Week 17 Fantasy TE PPR Rankings: Must-starts, sleepers, potential busts at tight end

Jacob Camenker

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If you're playing in a fantasy football championship game in Week 17, you are probably hoping that the Chiefs decide to play Travis Kelce. Our Week 17 fantasy TE PPR rankings have Kelce included at the moment, but given Andy Reid's penchant for sitting his starters in meaningless games, it's hard to know whether or not (or how much) Kelce will play.

If Kelce doesn't play, the TE position is going to be wide-open for fantasy owners. Darren Waller and George Kittle will be the two big-name players on the slate, but aside from them, everything will be matchup-based. That will make finding the right streamers extremely important.

WEEK 17 STANDARD RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker

Usually, finding PPR streamers is easy, but at the tight end spot, there aren't a lot of high-volume targets to go after. Sure, Logan Thomas (@ Eagles) will move up, but aside from him, there aren't a lot of huge moves when comparing these rankings to our standard TE rankings. That's just the nature of the position. It's mostly TD-dependent.

The waiver-wire is always full of decent TE options, so if you need one, feel free to trust any of these players. Most TE plays, outside of the top-five or so, are just dart throws, so feel free to go with your gut at this position.

WEEK 17 PPR RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | D/ST | Kicker

Check back for updates to these TE PPR rankings throughout the week.

Week 17 Fantasy TE PPR Rankings

These rankings are for full-point PPR leagues

Rank Player
1 Darren Waller, LV @ DEN
2 Logan Thomas, WAS @ PHI
3 Rob Gronkowski, TB vs. ATL
4 Mark Andrews, BAL @ CIN
5 George Kittle, SF vs. SEA
6 Noah Fant, DEN vs. LV
7 T.J. Hockenson, DET vs. MIN
8 Evan Engram, NYG vs. DAL
9 Robert Tonyan, GB @ CHI
10 Mike Gesicki, MIA @ BUF
11 Zach Ertz, PHI vs. WAS
12 Travis Kelce, KC vs. LAC
13 Hayden Hurst, ATL @ TB
14 Austin Hooper, CLE vs. PIT
15 Irv Smith Jr., MIN @ DET
16 Jimmy Graham, CHI vs. GB
17 Jordan Akins, HOU vs. TEN
18 Dalton Schultz, DAL @ NYG
19 Jonnu Smith, TEN @ HOU
20 Vance McDonald, PIT @ CLE
21 Jack Doyle, IND vs. JAX
22 Jared Cook, NO @ CAR
23 Cameron Brate, TB vs. ATL
24 Tyler Higbee, LAR vs. ARI
25 Dan Arnold, ARI @ LAR
26 Cole Kmet, CHI vs. GB
27 Dawson Knox, BUF vs. MIA
28 Gerald Everett, LAR vs. ARI
29 Drew Sample, CIN vs. BAL
30 Tyler Eifert, JAX @ IND
31 Jacob Hollister, SEA @ SF
32 Will Dissly, SEA @ SF
33 Darren Fells, HOU vs. TEN
34 Ian Thomas, CAR vs. NO
35 Anthony Firkser, TEN @ HOU

Jacob Camenker

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Jacob Camenker first joined The Sporting News as a fantasy football intern in 2018 after his graduation from UMass. He became a full-time employee with TSN in 2021 and now serves as a senior content producer with a particular focus on the NFL. Jacob worked at NBC Sports Boston as a content producer from 2019 to 2021. He is an avid fan of the NFL Draft and ranked 10th in FantasyPros’ Mock Draft Accuracy metric in both 2021 and 2022.