There is a clear “Big Four” at TE for the 2024 fantasy football season. Two new names, Sam LaPorta and Trey McBride, have joined longtime elite mainstays Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews atop the rankings. LaPorta is coming off a historic rookie season, and McBride quickly emerged as one of the best fantasy producers at the position last season.

LaPorta led all scorers at TE last year with 239.3 PPR points. His 86 receptions were the most ever for a TE in his first NFL season. The Detroit TE’s 10 TD catches tied for the most by a player at the position in his rookie year in the Super Bowl era. Kelce, who has set the standards for all others at TE for the last nine seasons, led the way in Fantasy Points Per Game at the position, at a 14.6 clip.

McBride came on strong during the second half of his second pro season, with 13-plus PPR points in five of seven games from Weeks 8 through 15. He surpassed the 20-point mark four times during that span. Injuries limited Andrews to 10 games in 2023, but he still finished fourth in FFPG at TE (13.5). He should maintain the form that has marked him as a top-shelf fantasy TE over the past five seasons.

Average Draft Position reports from FantasyPros.com indicate that Kelce is being targeted as a late-second round fantasy draft pick, while LaPorta is being taken in the early part of the third round in many drafts. Andrews and McBride have been going off the board late in the fourth round. If you don’t make a move for Kelce or LaPorta inside the top 20 overall picks, waiting to land Andrews and LaPorta a bit later is a viable alternative approach.