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Grant Calcaterra Philadelphia Eagles · #81

Tight End · 6' 4", 240 lbs · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · Age 28

Grant Calcaterra is a Tight End for the Philadelphia Eagles, drafted 198th overall, 2022. In 2025 he caught 9 passes for 76 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Tight EndDrafted 198th overall4-yr veteran
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Philadelphia Eagles · #81 · Tight End
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Season avg9 rec · 76 yds · 1 td
Career avg42 rec · 494 yds · 2 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
9rec
76yds
1td
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Scouting report

Grant Calcaterra — 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
Grant Calcaterra is a Tight End for the Philadelphia Eagles, drafted 198th overall, 2022. In 2025 he caught 9 passes for 76 yards and 1 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
Solid · offense
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Volume
Solid · offense
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Scoring
Strong · offense
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Big-play
Strong · offense
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Target share
Solid · offense
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Act II

Where Grant Calcaterra 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: #933 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
55Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Grant Calcaterra — every number, three levels deep

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

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Receiving
76 YDS
drill in ↓
A+
Volume
9 REC
drill in ↓
C+
Big-play
8.4 Y/R
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A+
Scoring
1 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Grant Calcaterra

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
13
rec
5–21
140
rec yds
36–243
1
td
0–1
17
targets
6–27
16
games
15–17
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 9 → projected 13 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+4.2
Age curve
-0.4
Net vs last season+3.8 rec
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 28 — 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: 15 / 17 / 15
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Grant Calcaterra career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2022155810916.2
202315439049.8
2024172429813012.4
2025159761138.4
Career6242494256
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 Philadelphia Eagles built to win?

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

10–7proj record
78off index
76def index
+20net
67%playoff odds
61roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B (78), defense B- (76) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 64, pass rush 53, 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 Grant Calcaterra

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

1998-12-04

The beginning

Grant Calcaterra is a Tight End for the Philadelphia Eagles, in his 5th NFL season.

Philadelphia Eagles

Turning pro

Drafted 198th overall, 2022 as a Tight End.

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Grant Calcaterra is a Philadelphia Eagles tight end, drafted 198th overall, 2022.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2022–2025) he has caught 42 passes for 494 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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Most recently he caught 9 passes for 76 yards and 1 touchdown in 2025.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
240 lbs
Draft
198th overall, 2022
Born
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Age
28
Jersey
#81
Background

Grant Calcaterra is from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA and is 28 years old. He was drafted 198th overall, 2022 and plays tight end at 6' 4", 240 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2022–2025) he has caught 42 passes for 494 yards and 2 touchdowns. Calcaterra is currently on the Philadelphia Eagles roster.

The person

Grant Calcaterra is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 42 passes for 494 yards and 2 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2022–2025).

Receiving42 career receptions for 494 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Best season24 catches for 298 yards in 2024.
Draft pedigree198th overall, 2022.
Durability62 career games played.
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FAQ

Grant Calcaterra — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Grant Calcaterra, answered.

What position does Grant Calcaterra play?
Grant Calcaterra is a Tight End for the Philadelphia Eagles.
When was Grant Calcaterra drafted?
Grant Calcaterra was drafted 198th overall, 2022.
How many seasons has Grant Calcaterra played?
4 (2022–2025).
What are Grant Calcaterra's career stats?
He has caught 42 passes for 494 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Grant Calcaterra 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
TE4
behind the starter

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 WAS
Week 1 · Smash
Season outlook
47
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 6
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
34
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs WASW2 @ TENW3 @ CHIW4 vs LAW5 @ JAXW6 vs CARW7 vs DALW8 @ WASW9 vs NYGW10 · BYEW11 vs PITW12 @ DALW13 @ ARIW14 vs INDW15 vs SEAW16 vs HOUW17 @ SFW18 @ NYG

Each week grades Grant Calcaterra'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
6
since 2023
Games missed
4
listed Out
Lower-body
2
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk19 · Ankle2025 Wk8 · Oblique2025 Wk7 · Oblique (Out)2025 Wk6 · Oblique (Out)2025 Wk5 · Illness2024 Wk19 · Shoulder

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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