: — → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Eli Raridon career stats, season by season

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.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Context

Are the New England Patriots built to win?

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

15–67proj record
-42.5net index
50off index
8def index
94pace
Aggressive hedge & helpscheme
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: A.J. Brown, Al'zillion Hamilton.
How his role moves
Primary tight end role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Eli Raridon

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

2004-02-12

The beginning

Eli Raridon is a Tight End for the New England Patriots.

New England Patriots

Turning pro

Drafted 95th overall, 2026 as a Tight End.

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Eli Raridon is a New England Patriots tight end, drafted 95th overall, 2026.

Chapter

He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Where things stand

Where Raridon goes from here.

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Raridon's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
245 lbs
Draft
95th overall, 2026
Born
Des Moines, IA
Age
22
Jersey
#82
Background

Eli Raridon is from Des Moines, IA and is 22 years old. He was drafted 95th overall, 2026 and plays tight end at 6' 6", 245 lbs.

He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns. Raridon is currently on the New England Patriots roster.

The person

Eli Raridon is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns across his career.

Receiving0 career receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Draft pedigree95th overall, 2026.
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FAQ

Eli Raridon — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Eli Raridon, answered.

What position does Eli Raridon play?
Eli Raridon is a Tight End for the New England Patriots.
When was Eli Raridon drafted?
Eli Raridon was drafted 95th overall, 2026.
How many seasons has Eli Raridon played?
This is his first season on record.
What are Eli Raridon's career stats?
He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Eli Raridon 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
Depth chart
TE2
behind the starter
Snap share
44%
of offensive snaps
Target share
3%
WOPR 0.08

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
@ SEA
Week 1 · Neutral
Season outlook
49
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
4 / 8
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
60
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ SEAW2 vs PITW3 @ JAXW4 @ BUFW5 vs LVW6 vs NYJW7 @ CHIW8 @ MIAW9 vs GBW10 @ DETW11 · BYEW12 @ LACW13 vs BUFW14 vs MINW15 @ KCW16 @ NYJW17 vs DENW18 vs MIA

Each week grades Eli Raridon'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
1
since 2026
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk4 · Thigh (Questionable)2026 Wk3 · Thigh (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 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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