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Nate Boerkircher Jacksonville Jaguars · #87

Tight End · 6' 5", 245 lbs · Aurora, NE · Age 25

Nate Boerkircher is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars, drafted 56th overall, 2026.

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Jacksonville Jaguars · #87 · 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

Nate Boerkircher — 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
Nate Boerkircher is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars, drafted 56th 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 Nate Boerkircher 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: #1842 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

Nate Boerkircher — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
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Playmaking
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
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The engine

How the model sees Nate Boerkircher

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 25 — 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
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Nate Boerkircher 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 Jacksonville Jaguars 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: Albert Regis, Alijah Huzzie.
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 Nate Boerkircher

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

2001-09-04

The beginning

Nate Boerkircher is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Turning pro

Drafted 56th overall, 2026 as a Tight End.

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Nate Boerkircher is a Jacksonville Jaguars tight end, drafted 56th overall, 2026.

Chapter

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

Where things stand

Where Boerkircher goes from here.

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

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
245 lbs
Draft
56th overall, 2026
Born
Aurora, NE
Age
25
Jersey
#87
Background

Nate Boerkircher is from Aurora, NE and is 25 years old. He was drafted 56th overall, 2026 and plays tight end at 6' 5", 245 lbs.

He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns. Boerkircher is currently on the Jacksonville Jaguars roster.

The person

Nate Boerkircher 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 pedigree56th overall, 2026.
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FAQ

Nate Boerkircher — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Nate Boerkircher, answered.

What position does Nate Boerkircher play?
Nate Boerkircher is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
When was Nate Boerkircher drafted?
Nate Boerkircher was drafted 56th overall, 2026.
How many seasons has Nate Boerkircher played?
This is his first season on record.
What are Nate Boerkircher's career stats?
He has caught 0 passes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Nate Boerkircher 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
46%
of offensive snaps
Target share
4%
WOPR 0.07

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 CLE
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
44
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
2 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
63
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs CLEW2 @ DENW3 vs NEW4 @ CINW5 vs PHIW6 vs HOUW7 · BYEW8 vs INDW9 @ BALW10 @ TENW11 @ NYGW12 vs TENW13 @ CHIW14 vs PITW15 @ HOUW16 @ DALW17 vs WASW18 @ IND

Each week grades Nate Boerkircher'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
0
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk4 · Illness

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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