Harold Fannin Poised For An Elite Fantasy Football TE Season?
Ian Hartitz projects whether Harold Fannin is ready to take his place among the top tight ends in fantasy football for 2026.
So many things are pointing upward for Harold Fannin. He rose out of the group of pass catchers as a rookie to lead the team in targets, receptions and receiving yards. Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Now he has another pair of rookie WRs to compete with for targets. And that QB situation we've already talked about. But the talent is there for him to take a step forward. Will the opportunity be there? Ian Hartitz breaks it down as part of his Cleveland Browns Team Preview.
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Are we buying Harold Fannin as a top-5 fantasy tight end?
- TE1: Harold Fannin (TE5 in Fantasy Life ranks)
- TE2: Blake Whiteheart
- TE3: Joe Royer
Fantasy Life's alleged expert rankers are! And hey, Fannin was pretty awesome as a rookie. The man broke a position-best 29 tackles avoided in 2025—and boy, oh boy, did he look good doing it.
The per-route efficiency was awesome, too. And not just relative to rookies!
Arbitrary counting number cutoffs aside, the full list of rookie tight ends to catch at least 70 passes for 700 yards and 5+ touchdowns is pretty damn sweet: Fannin, Brock Bowers, Sam LaPorta and three-time All-Pro Keith Jackson. Now, it's not ideal that Fannin has missed offseason workouts and OTAs seemingly due to a groin injury, but let's not get too concerned about injuries in June.
There's also the fun reality that Todd Monken was a pretty big fan of getting the position involved during his time in Baltimore.
Ravens tight ends from 2023-2025:
- Targets: 371 (11th)
- Receptions: 274 (10th)
- Yards: 3,197 (4th)
- Touchdowns: 38 (1st – by 9 TDs!)
- PPR points: 1,088 (2nd)
Fannin is in the same tier as guys like LaPorta, Kyle Pitts and Tucker Kraft. His current 100 ADP feels like a great price point; 13 QBs, 34 RBs, and 45 WRs are off the board at that point. While I've typically deployed more of a "first or last" approach at tight end in early drafts, Fannin is too good of a talent in too wide open of an offense to not draft a good bit.
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