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Tucker Kraft Green Bay Packers · #85

Tight End · 6' 5", 259 lbs · Timber Lake, SD · Age 26

Tucker Kraft is a Tight End for the Green Bay Packers, drafted 78th overall, 2023. In 2026 he caught 15 passes for 148 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Tight EndDrafted 78th overall4-yr veteran
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Green Bay Packers · #85 · Tight End
Tucker Kraft
Season avg15 rec · 148 yds · 1 td
Career avg128 rec · 1,699 yds · 16 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
15rec
148yds
1td
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Scouting report

Tucker Kraft — 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
Tucker Kraft is a Tight End for the Green Bay Packers, drafted 78th overall, 2023. In 2026 he caught 15 passes for 148 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
Excellent · offense
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Volume
Elite · offense
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Scoring
Excellent · offense
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Big-play
Strong · offense
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Target share
Elite · offense
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Act II

Where Tucker Kraft 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: #79 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
172Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Tucker Kraft — every number, three levels deep

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

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Receiving
148 YDS
drill in ↓
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Volume
15 REC
drill in ↓
B
Big-play
9.9 Y/R
drill in ↓
A+
Scoring
1 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Tucker Kraft

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 2027  modeled
27
rec
13–41
358
rec yds
135–582
4
td
1–6
39
targets
20–57
8
games
2–13
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 15 → projected 27 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+11.5
Age curve
+0.3
Net vs last season+11.8 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 26 — 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: 17 / 8 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Tucker Kraft career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2023173135524011.5
2024175070777014.1
202583248964415.3
2026 in progress · 4 games4151481249.9
Career461281,69916178
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 Green Bay Packers built to win?

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

11–6proj record
77off index
98def index
+41net
90%playoff odds
62roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B (77), defense A+ (98) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 63, pass rush 96, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 11–6 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 Tucker Kraft

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

2000-11-03

The beginning

Tucker Kraft is a Tight End for the Green Bay Packers, in his 4th NFL season.

Green Bay Packers

Turning pro

Drafted 78th overall, 2023 as a Tight End.

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Tucker Kraft is a Green Bay Packers tight end, drafted 78th overall, 2023.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2023–2026) he has caught 128 passes for 1,699 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 15 passes for 148 yards and 1 touchdown in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
259 lbs
Draft
78th overall, 2023
Born
Timber Lake, SD
Age
26
Jersey
#85
Background

Tucker Kraft is from Timber Lake, SD and is 26 years old. He was drafted 78th overall, 2023 and plays tight end at 6' 5", 259 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2023–2026) he has caught 128 passes for 1,699 yards and 16 touchdowns. Kraft is currently on the Green Bay Packers roster.

The person

Tucker Kraft is a rotational tight end who has caught 128 passes for 1,699 yards and 16 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2023–2026).

Receiving128 career receptions for 1,699 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Best season50 catches for 707 yards in 2024.
Draft pedigree78th overall, 2023.
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FAQ

Tucker Kraft — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Tucker Kraft, answered.

What position does Tucker Kraft play?
Tucker Kraft is a Tight End for the Green Bay Packers.
When was Tucker Kraft drafted?
Tucker Kraft was drafted 78th overall, 2023.
How many seasons has Tucker Kraft played?
4 (2023–2026).
What are Tucker Kraft's career stats?
He has caught 128 passes for 1,699 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Tucker Kraft 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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War Room · Draft

The War Room's draft verdict on Tucker Kraft

AI analyst opinion · grounded in the model below
Model rank
TE3
#13 overall
Proj / game
15.0
Tier 2 · PPR
Draft cost
Rd 2
model draft cost, illustrative
Schedule
47
matchup score 0–100
VALUEat his current draft costThe Analyst· Data desk

A scarcity-position edge hiding in a half-season.

Eight games in 2025 but a loud 489 yards and 6 touchdowns on just 32 catches — a 15.3-yard clip that pops at tight end. The model sees TE2 value near 14.0 PPG, and an 86%-of-snaps role suggests it sticks. Round 2 for that positional edge is value.

Projection is a Balladex model estimate, illustrative. The War Room's verdict is argued opinion. Real stats: 2025 season. · Updated Aug 28, 2026

Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE1
listed starter
Snap share
83%
of offensive snaps
Target share
16%
WOPR 0.31
Listed as the starter (TE1) on the current depth chart

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
@ MIN
Week 1 · Avoid
Season outlook
47
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
48
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ MINW2 @ NYJW3 vs ATLW4 @ TBW5 vs CHIW6 vs DALW7 @ DETW8 vs CARW9 @ NEW10 vs MINW11 · BYEW12 @ LAW13 @ NOW14 vs BUFW15 vs MIAW16 @ CHIW17 vs HOUW18 vs DET

Each week grades Tucker Kraft'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 2024
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
3
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk6 · Elbow2025 Wk4 · Knee2025 Wk3 · Knee (Questionable)2024 Wk17 · Hip2024 Wk7 · Groin2024 Wk6 · Groin

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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