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Cade Otton

Cade Otton is a tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Cade Otton: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Cade Otton at a glance

Cade Otton is a 27-year-old tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, listed at 6'5" and 247 pounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Otton 106th overall in the fourth round in 2022, out of Washington, and 2026 is Otton's 5th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Otton for 120.6 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE21 at the position and works out to 8.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Otton has scored 14.4 PPR points, or 7.2 per game. That is 11.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Otton would finish with about 122 points, in line with the 120.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.8 points in Week 2 against CLE, the TE16 finish that week. Otton has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 33 qualified tight ends of 2026, Otton ranks in the 77th percentile in average separation, the 68th percentile in receptions and the 65th percentile in target share. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 23rd percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Otton has finished as TE26 in 2022, TE20 in 2023, TE14 in 2024 and TE22 in 2025. The high-water mark is 140.6 PPR points in 2024. Across 64 regular-season games on record, the totals read 215 receptions, 2,082 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns.

Cade Otton by the numbers

Otton has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 7 times and finished in the top twelve 16 times. The career high is 29.1 PPR points, set in Week 8 of 2024 against ATL, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 1 100-yard receiving game. In all, Otton has reached 20 points in 4 games, 6% of career appearances.

Contract

Otton is playing on a three-year, $30 million contract signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2026, an average of $10 million per year with $20 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
120.6
PPR / game
8.0

Cade Otton fantasy outlook

Cade Otton enters the 2026 season with TB and ranks TE21 and #153 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 120.6 PPR points across 15.0 games, or 8.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Cade Otton as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Cade Otton produced 122.2 PPR points in 15 games (8.1 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 58%, with a 53% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Cade Otton is projected for 8.8 PPR points on the road at CIN in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 20.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.8 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
41.4
Dynasty
42.7
Superflex redraft
54.9
Superflex dynasty
56.4
TE premium dynasty
42.1

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026TB21186400014.4
2025TB158159572100122.2
2024TB14875960041-4140.6
2023TB176747455400118.5
2022TB16654239120093.1

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.